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The personal passion project of Hollywood A-lister Christian Bale has finally come to fruition, as the Welsh actor cut the ribbon on a children’s foster care village in Palmdale, California.

Called Together California, the facility and the organization which will run it are focused on one key mission Mr. Bale says the state foster system falls short on: keeping siblings together.

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[-] lime@feddit.nu 30 points 6 hours ago
[-] MBech@feddit.dk 18 points 5 hours ago

That is also my biggest take from this. Cool about the orphenage, but you can't just be secretly welsh like that.

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

Mae dwsinau ohonyn nhw.

[-] jak@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

He was born in Wales, but he’s English and they moved to England when he was two. This is his native accent.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 4 hours ago

yeah there's no welsh at all in that is there. i had no idea.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 5 hours ago

You can hear him in Reign of Fire (great movie) feigning a british accent and it just sounds bizarre when you realise it's his real accent.

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