Christian Bale in Talks to Play Dick Cheney in Adam McKay Directed Biopic
Christian Bale is in talks to play Dick Cheney for The Big Short director Adam McKay.
Steve Carell and Amy Adams are also in early talks to star in the untitled Dick Cheney biopic with Bale reportedly keen to play the controversial figure who acted as vice president under President George W. Bush. He was also an ardent support of strong anti-terrorist actions and a key supporter of the Iraq War. Chen ey also is the former CEO of the multinational corporation Halliburton.
Carell is circling the role of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Adams would play Cheney’s wife, Lynne Cheney.Both Bale and Carell starred in Big Short, the Oscar-nominated movie about the economic and housing market collapse in the mid-2000s.
McKay is producing with his Gary Sanchez Productions partners Will Ferrell and Kevin Messick. Plan B is also producing.