Christian Bale, Ben Affleck shower praise on San Francisco's 'Batkid'

The five-year-old leukaemia survivor, who dressed up as "Batman" to "save" his city, has been praised by Christian Bale and Ben Affleck for his efforts.

Bale praised Miles Scott, who has been battling the disease since he was 18-months-old, by saying that he saw the pictures of 'Batkid' running around and saving people, asserting that he found it touching, Contactmusic reported.

The 39-year-old actor, who enacted the role of the caped crusader in the big screen, told New York magazine that 'Batkid' must have been bewildered and he hopes that the kid will be able to look back and be amazed with what he had done.

Bale said that it's a great thing that Make A Wish Foundation could create something like that and it was just fantastic to see all those people who were out there to support it.

Affleck, who is going to play the superhero in the Man of Steel sequel, called Scott the best Batman ever.

The 'Make-a-Wish Foundation' catered to Miles Scott's dream to be Batman for a day and five-year-old Batkid was able to take on real-life tasks where he helped the police solve a crime and "bringing the bad guys to justice," rescued a damsel in distress tied up across the Hyde Street cable car line and captured the Riddler in the act of robbing a downtown vault.