Christian Bale pulls a David O. Russell.

Since they do it so eloquently, I'll let those hard-hitting reporters from The Today Show explain the situation:

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(NOTE: I'll bet you at least of the anchors on this show has ripped into a crew member. Maybe not like Bale did, but still.)

If you want to hear the rest of Bale's rant, you can check it out here. Apparently, Shane Hurlbut, director of photography on Terminator: Salvation, botched a take between Bale and co-star Bryce Dallas Howard. The scene was apparently a very difficult and emotional one to film and Bale went off the deep end.

I guess now the question is, will it hurt his career? It certainly could. Something similar happened to former Batman actor Val Kilmer, who grew quite the rep for being eccentric and difficult to work with. And while he was one of the most talented actors to come out of the 80's and 90's, if he's got a movie in the works, chances are it's going to be straight-to-DVD.

Then again, maybe it's not too late for Bale. After all, this guy still has a new movie in the works: