Over his decades-long career actor Christian Bale (“The Bride”) has taken on several unique and interesting roles. With the most notorious being Patrick Bateman in the controversial “American Psycho.” Mary Harron’s 2000’s film is based on the equally scandalous 1991 novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis.
Now, Luca Guadagnino (“Challengers”) is planning on making another film based on Ellis’ work, from a script by Scott Z. Burns (“Extrapolations”).
When asked about possible casting choices for the new film by The Hollywood Reporter Bale responded;
“Whoever wants to give it a shot, give it a pop. I loved making it with Mary Harron so many years back, fantastic memories of it all. Bold choice of anyone to try to do a — I don’t know if they’re doing a remake or what, I don’t know anything else about it. But all the best to ’em, I like brave people.”
At this time, Guadagnino’s “American Psycho” has not cast its version of Patrick Bateman. However, the director is adamant that this will not be a remake of Harron’s interpretation of the novel. But his own unique take on the source material. Because, like most films adapted from books, a lot was left out.
Cast & Crew React to “American Psycho”
Bale’s reaction has been in line with most of the “American Psycho” alumni. Co-star Matt Ross called Guadagnino “a wonderful filmmaker.” (To frame Ross’ next comment they seemed to be under the impression this would be a remake of Harron’s film).
“That still feels like a business venture more than anything else, but being that it’s based on a book, there can be multiple interpretations, so why not?” he says. “I think they have their work cut out for them, for no other reason than Christian’s performance is exceptional.”
“It’s a big challenge when anybody remakes a movie that is iconic or takes on a role that is iconic,” says Alessandro Camon, who co-produced the film. “But sometimes for actors, that is also exciting. Of course, Laurence Olivier is the Hamlet, but it’s not about, ‘How do I better Lawrence Olivier?’ It’s about, ‘How do I find my own Hamlet?’”
We’ll keep you posted on updates about Guadagnino’s “American Psycho” as the project develops. You can hear Bale’s comments in the video below:
