As an actor, you have to imagine that there’s added pressure when you sign on to portray a real-life person when that inspiration is actually alive and well. Who knows what they might think of it? Maybe, such as the case with Taron Egerton and Elton John, the pop star loved the actor’s performance in “Rocketman.” However, apparently in the case of Christian Bale and Dick Cheney, the former Vice President wasn’t a fan of the former’s performance in “Vice.”
Speaking to Yahoo, while out promoting his new film “Ford v Ferrari,” where the actor portrays another real-life person, Bale told the story about how he found out that Cheney was not impressed by “Vice.” In fact, according to Bale, the former VP didn’t have much positive to say at all.
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“Strangely enough it was through my son’s school, one of the moms was at a party that [Cheney] was at, and she said, ‘Oh, I’m going to be seeing Christian tomorrow, you have anything to say to him?’ And he said, ‘Tell him he’s a dick,’” said Bale.
He added, “I went, ‘Oh, at least he’s got a sense of humor.’ And she said, ‘No, there was no humor to it whatsoever.'”
Now, as you might imagine, this isn’t the type of message that the former Vice President would like the world to know he said. And considering it’s a bit of hearsay, Cheney’s office gave a statement to Yahoo and refuted Bale’s claims.
The statement said, “Dick Cheney never has and never would send a message to Bale. Totally untrue.”
So, at this point, you can believe or not believe the story. It’s up to you. Over here, I’d like to believe that Cheney thinks Bale is a dick because that just puts a smile on my face. Not because Bale is a dick (no clue about that), but instead, it just seems like there’s no better praise for his performance in “Vice” than to call him a dick.
“Ford v Ferrari” arrives in theaters Friday.