Terminator Director Takes Responsibility for Bale Blow-Up

McG, the director of Terminator Salvation, is taking the fall for actor Christian Bale's hot tempered antics on set. The infamous altercation took place in July of last year, between Christian Bale and Director of Photography Shane Hurlbut. Not long after the event, audio tapes of Bale's rant were released to the public. Although Bale took the brunt of the media backlash, McG is now claiming he was at fault.

"It broke my heart, because I take all the responsibility for protecting my actors on the set day in and day out," the director told Access Hollywood. "It's my responsibility to make sure that they can be free to express themselves in any way they like and it's a real violation of the family of the set community," McG said in regard to the release of the audio of the altercation.

According to McG, Bale and Hurlbut resolved their differences in a timely fashion.

"I'm happy to report that Christian and Shane Hurlbert [sic] are actually friends, and later that day we just kept on truckin', so (the tirade) was indeed taken out of context," he said.

He added, "Christian is a very good guy, he's got no entourage, drives around in a pickup truck, no assistant, he's just focused on being an actor, and he's really, really a good guy."

Terminator Salvation hits theaters May 21.