Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming remake of American Psycho has found its protagonist, and it’s an Oscar-nominated actor that has been in everything, it seems, as of late. The first adaptation of the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis starred Christian Bale as Patrick Batemen, a cult classic role that is still revered among this generation of movie lovers. He has big shoes to fill, but Elvis star Austin Butler will now interpret the psychopathic, murdering businessman in the upcoming reimagining of the acclaimed early 90s book.
According to Variety, Austin Butler will be joining Guadagnino’s American Psycho as the lead character, Patrick Bateman. A lot of people online thought that Jacob Elordi, who happened to also play Elvis in another film titled Priscilla, was a shoo-in for the role. However, Butler will officially embody the pop culture icon, who will be one of the more villainous roles he has played even though he is the film’s “protagonist.” He played the bloodthirsty Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two earlier this year, but American Psycho will be a totally different violent octave for the Oscar-nominated actor.
Guadagnino’s film is expected to be a more direct adaptation of the original source material. Although the 2000 movie from director Marry Harron was praised for its unique interpretation, it seems the “remake” will feel like a different film altogether. Check out the official synopsis for the original American Psycho novel by Bret Easton Ellis:
“Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.”
‘American Psycho’ Will Be Different This Time Around
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Release Date
April 14, 2000
Runtime
101 minutes
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