Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Maka ihe nkiri ihe nkiri "Vice" nke 2018 nke Adam McKay dere ma duzie, Bale gbanwere nnukwu mgbanwe ahụ ọzọ, ka ọ na-enweta ma kpụọ isi ya iji gosipụta Onye isi oche US Dick Cheney. Ọ kọwara Cheney, onye a na-ewere dịka osote onyeisiala kacha nwee mmetụta na nke a kacha kpọọ asị n'akụkọ mba Amerịka, dịka onye "na-agbachi nkịtị ma na-ezochi ihe". Ihe nkiri ahụ kpọkọtara Bale na Amy Adams, onye ya na ya so mee ihe nkiri "The Fighter" na "American Hustle". Ọ natara nyocha dị mma, na "The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw jara Bale mma "n'ụzọ dị egwu na n'eziokwu na-atụ egwu" Cheney impersonation. Ndị nkatọ toro ya, ihe ngosi ahụ mere ka Bale nweta ihe nrite Golden Globe Award maka Best Actor <unk> Motion Picture Musical ma ọ bụ Comedy ma mee ka a họpụta ya na Academy Award. N'oge ọ na-ekwu okwu nnabata ya na 76th Golden Globe Awards, Bale kelere Setan maka mmụọ nsọ ya na-egosipụta Cheney, nke mere ka nwa nwanyị Cheney na onye nnọchi anya US bụ Liz Cheney zaghachi, onye kwuru na Bale mebiri ohere ya igwu egwu "ezigbo dike". Mgbe ahụ, Bale gosipụtara onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala egwuregwu Ken Miles na ihe nkiri egwuregwu 2019 "Ford v Ferrari", nke ọ tụfuru mgbe ọ na-egwu Cheney. James Mangold duziri ya, ihe nkiri ahụ na-eso Miles na onye na-emepụta ụgbọala Carroll Shelby, nke Matt Damon na-egwu, na ihe ndị gbara 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans
agbụrụ. Ọrụ ahụ nyere Bale nhọpụta Golden Globe Award nke ise. Mgbe ọ na-akwalite ihe nkiri ahụ, o kwuru na ya agaghịzi agabiga mgbanwe ibu maka ọrụ.