John Fetterman to appear in new Netflix drama with Christian Bale

• In the scene, he sports mutton chops and a long coat, while his wife wears a bonnet, according to a photo he shared on Twitter on Friday.

Details: In the film directed by Scott Cooper, Bale, of "American Psycho" and Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, plays a detective investigating a murder at West Point in the 1830s, where's he aided by a young Edgar Allen Poe, who's a cadet at the military academy.

• Poe is played by English actor Harry Melling, known for his role as Dudley Dursley in the "Harry Potter" films.
• Most of the film was shot in western Pennsylvania at Westminster College in New Wilmington last year, prior to Fetterman's stroke, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

The intrigue: Bale and Cooper befriended Fetterman years ago while filming "Out of the Furnace" in Braddock, where he was serving as mayor.

• Bale said during a screening last month, per the Inquirer, that the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor's larger-than-life build made him an easy pick for the new crime flick.
• "That's a face that fits in the 1830s," he said of Fetterman.

What's next: The film debuts in some theaters Dec. 23 and drops on Netflix Jan. 6.

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