Adam McKay and Christian Bale on launching their Dick Cheney biopic 'Vice' into today's polarized climate
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - As far as director Adam McKay knows, Dick Cheney hasn't seen his new film "Vice," a not-so-flattering biopic about the former Republican vice president set to hit theaters on Christmas Day.
"Through a friend of a friend, I heard (Dick and his wife, Lynne Cheney) saw the trailer, though, and they both laughed quite a bit," McKay said on a recent afternoon in Beverly Hills, sitting beside the film's star, Christian Bale, who plays Cheney. "Dick's comment was apparently, 'Well, if that movie about the fish guy ('The Shape of Water') can win, then maybe this one has a chance.'"
Indeed, nominated for six Golden Globe Awards, including best motion picture in the musical or comedy category and lead actor for Bale, who transforms himself physically for the role, "Vice" has already emerged as a strong Oscar contender. Whether Cheney and his political allies will be cheering it on, however, is doubtful, to say the least.
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