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The drama stars Christian Bale as Dick Cheney and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush. He follows Cheney throughout his political career to his position as vice president.
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Christian Bale turns into Dick Vice in "Vice"(Photo: Greig Fraser / Annapurna Pictures)

Christian Bale went from Dark Knight at Dick Cheney

The British actor is immiscious in what promises to be a powerful portrayal of the polarizing politician in "Vice," who released his first full trailer on Wednesday.

The trailer shows a power lunch between Cheney and Bush (Sam Rockwell, winner of an Oscar). The fried chicken eater Bush, then Republican presidential candidate, asks Cheney to be his vice president: "You are my vice".

Cheney hesitates because the work is "mainly symbolic".

"However, if we come to a … different understanding," said Cheney, proposing to manage "the ordinary tasks of overseeing the bureaucracy, the army, the energy and the foreign politic".

Bush gets on board saying, "I like that."

Hit the power-cheney fixture that follows. (Warning: you might want to look away at the moment without a boxer's shirt and shorts, while the little leaning Cheney crosses the barracks at 1:08 into the trailer).

Oscar-winning director and director Adam McKay ("The Big Short") aims to show how "Washington's bureaucratic insider has quietly become the most powerful man in the world as George's vice president." W. Bush, transforming the country and the world into means that we still feel today, "according to a statement from the filmmakers.

Vice President Dick Cheney in 2004. (Photo: RON EDMONDS, AP)

The trailer shows Steve Carell as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, showing some clever dance moves in the offices, then asking Cheney, "Are you even more ruthless than you were?" (He has to think about that.)

Amy Adams plays Lynne Cheney warning her ambitious young husband: "When you get the power, people will always try to take it away from you."

McKay worked with Bale on "The Big Short" in 2015, which earned Bale a glimpse of Bale's compelling portrayal of hedge fund manager Michael Burry, which earned 39, actor an Oscar nomination. The director therefore knew what he was getting with Bale for the role.

"What I wanted to avoid was that I did not just want someone to make an impression of Dick Cheney," McKay said. Deadline. "What Christian Bale actually does is that he psychologically divides a person and restores it.I have never seen such a process."

"Vice" arrives in theaters on December 21st.

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