The Dark Knight Arrives: Christian Bale Visits Victims of Aurora Shooting
- Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:35pm by
Mytheos Holt
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Christian Bale might not really be Bruce Wayne, but to a hospital full of victims of a possible would-be Joker, he certainly seems to have acquitted himself heroically. The “Dark Knight Rises” star visited Denver, Colorado today, with his wife Sibi Blazic, to pay a visit to the victims of the shooting and express his condolences.
Bale and Blazic
Cynics in the audience can rest assured that this was not a publicity stunt for the movie – in fact, Warner Brothers had nothing to do with the visit. It appears that Bale was simply so affected by the shooting that he simply had to visit the survivors.
Bale, pictured with hospital staff
The visit reportedly went well. Hospital staff spoke glowingly of his cooperativeness and positive demeanor, and praised the positive effect that his visit had on the patients.
Naturally enough, the patients were ecstatic.
Bale, with survivor Carey Rottman
“Wow!!! Thank you so much for the visit Christian!! What a great guy! Still in shock!” wrote victim Carey Rottman after his meeting with Bale.
Bale also paid a visit to the makeshift memorial for the victims, bringing his own flowers and mingling with other mourners.
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Comments (107)
AmericanPatriot
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:26pmWell done, Mr. Bale! Your act of kindness, consideration and generosity in visiting those in the hospital and thanking the staff shows your heart is very good and in the right place. You brightened everyone’s day by taking some time out of your own. I’m sure your heart feels better for doing in. You don’t know me and I have absolutely no role in your life, but I’m very proud of you and wish you many Blessings!! Thank you for making a bit of good news out of this!
Report Post »Liberty1948
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:17amWell said! God Bless Mr. Bale and his wife for their compassion!
Report Post »who_is_john_galt_in_RI
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 6:32amyou said it all Patriot
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 6:35amI think it’s better that he visited as himself, and not Batman in full costume. It makes it more real.
Report Post »coppercarla
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 7:07amDitto on your comments.
It was nice to hear that Bale refused all media requests for interviews.
Report Post »black9897
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 9:52amAlways loved him as an actor. This makes me like him even more. That’s being a real hero.
Report Post »V-MindMeld
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:37pmHats off to him, I never heard of him before this, just hope he is sincere in his heart,,unlike the rest of the holloywood liberals who are all about fame and money and are usually self cenetered and only do things like this to promote themselves,,,,,,,sorta like obama_going to aurora
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:47pmVery classy of Christian Bale. And he did it with respect.
Report Post »Now..convince Chris Nolan to do one more Batman movie…
3monkeysmomma
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:13pmditto.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:56pmObama tries to do the same thing, however, I won’t vote for a muslim. Bale is gathering fans and not votes.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:11pm@chips1
Good thing Obama isn’t a Muslim. As for me, I could never vote for Mitt Romney, because I can’t vote for a man who got rich by destroying companies, on top of the fact that he is a man with no convictions who will change his position at a moment’s notice if he thinks it will buy him a couple more votes.
Report Post »trtmntdude
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:02pmHey Van Jones,
Report Post »Obama is a flip-flopping(gay marriage)-millionaire(how did that happen by community organizing)-muslim(all the trips to muslim countries and none to Israel and lets muslim brotherhood in White House). But who needs evidence when you got welfare.
ThoreauHD
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 5:14pmObama is the first Christian in history named Hussein. Didn’t you know that? And just because he was raised in a Madrassa in muslim Indonesia, knows all the prayers, and that his entire family is either muslim or communists doesn’t mean anything. Because hating white people is more important in Jeremiah Wright’s Church than anything else.
So of course he’s not a muslim. He’s the anti-Christ. Muslims can’t destroy Christianity as fast as he can.
Report Post »ChristinaP55
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:51pmClass act on his part. You can tell by the pictures that he is truly devastated.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:26pmWhile I‘m not a fan of Bale’s acting nor am I really a fan of him as a person to be honest, that is pretty upstanding of him to take some time out of his probably busy schedule right now to do that. So I ‘ll give em credit where it’s due. How I feel about him as a person just went up a few notches in my book at least.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:05amAgreed HIFI.
Report Post »stewartist
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:40pmA class act!!!…good going Christian!!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:39pmIt’s good to see positive association beginning when this movie would otherwise
Report Post »have a terrible pall hanging over it.
This visit by Mr. Bale is a thoughtful exercise in humility for himself and everyone that accompanied him. Thank you Mr. Bale. You’re a citizen of the heart.
Grandpa Harley
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:31pmJust wondering if he feels guilty that he is earning a living in an industry that has such a adverse negative affect on our culture. It’s like brain washing. So subtle and done little by little kinda like sahria being introduced without a shot being fired.
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:43pmI hope he doesn’t feel guilty. There’s quite enough of that in our society. He is a good actor, making a great living in entertainment. A 1 percenter who through hard work, dedication, talent, and luck made a great living.
Regardless of his politics, going to Aurora was simply a class act.
Report Post »antitheist
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:25amWho are you to cast aspersions on American enterprise? You godless commie.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:22am@Antitheist
Hahaha yup.
Hater of Capitalism
Hater of the American Dream
All jokes aside.
Awesome move by Bale.
Report Post »smartgirl
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:28pmGood for Christian Bale. He had said that he felt terrible about what happened and he did what he could: He showed up. Sometimes showing up is exactly the right thing and it was.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:30pmThat took courage. It could have been a bad experience for him so I am as sure without being actually in his head that he made the appearance for the right reasons and it did have an uplifting effect on the survivors.
God bless you sir!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:21pmSO much better than showing up in costume, as people suggested.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:46pmAgreed. Showing up in costume would have trivialized the event and made it look like just another studio promo. He did this on his own time and money…class act Mr. Bale!
