{"id":3585,"date":"2025-06-09T14:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:18:24","slug":"american-psycho-director-vows-no-one-can-replace-christian-bale-after-remake-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/american-psycho-director-vows-no-one-can-replace-christian-bale-after-remake-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"American Psycho director vows no one can replace Christian Bale after remake rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"
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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/08\/10\/christian-bales-stomach-turning-00s-movie-now-netflix-21395519\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street yuppie-turned possible serial killer Patrick Bateman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/03\/03\/7-actors-rumoured-patrick-bateman-role-american-psycho-remake-20378605\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed the movie will be getting the remake treatment<\/a>, helmed by filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, with <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/austin-butler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Austin Butler<\/a> and Patrick Schwarzenegger among those linked to the main role.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance at the 25-year anniversary screening at Tribeca Film Festival, Mary spoke to <strong>Metro <\/strong>about the reboot speculation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/12\/12\/austin-butler-cast-american-psycho-remake-fans-point-one-major-problem-22172916\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who could possibly step into Patrick\u2019s designer shoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether American Psycho needs to be remade, she told us: ‘I personally don’t, but obviously that’s how I would think.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It could surprise me, and be completely phenomenal, and something I would never have imagined\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219088713.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23369589\" alt=\""American Psycho" 25th Anniversary Screening - 2025 Tribeca Festival\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Mary Harron appeared at the 25-year anniversary screening of American Psycho at Tribeca Film Festival (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219088712.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23369599\" alt=\""American Psycho" 25th Anniversary Screening - 2025 Tribeca Festival\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>She opened up on speculation of a possible reboot (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/10\/21\/everyones-new-hollywood-obsession-wants-play-serial-killer-remake-21838014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who she could see taking over from Christian<\/a>, she continued: \u2018No, I really can’t [imagine anyone else as Patrick], because also to me, it’s just fixed in my mind. I can’t reimagine it in that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But good luck to them. I’m just glad… It’s amazing to me that people are still this interested 25 years on – and more successful now than it was 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>”When it first came out, audiences didn’t know what to think about it. I remember in the very first screening at Sundance, people didn’t know whether it was supposed to be funny or not.<\/p>\n<p>‘Now I think people can enjoy a lot more because they know, “Yes, it’s okay to laugh at this!” Parts are supposed to be funny.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"421\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_226525422-d178.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22823027\" alt=\"Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Christian Bale played Patrick Bateman to perfection (Picture: Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_254903525-52ca.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23369622\" alt=\"Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Lions Gate\/Kobal\/REX\/Shutterstock (5884226t) Christian Bale American Psycho - 2000 Director: Mary Harron Lions Gate USA Scene Still Suspense\/Thriller\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Christian stole the show as the creepy yuppie (Picture: Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mary also shared her surprise at how relevant her take on American Psycho still is, 25 years on \u2013 suggesting that we\u2019re \u2018seeing\u2019 similar themes in society today.<\/p>\n<p>‘I would never have imagined [the relevancy today],\u2019 she added. \u2018It’s so funny, I was in a bookstore and I saw there was a game, some weird American Psycho board game. I don’t love that, but it’s like, “Okay, that’s strange.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It’s definitely taken on a scary life I would never have imagined. The film is the film, it’s not going to change, it’s made, and I’m glad that people seem to get something out of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I’m sad that, in a way, that it has remained so relevant, because that means that a certain heartlessness of the culture, this validation of really psycho businessmen… We’re seeing it right now.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_editorial_5884226z-e453.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22993857\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The movie hit the big screen in 2000 (Picture: Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_254903419-8a9b.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23369627\" alt=\"Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX\/Shutterstock (5725239a) Christian Bale American Psycho - 2000\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Patrick is still referenced in pop culture today (Picture: Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American Psycho, set in the 80s, has gone on to become a cult classic despite a grim plot.<\/p>\n<p>Christian stole every scene as Patrick Bateman, alongside Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux and Chloe Sevigny.<\/p>\n<p>Despite appearing in a string of projects before the creepy Wall Street banker, it is still considered to be one of his breakthrough roles before he popped up in the Machinist, the Batman trilogy and the Prestige.<\/p>\n<p>Shedding light on his early career in a 2022 interview, he revealed that he was earning so little at that time, he feared that he could lose his home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1449258093.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23333018\" alt=\""The Pale Blue Eye" Los Angeles Premiere - Photo Call\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Christian previously touched on his ‘breakthrough’ role (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d taken so long trying to do it, and they had paid me the absolute minimum they were legally allowed to pay me,\u2019 he told GQ.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And I had a house that I was sharing with my dad and my sister and that was getting repossessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So the first thing was: \u201cHoly crap. I\u2019ve got to get a bit of money,\u201d because I\u2019ve got American Psycho done, but I remember one time sitting in the make-up trailer and the make-up artists were laughing at me because I was getting paid less than any of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And so that was my motivation after that. It was just: \u201cI got to get enough that the house doesn\u2019t get repossessed.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T1M16S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/26\/14\/20217138-0-image-a-8_1572097243305.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2019-10-26T14:38:47+0100″,”description”:”In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. 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