Washington, Feb 3 : Soon after Christian Bale made headlines because of his on-set rant, an associate producer of the upcoming movie `Terminator Salvation' has claimed that the actor was a "consummate professional" during filming.

In a four-minute audio clip, a man said to be actor Bale can be heard angrily screaming and using profanity at the movie''s director of photography, Shane Hurlbut, for distracting him during shooting by walking into his field of vision.

Melbourne, Feb 3 : Anger-management is a term that Batman star Christian Bale seems to be ignorant of, for the actor recently went berserk on the sets of new film "Terminator Salvation" after being interrupted in a scene.

Bale flew into rage on the set of the film at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico a few months back, yelling and screaming, and even went to the extent of threatening a director of photography.

In fact, `The Dark Knight' star even warned to stop production, reports The Daily Telegraph.