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There's two sides to every story of a superstar's verbal smackdown of a futz-happy DP. If we're to believe Radar, Shane Hurlbut—the berated cinematogapher in question—was a set terror the crew was glad to see humiliated.
According to their report (accompanied by this photograph, which they say is the two men minutes before the legendary screaming match), the confrontation elevated Bale to kingly heights among the peasant crewfolk Hurlbut had sadistically shamed countless times before:
[Hurlbut] was widely despised," sources tell RadarOnline.com exclusively. "Hurlbut was a condescending (bleep) to everyone," a source told us. His favorite line was "Why don't you go stab yourself in the head, you idiot."
We've lined up the Defamer interns and spoken those words at them in about a dozen different tones and volume-levels, and we've come to the scientific conclusion that there's really no nice way to say that.
But can we trust Radar's report? A Defamer tipster seems to corroborate their findings:
I was on the crew of another film Shane was recently DP on and he was despised. Crew hated him - actors had hard time. He would tell his crew, if he was displeased with them, to "Stab themselves in the heart and die." or "Blow yourself up." On this film he would constantly re-light when actors got to set and tweak during takes - it was bad.
Well then. That really puts a new spin on things, doesn't it? Frankly, we've never heard such abusive language out of an artisanal maple syrup maker, and have to say that it leaves a sappy, Grade C taste in our mouths. We'd like more firsthand stories. Send them here.
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