Instances of actors embodying their on-screen characters to the point that even they cannot distinguish what is in fact reel and real are just as many as the cinematic miracles where audiences are blown away by the chameleon-like abilities of the actors. While this phenomenon is mostly associated with actors playing a real human, for instance, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana or Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, it has oddly also been found true for Christian Bale as Batman.

While Christian Bale is fortunately not checking under his cape for Bat Signals, he has in true Bruce Wayne style, been fighting to build foster homes for children in Los Angeles County. As news surfaced of Christian Bale putting in $22 Million in order to build a proper village for kids, fans wondered if the cape was still hiding somewhere under the tux.

News of Bale putting his money where his mouth is may have only become widely surfaced now, but the actor has kept up this fight for almost two decades. Bale has been pursuing a project to provide shelter and create a safe community for children in California. However, another silver lining in the already generous act is Christian Bale's intent to keep siblings in foster care together.

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The news earned more than a few claps and the classic glass raise in Christian Bale style, but it also made fans draw uncanny comparisons between Bale and Batman.

Among the plethora of actors that have played Batman, ranging from George Clooney to Ben Affleck, few have managed to earn the chokehold grasp that Christian Bale had on fans. This became evidently clear when comparing the off-screen shenanigans of Affleck and Bale with the former being involved in a messy split with Jennifer Lopez for the second time, while the latter stays true to the character even more than two decades later.

Chants of "real life Bruce Wayne" erupted from all corners of the Internet as Christian Bale continued his noble project to help foster children.

From fans claiming that he is the GOAT to wondering if this was why the actor agreed to appear in Thor: Love and Thunder, the news, much like Christian Bale's depiction of Batman, was a smashing hit.

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