American Psycho

…serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000) brought Bale additional attention.

…in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and American Psycho (2000).

A successful movie version of the novel, starring Christian Bale in the lead role, appeared in 2000. Improbably, perhaps, it was also made into a musical that ran for 81 performances on Broadway in 2016 before closing in the face of insufficient earnings.

American Psycho was adapted into a movie in 2000, directed by Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale as Bateman. Despite being only a modest success in theaters, the film became a cult classic. In 2024 Harron observed of the book’s notoriety: “There was a big scandal [when it…

…had a prominent role in American Psycho, an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial novel about an investment banker who is also a serial killer (played by Christian Bale). The following year he appeared in two major films: David Lynch’s noirish Mulholland Drive, in which he portrayed an unlikable

…Bale) in the violent satire American Psycho, an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial novel. Also in 2000 Witherspoon had a memorable turn as the sister of Jennifer Aniston’s character on the popular television series Friends, and she provided a voice on the animated series King of the Hill.