Many folks will have heard this already, but do an interwebz search to find it and hear why you should listen to the AD's instructions.
He basically goes postal on a lighting engineer who walks on set during a take.
Internet "buzz" is that he's been a total jerk and a lot of folks are saying they won't watch his films any more.
Why?
Are those people really assuming that all other movie stars are more sanguine and reasonable?
Also, there is a tradition on sets of people sharing negative rumours about stars since this makes them appear "in the know" and superior - this is much the same thing, people love telling the negative stories more than the good ones since they have better punchlines.
Seriously, how many people would care if you met Robert Downey Jr and he was "quite nice"?
Nah, you'll hear soemthing more "juicy" like he "seemed OK, but was totally up himself
(this means busy doing his job rather than listening to extras asking dumb quesitons and trying to be chummy - ed)
and I think he was on drugs!"
(this means he was happier and had more energy after lunch than at 6am. Duh!)"
You know whjich one will get people thinking you spent more time with him, though both are probably uninformed nonsense told in an attempt to rise above the mire of "moving clotheshanger" status.
As for me, I look at it this way - imagine that you got little sleep due to a late finish the night before, perhaps you have had a row with your other half - have a really hard scene to do today that you have had some trouble with and are just starting to get right when some fool walks in and spoils the shot meaning that all your preparation has to be started again.
OK, I don't know that's the situation, but it's just as likely as the - "the guy was minding his own business and Christian Bale just went mental" ideas that some people have had. Thing is, all the days that anyone works with nothing like this happening are never reported on - but every actor has their "moments".
I hope it doesn't cause him too much trouble, but you KNOW it will.
A
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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Hear, hear!
ReplyDeleteHarry Knowles over at Aint-it-cool-news.com has a more in depth article from someone on set at the time. The scene they were doing was intense and emotional and it was the actual DoP who walked on and started adjusting lights - something he had been doing for some tie and which he had been asked not to do. Naturally Bale went ballistic (and who'd blame him).
I was on a set last year with 2 very big British stars who I would describe as being 'aloof and distant' at the time. However watching the final film it was obvious that they were just in character at the time I saw them and this was not their real persona's (Incidentally I was also on set with a huge American star at the same time and she was charming, polite and approachable - just like her character).
Morale of the story: Don't believe one sided gossip that comes off a movie set.
Good post, Algo