By The Associated Press
10/22/2008 6:22 AM
Last Modified: 10/22/2008 2:54 PM
BARTLESVILLE — Christian Bale told a coffee shop employee that he visited a northeastern Oklahoma town to take "a break."
The 34-year-old star of the blockbuster movie "The Dark Knight" visited a Starbucks on Friday afternoon in Bartlesville, a town of about 35,000 known for being the home of The Price Tower, a 19-story structure designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building is considered, by Wright's own definition, to be his only skyscraper.
Bale ordered a grande chai latte, said Amie Faulkner, a shift manager at the coffee shop.
When a worker named Molly served him, Faulkner said, "in customary Starbucks fashion, she asked for his name to write on his cup. He spoke really low and said 'Christian.' Molly asked him whether he was in town for the day, and he said yes. He said he was staying at The Price Tower."
Later in the conversation, Faulkner said Bale told Molly that he "was taking a break and thought Bartlesville was OK." Faulkner recognized Bale as he was leaving the shop, but few others noticed he was there, she said.
A Bartlesville Regional Chamber of Commerce representative confirmed that Bale had checked into the Inn at Price Tower.
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