REACTION: Christian Bale suggests he invokes Linda Hamilton's crazy Sarah Connor in 'Terminator Salvation'

Christian Bale said on Feb. 6 that he was tapping into Linda Hamilton's interpretation of Sarah Connor while shooting a "Terminator Salvation" scene during which he confronted the film's director of photography.

Specifically, Bale said he was trying to recreate the "blood craziness" of Hamilton's performance when her character is being held in an insane asylum in 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and that somehow he took the performance too far when it was translated into a verbal reprimand. 

His explanation seemingly makes sense in that Hamilton's portrayal as Sarah Connor during the insane asylum sequences is more violent and intense than what would be required for what has been described as a very emotional scene between Bale's John Connor and Bryce Dallas Howard's Kate Connor in "Terminator Salvation."

Cuts from the film's trailer teases that at some point John Connor leaves a pregnant Kate Connor right before he is about to engage in a dangerous mission that could result in the end of the war between the human resistance and SkyNet. One cut in particular suggests John Connor is killed.

Was Bale tapping into the all-or-nothing feeling Sarah Connor character must feel in "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" knowing that her escape from the asylum could affect the fate of the human race, which will require a leader to rally them against the machines in the future?

Maybe the prospect of becoming a father changes John Connor the way it changed Sarah Connor when she became a mother in that he finally has a reason to care whether human kind survives annihilation beyond saving his own neck. 

This would make sense given that an Arnold Schwarzenegger T-800 model tells the future military leader in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" that his days are numbered, and that would make anyone crazy.

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REACTION: Christian Bale's outburst on 'Terminator Salvation' set sign of character-driven film lacking one key scene?

All that will be posted about Christian Bale's incident with a "Terminator Salvation" director of photography is that he must be determined to portray a very deep and intense John Connor.

It is worth mentioning that Bale was initially not interested in portraying the character unless Director Joseph McGinty Nichol could show the Welsh actor a script that could metaphorically hold an audience's interest if it were read by two naked actors for two hours. He set a level of professionalism for the film's production that was allegedly not adhered to on the set many times.

One has to agree with Harry Knowles from "Ain't It Cool News" that Bale's outburst is not news.

Not only did the incident occur two months ago, but it has very little to do with the film except that maybe what has been called the most emotional scene between Bale's character and Bryce Dallas Howard's Kate Brewster will not be as natural as it could have been given that the actor's concentration was interrupted and thus had to be reshot.

But self-censorship is another matter altogether for a news Web site, though it could be argued that the released audio of Bale verbally reprimanding Shane Hurlbut is accessible anywhere on the Web. 

If anything, moviegoers should hear the recording of what happened to reassure themselves that Bale takes portraying the man whose very existence means the difference between the survival of the human race and its extinction at the hands of cybernetic organisms very seriously. 

"Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines" left a lot for John Connor to prove in terms of his worthiness to accomplish this task. "I am" will not secure his place as leader of the human resistance, but Bale is evidently charged up and ready for the challenge in "Terminator Salvation."

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