That sounds great because I kind of thought that Bale would be a very agitated, frustrating, independent guy. I was thinking that his whole life he kind of always had everything handed to him, and he hated every minute of it. His parents expected him to be some golden child and it bugged him because when he fucked up...even just a LITTLE bit, they treated him like he was this awful being. They wanted to provide this huge front where they were the perfect family to the public...but on the inside it was nothing like that. His father was/is a judge, and because of that he expected him to constantly do good. Of course like any teenager he rebeled like it was his job.
When he turned eighteen, he was pulled over for drunk driving and his father was extra hard on him because of it. So he said fuck you and moved out of the house. His parents cut him off, refused to give him any money and since he is eighteen they legally don't have to give him shit. He is currently just bouncing from friends couch to friends couch, and loving every minute of his new found independence. I think it was your comment about CMM being your favorite douchebag that made it impossible for me to make him some "goody good" kind of person.