Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | 08:33 BST
Chatty Christian Bale isn’t doing an MGS film

You might have seen rumours of Christian Bale doing a Metal Gear Solid film. Someone spoke to him about it: he isn’t.
From an MTV interview:
MTV: Metal Gear Solid, is this something you’ve ever talked about doing as a film?
Bale: No.
MTV: Are you a video game fan?
Bale: Yeah.
MTV: What do you play?
Bale: That. Metal Gear Solid.
MTV: You play it?
Bale: Yeah.
MTV: How many hours does that suck out of you on a weekly basis?
Bale: You know what, no, I’ve kinda devoted my time to more constructive things of late. You know?
Such a happy chap. Thanks, Kotaku.


20 comments
#1
scratchy69
25/06/09, 9:36 am
Anybody else think he was shit in the Terminator flick. Miserable, wife-beating fucker.
#2
Zarckan
25/06/09, 9:39 am
lol he beat his wife? I missed that whole thing?!
I am aware he threw is Sister and mother out of his london hotel when they came crawling back after 12 years asking for money from him, but nothing about beating his wife!?
#3
Psychotext
25/06/09, 9:45 am
Yeah, I’ve never heard anything about him being a wife beater.
(Nothing showing up on google either)
#4
BillyBatts
25/06/09, 9:59 am
More ‘constructive’ things? More of an LBP fan perhaps.
#5
Captain Fruitloop
25/06/09, 10:00 am
scratchy’s got his wires crossed with the incident where Bale reportedly attacked his mum and sister, although they later dropped all charges against him.
But why let the facts get in the way of casually calling someone a wife beater?
#6
scratchy69
25/06/09, 12:09 pm
Yeah my mistake, I meant mum-beater.
#7
anasui
25/06/09, 12:12 pm
Cristian Bale acting like a berk again. I love him!
#8
SticKboy
25/06/09, 12:56 pm
@ scratchy69: Your mum beat me (off).
#9
Hunam
25/06/09, 1:35 pm
He ‘verbally’ assaulted his mum/sister, what ever that means.
He’s a bit of a dick though, but I do like his movies these days, he just needs to cheer up a little.
#10
Captain Fruitloop
25/06/09, 1:48 pm
A lot of the reports about the mum thing seem to say he was provoked by something she said to/about his wife. Which makes the ‘wife beater’ accusation here a bit ironic.
#11
crippledhooba
25/06/09, 1:58 pm
Talkative chap, that old Christian Bale.
#12
absolutezero
25/06/09, 1:59 pm
This has made me re-evaluate Christian Bale.
This is what Sheloof Beloof should have said when he was interviewed about games.
#13
Dr.Ghettoblaster
25/06/09, 2:08 pm
Not in response to the article, but rahter the 1st post, I thought he was excellent in Salvation and that movie surpassed my expectations by a land slide.
#14
Bulk Slash
25/06/09, 4:24 pm
Bale has been doing constructive things with his time? I thought he’d been spending all his time promoting that utterly mediocre Terminator sequel.
#15
Psychotext
25/06/09, 4:27 pm
It’s probably constructive to his wallet.
#16
fearmonkey
25/06/09, 7:13 pm
He was awesome in American Psycho, Equilibrium, and the batman movies.
He’s a good actor, and an great action hero type.
The Matrix series would have been better with him as the main char.
#17
Mike
25/06/09, 7:24 pm
I think he’s great. One of my favourite actors.
Oh, and Pacino, DeNiro and Olivier would have been shit in Terminator 4.
#18
Shatner
25/06/09, 7:41 pm
Bale is fucking awesome. He’s far better than this summer-blockbuster tripe he’s been doing. I hear the “Public Enemies” (new Michael Mann film with Johnny Depp headlining) is fantastic and has Bale in it too.
Let some cardboard cutout actor do the CG-fests, Bale. More American Psyhco, The Machinist and stuff of substance please.
Mike, if you like Olivier have you seen him opposite Michael Caine in Sleuth? One of my favourite films ever. Both of them zinging lines off each other. It’s a great film/play without them but it’s just wonderful to watch them do their thing with such clever material.
#19
Mike
25/06/09, 7:43 pm
Haven’t seen that, no.
Am looking forward to Public Enemies too. Although Michael Mann films seem always to slightly disappoint.
I like Bale in 3:10 to Yuma, too.
#20
anasui
25/06/09, 7:46 pm
who DOESNT like Olivier. Sleuth is actually triptastic
even the septics were forced to give him an Oscar, and we all know what they think about the English