Feb. 8, 2009
Tentpoles Posturing for Position, Publicity… One Has MU Film Connections
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Christian Bale has dominated movie news reports this week concerning how his John Connor Terminator character verbally tore into the director of photography, Shane Hurlbut, during filming. When a tape of the blow up leaked to the internet, Bale quickly offered apologies for the “F” word dominated tape.
The man who previously riveted “The Dark Knight” has been in a little temper tantrum trouble previously. In any event, word from the set of the already in the can pix revealed that Bale is a “method actor” and the alleged misstep by Hurlbut disrupted his ‘in character’ concentration.
As for the intensity of getting into character for a ‘method actor,’ does anyone remember the visit to the “We Are Marshall” set by Gov. Manchin? The West Virginia governor had arrived to present an award to Matthew McConaughey, himself a method actor. Director McG and crew were shooting the scene that occurs just outside of Hodges Hall, when McConaughey as Coach Jack Lengyel in his plaid jacket demonstrates he can remember the names of two players.
The presentation was put off for half an hour. Matthew politely requested that the governor come back after he had completed the scene as he was all ‘in character.’ What’s all this mean? On a movie forum a film fan explained, “there was a small chance that Bale was so in character , that what we heard was partially John Connor doing the screaming. Sounds crazy, but Bale is that type of actor; he disappears into his characters.”
Ironically, McG was directing Bale in “Terminator: Salvation” when the uproar occurred. Although you can only vaguely hear MG calmly intervening, it is a good thing the “WAM” and “Charlie’s Angels” director has a psychology degree. Although Bale threatened to quit the pic, the uproar ended and everyone went back to work.
Speaking in NYC at the Comic Con, McG excused Bale explaining that a “film set is a passionate place…we just let it run its course.” However, the director stressed the Bale’s ballistic verbalizing was just that….no one feared that Bale was going to literally whip anyone’s ass.
Incidentally, the victim of Bale’s verbal ranting, director of photography Shane Hurlbut is also an alum of “We Are Marshall.” He was that film’s DP too.
Robert Patrick (Rick Tolley in WAM) appeared in “Terminator 2 as T-1000 along with Gov. Arnold S. have both been rumored to have screen time in “Salvation.”
Meanwhile, “Terminator: Salvation” will be battling one of the summer’s biggest competing tentpoles opening weekend --- the sequel to “Night at the Museum.” Warner Bros. has moved up the “Terminator Salvation” one day to get an edge on “Museum,” but some showbiz journals suggest that the “Museum” sequel will be holding early advance screenings (i.e. at 8 , 10 and 12 midnight).
For McG, it won’t be the first time he’s gone against the museum dinosaurs. When “We Are Marshall” opened in December 2006, its competition included “Night at the Museum,” which never dropped from the #1 slot at the box office.
While Warners Bros had not considered “We Are Marshall” a potential tentpole, the film had received extremely strong preview responses from viewers, which prompted the studio to place it in the ring with “Museum” and the “Rocky Balboa” revival.
Following “Terminator: Salvation,” McG appears in the running for the director’s chair on a contemporary reinvention of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and he’d like to have Will Smith in the cast.
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Tentpoles Posturing for Position, Publicity… One Has MU Film Connections
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Christian Bale has dominated movie news reports this week concerning how his John Connor Terminator character verbally tore into the director of photography, Shane Hurlbut, during filming. When a tape of the blow up leaked to the internet, Bale quickly offered apologies for the “F” word dominated tape.
The man who previously riveted “The Dark Knight” has been in a little temper tantrum trouble previously. In any event, word from the set of the already in the can pix revealed that Bale is a “method actor” and the alleged misstep by Hurlbut disrupted his ‘in character’ concentration.
As for the intensity of getting into character for a ‘method actor,’ does anyone remember the visit to the “We Are Marshall” set by Gov. Manchin? The West Virginia governor had arrived to present an award to Matthew McConaughey, himself a method actor. Director McG and crew were shooting the scene that occurs just outside of Hodges Hall, when McConaughey as Coach Jack Lengyel in his plaid jacket demonstrates he can remember the names of two players.
The presentation was put off for half an hour. Matthew politely requested that the governor come back after he had completed the scene as he was all ‘in character.’ What’s all this mean? On a movie forum a film fan explained, “there was a small chance that Bale was so in character , that what we heard was partially John Connor doing the screaming. Sounds crazy, but Bale is that type of actor; he disappears into his characters.”
Ironically, McG was directing Bale in “Terminator: Salvation” when the uproar occurred. Although you can only vaguely hear MG calmly intervening, it is a good thing the “WAM” and “Charlie’s Angels” director has a psychology degree. Although Bale threatened to quit the pic, the uproar ended and everyone went back to work.
Speaking in NYC at the Comic Con, McG excused Bale explaining that a “film set is a passionate place…we just let it run its course.” However, the director stressed the Bale’s ballistic verbalizing was just that….no one feared that Bale was going to literally whip anyone’s ass.
Incidentally, the victim of Bale’s verbal ranting, director of photography Shane Hurlbut is also an alum of “We Are Marshall.” He was that film’s DP too.
Robert Patrick (Rick Tolley in WAM) appeared in “Terminator 2 as T-1000 along with Gov. Arnold S. have both been rumored to have screen time in “Salvation.”
Meanwhile, “Terminator: Salvation” will be battling one of the summer’s biggest competing tentpoles opening weekend --- the sequel to “Night at the Museum.” Warner Bros. has moved up the “Terminator Salvation” one day to get an edge on “Museum,” but some showbiz journals suggest that the “Museum” sequel will be holding early advance screenings (i.e. at 8 , 10 and 12 midnight).
For McG, it won’t be the first time he’s gone against the museum dinosaurs. When “We Are Marshall” opened in December 2006, its competition included “Night at the Museum,” which never dropped from the #1 slot at the box office.
While Warners Bros had not considered “We Are Marshall” a potential tentpole, the film had received extremely strong preview responses from viewers, which prompted the studio to place it in the ring with “Museum” and the “Rocky Balboa” revival.
Following “Terminator: Salvation,” McG appears in the running for the director’s chair on a contemporary reinvention of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and he’d like to have Will Smith in the cast.
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