Report Post »JoePatriot
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:13pmChristian knows “Its not who he is on the outside. It is what he does that defines him!” Class act!
Report Post »MBA
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:03pmwow, that is really thoughtful of Mr. Bales. He sounds like a good guy and I’m sure it helped some of the injured feel better. Way to go!
Report Post »Chuck T
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:02pmBale has gotten bad publicityin the past for some of his own‘ rage’ moments on the set. It’s nice to see the other side of the man. Good job!
Report Post »Kupo
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:23pmYeah, I had a very tainted image of Bale for a long time, despite being a really big fan of a lot of his movies, after his Terminator blow up. I didn‘t know that he had made a very sincere and heartfelt apology until several years later and I realized that the T3 incident wasn’t who he was; I remembered that he’s a flawed human prone to making mistakes. This visit of his to the Colorado victims and mourners really cements the kind of guy he is in my eyes.
Report Post »Wool-Free Vision
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:02pmHow refreshing! When so many Hollywood elitists are using this tragedy to make political hay and push the lib agenda, here is a real man with real feelings actually DOING something to help that community, instead of just running his mouth. My heart goes out to the survivors, and it is warmed by the smiles in those photos. Kudos to Mr. Bale.
Report Post »JohnLarson
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:14pmLib agenda? Looks like you’re guilty of bringing your political agenda into this too.
This is a nice story, keep liberals and conservatives out of it.
Report Post »Wool-Free Vision
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:40pmSo, are you claiming that all the noise we heard from celebrities over the past few days was NOT agenda-driven? Or maybe you’re trying to say that it was coming from Conservative Hollywood elitists? Or are you simply feigning ignorance in order to claim some moral high ground? What, exactly, are you trying to say? Never mind. Isn’t there a bridge you should be under? Those billy goats are just trip-trapping away!
Report Post »Words_of_the_Buddah
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:51pmI don‘t think he’s saying that there hasn’t been a push, but in this case leave the politics out of it. There is nothing political here, just a man visiting people who need something to brighten up their day.
Report Post »Wool-Free Vision
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 6:46pmThat was my point, exactly, in case the two of you misunderstood. I was praising Mr. Bale for not being political, like so many of his Hollywood contemporaries have done. I did not realize that my comment was going to cause some troll to cry.
Report Post »Crowan2477
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:00pmVery decent of him.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:58pmVery nice gesture indeed, but from what I’ve read regarding this Englishman… he very often has been a real pudknocker prone to a few meltdowns of his own on and off the set.
Again… very nice gesture. Thank You Bale.
Report Post »Kupo
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:25pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHmruyaqcwk
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:29pmTIME, I was thinking along the same lines. Like that old military saying, One “Awe Sh1t” wipes out a thousand “Atta Boys.” Looks like he is building on a new stack of Atta Boys. For this I must commend him.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:28amSo he takes his job seriously, so what?
Yes, he has lost his temper at his job, but who hasn’t? Only difference is his get broadcast…
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 6:10amRJJJ. You are so right. That saying btw brings back memories, lol.
BRUCE P. Well, I’ll try to bring what I wrote into some perspective then (as I pulled up the clip of Bale “going off” to make sure I wasn’t rushing off to judgement. Nope, I wasn’t rushing off to judgement based on what I saw and heard.
The perspective I was going to write about is that when I was a Drill Sergeant way back when in the Army, I was paid to “go off” as part of my job (a very practiced act). There were other occasions in the Military where I “went off” bringing into perspective that the actions of some were or might be a matter of life and death.
Bale however acted like a Hollywood Prima Donna, no life or death involved (not paid to “go off as part of that job’s demands) and “acted” like a complete A-hole and psychotic..
I don’t know where you work, but if one of my current employees “went-off” like he did, they’d most likely be on the unemployment line that day (or worse) as would most employees in the “real world” based on what I saw on the clip.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:58pmHave any of you heard this interview? An eye witness in the theater says he saw someone get a phone call and as he was talking he gets up and opens the emergency exit door and then props it open.
This interview was new to me. Listen to it………..
http://uservideos.smashits.com/video/1sNg5bU1MUc/colorado-theater-eyewitness-describes-possible-accomplice-aided-gunman.html
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:11pmI saw the same guy in a different interview a couple of days ago….I’m glad you left the link…Glenn Beck and The Blaze doesn’t seem to want to go there…I don’t know.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:13amThe interview I saw was at the crime scene…the guy was talking to a reporter…not long after the incident.
Report Post »Retired726classsailor
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:57pmI am glad that Christian Bale visited the survivors of the shooting. I hate when these kinds of bad things happen, my wife reminds me to look at all the positives, all the great people who were willing to protect others and all the remarkable people who seek to do good in the aftermath of this tragic event.
Report Post »Kupo
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:56pmI used to have major doubts about Christian Bale’s attitude and demeanor after his infamous blow up on the set of Terminator Salvation; however his lengthy public apology absolutely redeemed himself in my eyes and things like him taking time out of his busy life to come comfort these fans of his only reinforce my belief that he’s a good dude.
Report Post »TheEDGE
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:55pmI guess you’re alright in my book after all, Bale.
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:49pmA very stand up and respectful guy to use his celebrity presence to bring smiles of joy to those struggling in tough times.
Report Post »Fat Pappy
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:47pmNice!
Report Post »MDECKER
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:47pmGood people do good things.
Report Post »Mahtoska
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:45pmClass Act!
Report Post »applehill
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:42pmGood for him! What a great thing to do for those people.
Report Post »MontaraMissileMan
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:39pmKeep it up Mr. Bale. Keep doing good.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:39pmVery nice gesture…
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