Vice - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[wallace]

Christian Bale said that due to the improvisational directing style of Adam McKay, he had to do more research for this film than any other film he's done. In order to ad-lib in character, Bale not only needed to have Dick Cheney's mannerisms and vernacular down, but he also had to know which policies, their instances, and abbreviations the Vice President would be aware of at any given moment in his life.

[richard]

Adam McKay and Steve Carell first worked together in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). The end of that film says that his character got a job in the Bush White House. In this film, that's exactly what he does.

[jeffrey]

Paramount Pictures was going to distribute the film, but for unknown reasons, the rights were shifted to Annapurna Pictures.

[christina]

It was revealed that Amy Adams stayed in character during filming, especially keeping her character's distinct voice. She would even have political debates with the director while maintaining the voice. Adams revealed that it was the first time she stayed in character throughout filming.

[harry]

Christian Bale claimed this was the first time he used a nutritionist to help with weight gain, as he was more concerned with maintaining his health than when he was a younger man.

[jessica]

Christian Bale was Adam McKay's only choice to play Dick Cheney. Having worked together on The Big Short (2015), McKay was impressed by Bale's ability to psychologically break a character apart and put them together again. McKay said, "The second I thought of doing the movie, I knew right away, the most exciting person to play him is Christian".

[jessie]

The cast filmed a musical sequence, but it was cut in editing after McKay decided to shift to a more serious tone.

[darrell]

Christian Bale and Dick Cheney have the same birthday: January 30. In fact, Cheney turned 33 when Bale was born in 1974.

[kyle]

Christian Bale and Amy Adams previously worked together in The Fighter (2010) and American Hustle (2013).

[sylvia]

Bill Pullman was attached to play Nelson Rockefeller, but his scenes were cut from the final film.

[victoria]

John Yoo is played by Paul Yoo; the two are not related.

[ruby]

Dick Cheney was an avid fly fisherman, a discipline that requires great patience - a quality that contributed significantly to his methodical rise, both in politics and in the business community. However, none of this would have been useful without the encouragement and ambition of his wife, Lynne Vincent, his girlfriend since high school. After Cheney dropped out of Yale and fined twice for drunken driving, his wife helped him recover.

[linda]

At one point the narrator mentions that Donald Rumsfeld was part of a wrestling team during his youth. Steve Carell, who plays Rumsfeld, previously played John du Pont in Foxcatcher (2014), another real-life character who was a sponsor and coach of a wrestling team.

[terry]

The Cheney sisters are played by American Horror Story (2011) alumni Lily Rabe and Alison Pill.

[ronnie]

According to Adam McKay, it was Christian Bale's idea for his character to break the fourth wall at the end of the film. McKay didn't initially want to have Cheney addressing the camera but once Bale pointed out that if there ever was a time to do so it would be in that scene, McKay agreed to film it not knowing whether he would include it in the final cut or not. Bale and McKay wrote the monologue together just a day before filming. In the end McKay was so impressed by Bale's performance in the scene and how it captured Cheney's essence that he decided to include it in the film and was thankful for Bale to have suggested it.

[violet]

While Christian Bale and makeup artist Greg Cannom were trying to develop the look of Dick Cheney, the actor focused on appropriating the character. According to executive producer Jeff G. Waxman, Bale studied Cheney by viewing every single one of his interventions and interviews.

[charlie]

Christian Bale gained 45 pounds, shaved his head, bleached his eyebrows and exercised to thicken his neck for his role as Cheney. Bale said he achieved his hefty physique for the film by eating a lot of pies.

[ronnie]

The more Adam McKay plunged into Dick Cheney's political career, the more he realized that he had a lasting and considerable influence on contemporary American politics. His mission, in his eyes, was to write a scenario that goes beyond political beliefs and addresses universal themes.

[ethel]

Naomi Watts makes a recurring cameo appearance in the film as a conservative news anchor. Watts's next screen role after this film was playing real-life news anchor Gretchen Carlson in the TV limited series The Loudest Voice (2019). Watts also previously played outed CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in Fair Game (2010), who is referred to but not seen in this film.