Christian
Bale
won
his
first
Best
Actor
in
a
Musical
or
Comedy
Golden
Globe
award
for
his
performance
as
Dick
Cheney
in
"Vice" and
thanked
"Satan"
for
inspiring
him
to
play
the
role
of
the
former
US
vice
president.
Known
for
transforming
himself
physically
to
get
under
the
skin
of
his
characters,
the
actor
gained
over
40
pounds
and
bleached
his
eyebrows
for
Adam
McKay's
political
satire.
Bale,
44,
thanked
McKay
for
casting
him
to
play
someone
who
was
"absolutely
charisma-free
and
reviled
by
everybody".
He
joked
that
from
here
on
out,
he
will
be
"cornering
the
market"
on
playing
"charisma-free
a**holes,"
adding,
"What
do
you
think,
Mitch
McConnell
(politician)
next?"
"Thank
you
to
Satan
for
giving
me
inspiration
on
how
to
play
this
role," he
added.
It
was
Bale's
fourth
Globe
nomination.
He
has
previously
won
Best
Supporting
Actor
in
2011
for
"The
Fighter".
The
actor
beat
out
Lin-Manuel
Miranda
for
"Mary
Poppins
Returns",
Viggo
Mortensen
for
"Green
Book",
Robert
Redford
for
"The
Old
Man
and
the
Gun",
and
John
C
Reilly
for
"Stan
&
Ollie".
PTI