Bale, 50, is unrecognizable as the monster, rocking a stapled incision on his forehead, facial prosthetics including a twisted nose, cuts along his chest and a tattoo which appears to read "Hope." ...

Christian Bale has transformed himself once again for a role, ... Matthew Mungle pulled Close's head cast from 2011's Albert Nobbs and sculpted her a new set of false ears and a false nose, ...

Bale's nose also appears to be twisted and warped as the result of him playing a creature pieced together from different dead bodies and reanimated. Christian Bale as Frankenstein in 'The Bride'.