Absolutely disgraceful behaviour 😡
In July 2008, Batman lost control right on the film set. The same month The Dark Knight was breaking every box office record on the planet, Christian Bale interrupted the filming of a scene for Terminator Salvation, called his cameraman a “prick,” and threatened to “kick his f**king ass” in front of the entire crew. He had no idea someone was filming it.
The man on the receiving end was Shane Hurlbut, the film’s director of photography. His crime? He walked behind the actors to fix a light in the middle of a take. That was all it took.
In the video below, Bale goes off like a man possessed.
“I want you off the f**king set, you prick!”
Hurlbut apologizes, and it only makes Bale angrier. “Don’t just be sorry! Think for one fking second! Are you professional or not?” Hurlbut tries to explain he was checking the light. “Oh, good for you. And how was it? I hope it was fking good, because it’s useless now!” Then Bale turns on the director, McG, who’s standing right there and saying nothing: “Have you got something to say to this prick?”
For four minutes nobody dares to stop him. Then comes the line that made headlines in every country on earth:
“I’m going to f**king kick your f**king ass!”
He ends it with an ultimatum: either Hurlbut goes, or Batman walks. “You and me, we’re f**king done professionally.”
Seven months later the tape leaked, and within a week the internet had turned it into a dance remix with millions of plays. Bale had to go on the radio and apologize publicly, and you can hear the apology in the clip below: “I acted like a punk.” Hurlbut kept his job. The movie flopped, and the trilogy it was supposed to launch was cancelled.
So was this a genius protecting his art, or the biggest star in Hollywood showing everyone who he really is when he thinks the cameras are off?
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Makes me feel soo angry 😡
Unless the UK government is intending on giving rebates for YouTube, Netflix, and Disney subscription fees, this is completely unacceptable.
Forcing UK citizens to pay twice to access media just because the BBC is forcing it's presence, is disgusting.
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I absolutely 💯 totally agree 👍 Darren!! They haven’t got a clue. Idiots.
I wonder when our thick-as-mince politicians will get it into their deluded skulls that we don’t want further ‘safe routes’, charities with bogus claims, more English lessons, migrants given the right to work, or a swap deal with the French. We just don’t want these people here.
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I'm 55.
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Absolutely agree with this. I also come from a Protestant background. Every bloody word, sir.
Yet again ridiculous grandstanding by Unionist representatives. They haven't the talent or ability to actually fix things that matter like the dire state of the health service, gangsterism and the crippling poverty
experienced by much of their voterbase, so they resort to the divisive politics of the last century.
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In 1993 I spent a total of four months in Sarajevo during the siege, with very little food. At first I fantasised about expensive meals at the Savoy, etc. Soon, though, I realised that all I really wanted when I got home was this. Wonderful.
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Endless travel is just extreme escapism.
Face your problems instead of travelling to numb them.
Unpopular opinion:
Traveling is wildly overrated unless you're genuinely wealthy.
People talk about it like it's the meaning of life, but for most people it's just an expensive headache wrapped in Instagram filters.
You spend months saving money, then pay ridiculous prices for flights, hotels, baggage fees, taxis, food, and tourist attractions.
The airport experience is a nightmare:
• Long security lines
• Delayed flights
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• Lost luggage
• $10 bottles of water
• Sitting in a metal tube for hours with no legroom
Then you finally arrive exhausted, only to discover you're standing in line with thousands of other tourists trying to take the exact same photo.
Everyone says, "It's about the experience."
What experience?
Being stressed, sleep deprived, overcharged, and counting down the days until you're back in your own bed?
For me, nothing beats having money in the bank, sleeping in my own house, eating food I actually like, and avoiding the chaos altogether.
Maybe I'm missing something, but spending thousands to be uncomfortable in a different location has never sounded like a great deal.
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This video of Cilla Black singing ‘Eye of the Tiger’ while having a boxing match with a kid is like entering into a weird fever dream.
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