You know how some places do the whole "OMG HE'S SO UNRECOGNISABLE" thing and then you actually look at it and they're just wearing a wig or something?

This isn't one of those things. In this case, that's not hyperbole in that headline. That's us being factually correct, folks. We looked at this photo of Christian Bale for about ten minutes thinking it was John McCain first before it dawned on us that it was actually Christian Bale.

Don't believe us? Take a look and judge for yourself.

 

 

 

Just for posterity and so you can get a better understanding of how could Bale's transformation is, here's what former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney looks like.

So, yeah, it's pretty incredible to say the least.

 

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