![]() ![]() DAVID CRONENBERG WAS ATTACHED TO DIRECT IT, TOO.Īs American Psycho continued its journey from novel to feature, David Cronenberg became attached to direct it. “I expressed that, but I don't think Ed Pressman was necessarily listening to me.” 2. “I don't know about Johnny Depp's feelings about it, but I talked to Stuart Gordon a lot, and I thought he was the wrong director for it,” Ellis told Movieline in 2010. Originally, Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon was set to direct the adaptation, with Johnny Depp in the lead. But it would take another eight years-and an ongoing series of writers, directors, and lead actors-to finally make it to the big screen. In 1992, one year after its original publication, producer Edward Pressman bought the movie rights to Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho. IT TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO MAKE IT TO THE SCREEN. Here are 19 things you might not know about the homicidal satire, which was released 15 years ago today. Before he set the bar for superhero reboots as Christopher Nolan’s Caped Crusader, Christian Bale committed what many believed would be career suicide by taking on the role of Patrick Bateman, the 1980s Manhattan yuppie/serial killer/antihero of Bret Easton Ellis’ iconic 1991 novel. ![]()
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