CHRISTIAN BALE - BATMOBILE CRASH LEAVES BALE IN STITCHES

CHRISTIAN BALE was amused while on a promotional tour of blockbuster BATMAN BEGINS when a drunk driver crashed headlong into the legendary Batmobile.

The British hunk was convinced nobody would ever believe the culprit's tale that he'd been in a collision with the world's most famous fictional car.

He says, "One poor drunken driver managed to ram sidelong into the Batmobile in Chicago. He got hauled off to jail.

"I would have liked to hear his story to the inmates in prison who asked, 'What did you do?'

"'Oh not much. I hit Batman's car."