Christian Bale visits shooting victims in Colorado

Christian Bale and his wife, Sibi Blazic, visit the memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater July 24, 2012 in Aurora, Colo.

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(CBS/AP) "Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale is in Colorado visiting victims of Friday's mass shooting that left 12 dead and dozens more injured. 

Photos of Bale at area hospitals have cropped up on Facebook and Twitter. 

According to The Denver Post, a Warner Bros. executive said, "Mr. Bale is there as himself, not representing Warner Brothers." 

Pictures: Christian Bale visits Aurora

Bale was accompanied by his wife, Sibi Blazic, during the visit on Tuesday. He thanked medical staff and police officers who responded to the attack. He visited with little advance warning and also stopped by a makeshift memorial to victims near the movie theater that was showing "The Dark Knight Rises" when the gunfire erupted.

In the wake of the shooting, Bale released a statement saying, "Words cannot express the horror that I feel. I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them."

Other members of the cast and crew, including Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman and director Christopher Nolan, have also issued statements expressing their sympathy. 

Warner Bros. canceled the Paris premiere of the film that had been scheduled to take place Friday night and, along with other movie studios, withheld box office reports over the weekend.

Late Monday, Warner Bros. announced it was making a "substantial" yet undisclosed donation to victims of the shooting.

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Christian Bale visits Aurora

[Filmguy870]

Good on him!!!

[konr22]

Did anyone catch Christian Bale's cocaine fueled rant, a couple years ago? The dude, seems like a clown.

[lvnvlady]

Let the perfect person who has never done any wrong in their life cast the first BOULDER. Did you go to these peoples room to comfort them when they needed it most?? Or are you just one of those puny people who can not stand it when someone does something nice for someone else because you can not do something like this yourself??

[KPeters_from_UK]

Konr22,
I guess he shouldn't have gone over to express his sorrow...he must be such a tw*t.

I roll my eyes.......wow.

[esq777]

A rare celebrity who, apparently, is not totally self-absorbed and realizes that there are far more important and meaningful things in life than making movies.

[Bojax39]

And judging from the smiles in the article pic it was one helluva photo-op too.

[lvnvlady]

Bojax..if it was a photo op, you would have seen pictures with the wounded....Mr. Bale chose to rise above you and the "photo op".

[need_to_say_it]

Okay, this is cool. Shows the world what kind of person he is.

[lvnvlady]

QPQ....dumb, du dumb du dumb, DUMB!!

[KPeters_from_UK]

Yeah, this is all Obama's fault.

[yelobrikroad]

Bale rocks! What a stand up kind of man. Thanks for making the trip to Aurora, my home town! This kind of selfless act is what truly makes him a star.

[EmtFF10]

Very nice.

[occupy_cbs]

Very cool, in such a dark episode in American history!

[lvnvlady]

YES...thank you, I heard and read where he talked with the victims. He may not have done a 'PICTURE' with them, but he talked with them all and did his best to convey his sincere sorrow of the situation they are all in. He wasn't covering his ass or the studios, just being a nice person to people in need of kindness. Good for him!!