Bale, an Oscar-winner, is generally regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, with the beginning of his ascent to the A-list often considered to be playing Patrick Bateman in 2000s American Psycho. Even The Dark Knight, for all its nihilistic despair, shines thanks to Heath Ledger’s manic energy as the Joker. Christian Bale, best known for playing Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, became John Connor for Terminator Salvation, only to never return. Abrams’s reboot of Star Trek, we’re left with Star Trek: Nemesis. Without Chris Pine’s sprightly, playful Captain Kirk in J.J. Without Robert Downey Jr.’s breezy Tony Stark Iron Man would have been a notch above a Power Rangers movie. You don't need to smile, but at least let your eye twinkle ever so slightly upon uttering the franchise-bridging catchphrase, “I’ll be back.” Learn from Schwarzenegger.Levity is a prerequisite of successful blockbusters these days. Sure, the Apocalypse is no laughing matter, but this isn’t The Road. Yet in the end, after the script was rewritten to Bale’s liking (by The Dark Knight scribe Jonathan Nolan no less), his John Connor comes off, ironically, as much more of a tacked-on cypher than the Terminator character, which eventually went to Sam Worthington. McG apparently approached Bale to play a Terminator, but Bale was much more interested in playing the messianic savior of the human race, who only had three minutes of screen time in the original script. His bland solemnity as John Connor is exactly the problem with the movie. But from the moment he threatened to trash his DP’s lights and kick his fucking ass (and referred to McG, without so much as a giggle, as “McG”), we should have known he was taking it a bit too seriously this time. As he admits in this month’s GQ, “I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense,” namely time-traveling robots and caped crusaders. Isn’t it about time the world moved on and let Christian Bale move on? Sadly the Hollywood news machine keeps on dragging up the Terminator Salvation outburst regularly for monetary gain, and likely will continue to do so long into the future.There were warning signs that Terminator Salvation was going to disappoint-The choice of McG to direct Jim Cameron’s refusal to give his blessing Terminator 3…-but none more clear than Christian Bale’s infamous on-set rant. I find that a little bit, you know, maybe they should just, you know, grow up.” Sharon Stone It wont be for the most profound of reasons but at least Bale made McGs entry in the franchise a tad more interesting than the lackluster Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines and subsequent follow-ups.
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And then he’s like, “Get away from me!” you know, and then they want to criticize him for not being available to them. Footage or not, Christian Bales antics on the Terminator: Salvation set have made the movie one that people will remember for ages. “I can certainly say that I see with such, you know, brilliant actors like maybe Christian Bale, who completely transforms himself into someone else, whether he’s playing George Bush or whether he’s playing an anorexic or whether he’s playing an O.C.D, you know, stockbroker, he becomes a different person and people, you know, want to get up in his business while he’s trying to completely transform into another person.
Whilst obviously not wanting to reveal too much about the book, Sharon talked about other notable actors snapping, saying: “Are there any instances where you talk about, you know, snapping in here?” Stephen Colbert
Most importantly she discussed how it was important to be protected in those instances. Stone talked about feeling like she could ‘snap’ on set, when so much is going on and the pressure of having to convey emotion and give a performance with conviction come to a boiling point, the subject of Christian Bale’s Terminator Salvation meltdown became a point of discussion. Um, Many people are trying to get so much else from you while you’re doing that that you almost feel like you’re gonna snap, you know, and you’re criticized if you do snap.” Sharon Stone “A lot of people, honestly, they don’t really get what that takes, or that you have to have a small protected space to do that. The actress then went on to compliment directors Martin Scorsese and Paul Verhoeven as being the most helpful, in allowing her to gain a more conducive atmosphere in which to perform. On the subject of working on chaotic sets and needing to hone her skills as an actor, Sharon talked of the on set mayhem and needing a quiet space to be in the zone to act.