Christian Bale's brutal tirade of verbal abuse hurled at director of photography Shane Hurlbert on the set of “Terminator: Salvation” has become legendary since the audiotape was leaked to the press this week.
But Bruce Franklin, an assistant director and associate producer on the new "Terminator" (Hey, someone had to spring to his defense!) has now told E! News that Bale, whom he refers to as a "consummate professional," was not off-base in his reaction to Hurlbut’s intrusion into his scene.
"If you are working in a very intense scene and someone takes you out of your groove ... it was the most emotional scene in the movie," said Franklin. "And for him to get stopped in the middle of it. He is very intensely involved in his character. He didn't walk around like that all day long. It was just a moment and it passed.”
Click here to hear the audio of the foul-mouthed snit fit. (Warning: explicit language!)
