Actor Christian Bale visits Colorado shooting victims

[cali]

LOS ANGELES | Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:10pm EDT

(Reuters) - Christian Bale, the actor behind the Batman mask in "The Dark Knight Rises," visited victims of last week's movie theater shooting as they recovered at an Aurora, Colorado, hospital on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the facility said.

Emily Crowley, spokeswoman for the Medical Center of Aurora, confirmed that the movie star was at the hospital Tuesday afternoon but did not give any details.

Bill Voloch, interim president of the medical center, told The Denver Post newspaper that Bale spent about 2.5 hours at the hospital, where he met with five people still being treated for their injuries. Two others victims came from a different facility to meet Bale, Voloch said.

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Bale also met with doctors, police, paramedics and other first responders to the massacre that resulted when a gunman burst into a movie theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, and opened fire on the audience at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 people and injuring 58 more.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/24/entertainment-us-usa-shooting-christianb-idUSBRE86N1MI20120724

[gregoire]

1. Lame publicity stunt

The movie has already received enough free advertising.

[Curtland1015]

2. Ridiculous.

This movie is already going to be one of the biggest money makers of all time.

Bale didn't need to do this.

Maybe he actually wanted to do something nice.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

4. I agree 100%

God, how cynical we've become.

[monmouth]

3. Believe it or not, people genuinely are grieved by this shooting rampage. I don't see where you

can conclude this as a "lame publicity stunt." The only lame thing is your post..

[mnhtnbb]

5. Actors have visited hospital patients for years...it's a time honored tradition.

These people were shot because they were there to see Bale's movie.

[CatWoman]

7. ....

Warner Bros. Donating Some Proceeds to Aurora Victims After 'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/366325/20120724/warner-bros-christopher-nolan-batman-dark-knight.htm

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Good on him.