Life Dick Cheney, is that you? How Christian Bale mentally, physically transformed for ‘Vice’ December 21, 2018 Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY Comments Off on Dick Cheney, is that you? How Christian Bale mentally, physically transformed for ‘Vice’ Christian Bale wore prosthetics, gained weight and studied hundreds of videos of former Vice President Dick Cheney for his starring role in "Vice."