Actor Christian Bale’s former publicist had to be treated for post-traumatic stress disorder due to actor’s explosive anger, a new book has claimed. According to the sensational biography, the ‘Batman’ star has distanced himself from family and friends, and hasn’t spoken to his mom in more than four years. The book written by Harrison Cheung, his ex-publicist, also accuses the 38-year-old actor of being so mean that he would reduce little girls who asked for his autograph to tears. The book also talks about how the Oscar-winner saw Leonardo DiCaprio as his nemesis after the ‘Titanic’ star kept beating him to roles, and how he rejected becoming James Bond. Cheung was by Bale’s side for a decade. Cheung said: “He refused to sign autographs. He would lecture little girls about being rude and intrusive until tears streamed down their faces and their parents tugged them away from our table.” Bale, who will be returning as ‘Batman’ in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ next month, had risen to fame when he was just a 14-year-old by starring in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Empire Of The Sun’. According to the book, ‘Christian Bale – The Inside Story of The Darkest Batman’, the actor blamed one person for thwarting his career plans-DiCaprio. It says that the ‘Titanic’ star seemed to beat him to prized roles each time, including ‘This Boy’s Life’ and ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’. As it turned out, Cheung had left before Bale’s temper reached its fever pitch in the wake of the 2007 role that finally took him into the A-list, as Batman in ‘The Dark Knight’.
