They are used to playing heroes on the big screen, but it’s not every day that movie stars get national attention for coming to the rescue of real life victims.
Talk about life imitating art…
Memorial Day weekend was anything but relaxing for Cuba Gooding Jr. The actor reportedly went to pick up dinner for his family at Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘n’ Waffles in Hollywood when he stumbled upon a real life shootout.
According to the New York Daily News, Gooding was sitting in his car outside the restaurant when he heard multiple gunshots. Witnesses say when the 39-year-old actor saw one of the gun shot victims bleeding from the head and walking towards him he sprung into action.
Witnesses say the young victim collapsed a couple of feet away from Gooding. The actor then cradled the victim and called into the restaurant for towels to help stop the bleeding. Gooding then reportedly flagged down a passing police car and waited with the injured young man until an ambulance arrived.
Can you imagine the conversation that took place when Gooding’s wife called to ask what was taking him so long picking up the chicken?
He may not have stemmed a bleeding wound or flagged down a police car, but actor Ben Affleck is also being considered a hero for helping malnourished youngsters in his hometown of Boston.
The Boston Herald reports Affleck spent time last week at the Greater Boston Food Bank as part of a campaign for America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest hunger-relief charity. According to the paper, Affleck not only visited a food warehouse to help sort and load non-perishable goods for delivery with other volunteers, but he also coughed up some cash to the organization.
And lest you think that Affleck’s goodwill is a PR move—think again. Apparently, the actor has a long-standing relationship with the food bank that began well before he made it big in Hollywood.