Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Don wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo na 2018 "Vice", wanda Adam McKay ya rubuta kuma ya jagoranta, Bale ya sake yin babban canji na jiki, yayin da ya sami nasara kuma ya aske kansa don nuna mataimakin shugaban Amurka Dick Cheney. Ya bayyana Cheney, wanda aka lasafta shi a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa mafi tasiri da ƙiyayya a tarihin Amurka, a matsayin "mai nutsuwa da sirri". Fim din ya sake haɗuwa da Bale tare da Amy Adams, wanda ya yi fim tare da "The Fighter" da "American Hustle". Ya sami bita mai kyau, kuma Peter Bradshaw na "The Guardian" ya yaba wa Bale "mai ban mamaki kuma a zahiri yana da matukar damuwa" kwaikwayon Cheney. Masu sukar sun yaba da wasan kwaikwayon, Bale ya lashe lambar yabo ta Golden Globe a matsayin Mafi Kyawun Jarumi <unk> Motion Picture Musical ko Comedy kuma ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Academy Award. A lokacin jawabin karɓar lambar yabo ta Golden Globe ta 76, Bale ya gode wa Shaidan don yin wahayi zuwa ga hoton Cheney, wanda ya haifar da martani daga 'yar Cheney da wakilin Amurka Liz Cheney, wanda ya bayyana cewa Bale ya lalata damarsa ta yin "superhero na gaske". Bayan haka Bale ya nuna matukin motar tseren mota Ken Miles a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na wasanni na 2019 "Ford v Ferrari", wanda ya rasa bayan ya buga Cheney. James Mangold ne ya shirya fim din, fim din ya biyo bayan Miles da mai tsara motoci Carroll Shelby, wanda Matt Damon ya buga, a cikin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin 1966 24 Hours na Le Mans
tsere. Matsayin ya sami Bale a karo na biyar na lambar yabo ta Golden Globe. Yayinda yake tallata fim din, ya ce ba zai sake yin canjin nauyi don rawar ba.