The Dark Aight, Christian Bale In 2000's Shaft Recently, a controversial clip from the 2000 film Shaft has resurfaced and gone viral on social media, sparking intense discussion. The scene in question features Christian Bale as the character Walter Wade Jr., a wealthy, arrogant real estate heir who embodies blatant racism. In the clip, Wade uses a racial slur during an altercation, which sets the film’s primary conflict into motion. In Shaft, directed by John Singleton, Samuel L. Jackson stars a