Christian Bale attacked during trip to China dissident
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[release] Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale has suffered a nasty brush with Chinese guards who forcibly blocked him and a CNN crew from visiting a blind lawyer-dissident being held under house arrest.
Bale, who is in China to promote his upcoming Nanjing Massacre film [B]The Flowers Of War[/B], was stopped on Thursday on the outskirts of the village in eastern China where the activist Chen Guangcheng is being detained. Bale, describing Chen as a personal 'inspiration', invited a CNN crew to accompany him on an eight-hour drive from Beijing to the village in Linyi district.
The same guards in green military-style overcoats who attacked the CNN crew during a February visit to the village were again present, and aimed punches at Bale and the crew, the network's video footage showed.
'Why can I not visit this free man?' Bale asked repeatedly, as the guards tried to snatch a camera from the star of [B]The Dark Knight[/B] and [B]The Fighter[/B] and drag him away. The Hollywood actor and CNN crew retreated to their van but were then chased down bumpy roads by the guards in another vehicle for 40 minutes, resulting in damage to the van, CNN reported.[/release]
[url]http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_745657.html[/url]
It's simple. We kill the Batman.
They didn't forget what happened in Hong Kong.
You can also view the video on the CNN website
[url]http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/15/world/asia/china-bale-activist/[/url]
Should add that the guy has been under house arrest for 15 months.
Man, Chinese plainclothes security looks intimidating.
and fat.
I bet the Joker did this
oh my god
christian bale is welsh?
Would of been funny if he yelled and screamed at them like he did when he flipped out on set that one time
He should return dressed as batman
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;33748511]He should return dressed as batman[/QUOTE]
According to this recent photo I think he's about to
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they shouldnt have trashed his scene then.
Christian Bale and China are done, professionally.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;33747895]Should add that the guy has been under house arrest for 15 months.[/QUOTE]
Sounds much better than his 4 year imprisonment in a government facility.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;33748051]Man, Chinese plainclothes security looks intimidating.
and fat.[/QUOTE]
Just tase them (or tranquilise them, far longer incapacitation) and stroll to the dude's place. It's non-lethal, and prevents any annoying interference by the unlawful jailors.
Thanks to the new law, This is how America's gonna be soon. GG WP.
I have one of those green jackets they are warm.
I feel sorry for Bale who starred in his recent film [B]"Terminator Salvation"[/B], in how he was denied his visit, also shows how much injustice there is in China, as shown in the video featuring Christian Bale, who also was in [B]"American Psycho"[/B]
[QUOTE=Novangel;33750146]I feel sorry for Bale who starred in his recent film [B]"Terminator Salvation"[/B], in how he was denied his visit, also shows how much injustice there is in China, as shown in the video featuring Christian Bale, who also was in [B]"American Psycho"[/B][/QUOTE]
Journalism at its finest.
apart from the dark knight rises terminator 4 and american pyscho were his last good films imo.
[QUOTE=ironman17;33749256]Just tase them (or tranquilise them, far longer incapacitation) and stroll to the dude's place. It's non-lethal, and prevents any annoying interference by the unlawful jailors.[/QUOTE]
They're probably packing heat.
and if you tase them they come back with AK-derivative rifles and you don't want that.
[QUOTE=whysoserious222;33751443]apart from the dark knight rises terminator 4 and american pyscho were his last good films imo.[/QUOTE]
Going off topic but is that a serious post?
The Prestige, two Batmans, in fact all of his recent films were mostly amazing, Terminator Salvation was relatively shit compared to his other works.
Not to belittle Chinese human right abuses or anything but after watching the video I get the sense that Christian Bale was trying to act like a badass in the video.
Someone goes into China, a freaking DICTATORSHIP, and gets cockblocked when trying to do something against the government, even it's something as petty talking to a dissident.
What a surprise.
I wonder if China likes Huey Lewis and the news
[QUOTE=EliteGuy;33753104]I wonder if China likes Huey Lewis and the news[/QUOTE]
Not sure but they're definitely fans of Phil Collins.
I doubt they wanted to be reminded of the time the Japanese just shoved their boot up their asses. It was called the "Rape of Nanjing" for a reason, folks. Chinese folk aren't a fan of being reminded of the times they were rolled around like a ball of paper or anything that casts a negative light on them.
Though I know not of this activist, so perhaps there's a different reason.
It's fun to imagine the high-speed chase.
If only he showed off his amazing Batman fighting skills, he must have been purposefully passive, to not make this "several Chinese security guards seriously injured after Christian Bale..."
How long can China keep a foreign national in custody?
Or will 'Merica have to rescue Batman from the Chinese :v:?
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