Christian Bale Accused Of Assault: Batman Don’t Make Us Quit You
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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3:30PM, Tuesday July 22nd 2008
So yeah. Batman. The Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight. In jail in London after being accused of assaulting his mother and sister. Bale turned himself in after the London screening of The Dark Knight—a deal he worked out in advance because officials said, “it would have been wrong to have wrecked the premiere over a complaint which we don’t yet know is founded in truth.” Uh, okay. Anyway, this is depressing. We love Christian Bale. His deceased dad was married to Gloria Steinem for heaven’s sake, how could he actually assault two women?! Bale hasn’t responded to the assault charges yet, but we’ll keep you posted. [Sun U.K.]
Update: Is it wrong that my heart did a little happy dance upon reading that Bale may have been arrested for verbal assault not physical? I mean, that’s less depressing right? [TMZ]
Update Again: Sue me, I am obsessed. So it seems like this whole thing maybe was blown out of proportion. Bale’s sister and mom say they didn’t call the police to the scene of the “incident”. His sister called it a “family situation” that is extremely “sensitive”. FYI, I totally just learned him mom was a circus clown. Clowns are scary. The Joker looked like a clown. I wonder if there is a connection. Whatever, I am just so glad it looks like Batman isn’t a woman beater. [Us Weekly]
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Kiki T
wrote on July 22 2008 @ 08:50 am: [report]
Loser!!!!! I never liked C. He has that date rapist frat boy look to him that yuks me out and this kind of news just makes me gag more when I think of him. Who the hell gets accused of hitting their mom by authorities???
However, I did go see Dark Knight yesterday and FOR ME it was a total yawn fest. Heath Ledger was awesome and when he was on, it was the only time the movie kept my attention…and it’s not like I am a heath fanatic either, but he was by far the best thing in that movie.
...and now more petty stuff… that weird voice that C had when he was B-man was laughable and the wart on the right side of his eye was distracting. sure, he’s well casted to play an entitled rich kid, but yawn yawn…
Elle
wrote on July 22 2008 @ 02:15 pm: [report]
Bale has a tendency to get overly into his characters (The Machinist anyone?) and it wouldn’t surprise me if his outburst, I hope verbal, was related to some inability to let go of a character. I don’t know though. I wonder what the details are.