Nicole Kidman, Cillian Murphy, Christian Bale, and more have all made major transformations for their Oscar-winning films. Kidman famously transformed to be Virginia Woolf in 2002's The Hours, where she learned about her author's mannerisms and accent, and won the Best Actress award at the 2003 Oscars. Other notable actors include Christian Bale for his Oscar-nominated performance as a beer-bellied con artist in 2013's American Hustle and for his role as former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in the 2018 movie Vice. Bale dropped dropped 70 pounds to play slender race car driver Ken Miles in the 2019 movie Ford v Ferrari. The actor for Batman's portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer lost 52 pounds to achieve his own physical appearance.