30 Facts You Didn't Know About American Psycho

I love this movie and can’t imagine anyone but Bale in the role. He gave an Oscar winning performance.

The fact that he freaked the author out at their meeting is amazing. Keeping in mind Ellis created and wrote a far more graphic and evil version of Bateman

I’m normally a “if it was different we wouldn’t know” type person. But BALE MADE THIS MOVIE WORK. I don’t believe it would have become such a classic without him. His delivery is why this is memorable.

Bale basing Bateman on Tom Cruise is so good. Cruise has that vibe of greeting you with a smile while he plots your death, all while manically laughing like a serial killer. Scientologist are all psychopaths.

The only crime in this movie was Christian Bale not winning an Oscar for this performance

Impressive…very nice ….let’s see Paul Allen’s 30 things you didn’t know list

Seems like Lions Gate really didn’t liked Christian Bale… they literally tried to cast anyone until they had no other option but accepting him as Pat Bateman

A minor fact that I believe not many people have noticed: some of the characters' names in the film are slightly different from the novel. The ones I noticed are: Timothy Price (novel) -> Timothy Bryce (film); Paul Owen (novel) -> Paul Allen (film); Evelyn Richards (novel) -> Evelyn Williams (film). This really stuck out to me when I watched the film, as I had read the novel first.

When Defoe shows the Huey Lewis CD, he's genuinely purchased it and likes it. Bateman is secretly raging because he's talked earlier about how much he loves that album. This breaks Bateman's fantasy that's he's unique and special. It's why he denies having heard of the album, because he doesn't want to be a sheep.

No but getting his teeth done really really was the move for playing Patrick!! Because Patrick WOULD have had his teeth done

DiCaprio was scared of missing out on all the 13 year old fans

The real psycho, is the person who measured, the distance of the card edges

Pretty cool video especially the tidbit about shining the light in Bateman's eyes. I can't understand why so many of the designers had a problem with their labels being worn by a movie character. So many of those designers have ties to so many unsavory people and events, you'd think they'd hardly be bothered by something fictional.

Oh it had to be BALE...no other actor could have pulled this off! Phenomenal performance.👏👏👏

Him dancing right before he kills paul Allen to “hip to be square” reminds me of jim Carrey so much😂😂

So I'll say it. "I have to return some video tapes". That is when Bateman goes into his alter ego fantasy. It is where his personality shifts. Follow that line through the movie.

Also another thing I love about this movie is the casting for his receptionist Jean, Chloe Sevigny is a very good and underrated actress but she played that part so well

If you have seen the machinist you know bale has to be an alien because his transformations are not human.

Christian Bale sweating on command is beyond impressive

DiCaprio has shown many times since that he has the acting chops and I'm sure would have done a fine job but Bale was the absolute perfect casting decision. He has tremendous range and talent and amazing instincts. But it was his commitment and understanding of the vision of the screenwriter and director that really nailed it for me. I genuinely think it's one of the most perfect screen performances ever and every time I watch it I am just transfixed by Bale and the way he creates a totally believable character from something that is essentially farcical satire.