'American Psycho' turns 20
American Psycho Turns 20: How Leonardo DiCaprio Came Close to Playing Christian Bale's Iconic Role https://t.co/3xrFGUTzwD
- People (@people) January 23, 2020
The film adaptation for 'American Psycho' celebrates its 20th anniversary.
The cult favorite premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 20 years ago today, where almost no one was ready to accept it.
Director Mary Harron recalls, “The amount of hostility at Sundance really did take me aback. The audience just sat there and did not know how to react. Because this little group of us, the editor, me, Christian, a few other people-we were laughing away. We knew the scenes that are meant to be funny are funny.”
Trivia about the film, as revealed to Movie Maker.
• At one point, Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as Patrick Bateman and offered $20M to play the role.
• Harron refused to work with DiCaprio because his audience at the time was very teen/preteen, so Lionsgate replaced her with Oliver Stone.
• Once DiCaprio and Stone both dropped out, the project was given back to Harron.
• Christian Bale had never worked out a day in his life until landing the role of Patrick Bateman.
• Bale stayed in character throughout the shoot. He never spoke in his real accent and never socialized with anyone while on set.
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