Christian Bale thanks Satan in Globes speech

LOS ANGELES: Christian Bale (pic) had one unconventional figure to thank in his acceptance speech after winning best actor in a comedy or musical for Vice at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.

“Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration for playing this role,” he said about his character of Dick Cheney in the political satire.

Bale, who scored his second Golden Globe, first thanked his children and wife, “who told me less is more”.

“She knows the dumb crap that can come out of my mouth at times. I can sink and ruin a perfectly good movie and so-so career in one speech. So thank you for that advice, my love.”

He joked that director Adam McKay chose him for the gig because of his resemblance to former vice-president Cheney.

“He said, ‘I have to find somebody that can be absolutely charisma free and reviled by everybody, so we wanted Christian Bale’.”

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Man & the Gun and John C. Reilly for Stan & Ollie. Bale has been widely praised for his portrayal of a growling Cheney in Vice, gaining 27kg for the part and seemingly disappearing into the role of the ruthlessly ambitious politician.

He’s been nominated for a SAG and Critics’ Choice Award for Vice, and was regarded as the frontrunner for the Golden Globe. Bale won an Academy Award and a Globe in the supporting actor category for 2010’s The Fighter.