No Politics, no grand-standing. Just support and reverence.
Given that Bale is a Brit and only in his 30s, I suspect he may have a little difficulty grasping our gun laws, and his international celebrity might make him think he needs to make a political statement.
But it appears he didn’t. He just met with the injured and gave his respects to the dead. He didn’t have to do this, we owe him nothing, but he realizes that those people in that theater were there to see him, and that was obviously important to him.
Good show!
Although I think that celebrities are sadly over-used as role models, Mr Bale just took giant steps forward in my book of respect.
He didn’t stand to gain by the gesture (except in the court of public opinion, which he apparently doesn’t really need), but he did it anyway.
Bale just certified himself as a Class Act.
I think his badass credentials were already stamped and delivered, though…