Christian Bale has once again surprised fans with a stunning transformation for a movie role.
The “Dark Knight” actor, 51, was spotted in Atlanta on Wednesday, June 4, while filming the upcoming sports biopic, “Madden,” with Nicolas Cage and John Mulaney.
Sporting long brown hair, gray sideburns and a widow’s peak, Bale looked unrecognizable as he portrayed former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis.
The “American Psycho” star also donned aviator sunglasses, a black leather jacket, black trousers, black dress shoes, and several gold and silver rings in the first look of his character.
Bale’s appearance as Davis opposite Cage’s John Madden was so convincing that many fans of the “American Hustle” movie star rushed to social media to confirm that it was actually Bale on the Amazon MGM Studios movie set.
“Christian Bale looks unrecognizable,” one person tweeted.
“Christian Bale’s transformation for his roles is next level,” another added.
“Bale as Al Davis is gonna kill it,” wrote a third, while a fourth fan commented, “That’s Christian Bale? Totally unrecognizable.”
The new photos of Bale as Davis come nearly two weeks after Amazon MGM Studios released a first-look photo of the “Ford v Ferrari” actor and Cage in “Madden.”
In the pic, the two Oscar winners are seen standing in character on a football field while pointing their matching Super Bowl rings at the camera.
While Bale looked almost exactly how he appeared on set Wednesday, Cage appeared indistinguishable from the Oakland Raiders coach-turned-famed NFL broadcaster that he will be portraying on screen when the biopic hits theaters.
Fans of the “National Treasure” star, 61, were just as surprised to see Cage portraying Madden as they were to see Bale playing Davis.
“Wow,” one person tweeted after the first picture of Cage as Madden surfaced. “That’s impressive.”
“Incredible transformation!” added another. “I’m definitely checking this out when it comes out.”
“Man is hard to recognize,” commented a third.
Described as a biographical sports drama film and directed by David O. Russell of “Silver Linings Playbook” fame, “Madden” is set to follow its namesake’s “remarkable journey” from NFL coach to broadcasting legend.
“The film follows Madden’s remarkable journey – from his Super Bowl-winning partnership with Al Davis and the Raiders, to creating ‘Madden NFL,’ and becoming one of the most iconic voices in football history,” a synopsis of the flick released by Amazon read.
Besides Bale and Cage, the movie is also set to star Mulaney as Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, Kathryn Hahn as Virginia Madden and Sienna Miller as Carol Davis.
“Madden” is set to be released sometime in 2026.
