Patrick Schwarzenegger needs a lead function within the ‘American Psycho’ remake.
The ‘White Lotus’ star has expressed his want to star in Luca Guadagnino’s fashionable model of the 2000 Mary Harron horror basic – which starred Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a New York Metropolis funding banker who leads a double life as a serial killer.
One fan wrote on X just lately: “Patrick Schwarzenegger, I’ve discovered your breakout function.”
To which, the actor replied: “I’d love nothing extra [wink].”
Guadagnino just lately teased “the script is popping out very handsomely” for the flick.
Showing in a video section at CinemaCon, the filmmaker mentioned: “We’re actually working exhausting to convey to the display screen a brand new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘American Psycho’, a e-book that I deeply love that’s one thing that influenced me a lot.
“[Writer Scott Z. Burns] is doing an unimaginable job. The script is popping out very handsomely.”
Though Guadagnino didn’t reveal any of the forged for his ‘American Psycho’ film, the director teased he was presently in “dialog with very thrilling performers to play the leads.”
Final December, it was reported that Austin Butler would play Patrick Bateman in ‘American Psycho’.
The brand new movie received’t be a direct remake of the 2000 film, with Guadagnino’s model poised to be a brand new tackle the story that may have a extra vital erotic emphasis than the unique image.
Lionsgate movie chief Adam Fogelson beforehand described the director because the “excellent visionary” to helm the brand new cinematic iteration of ‘American Psycho’.
He mentioned in an announcement: “We’re thrilled so as to add one other elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate. Luca is a superb artist, and the proper visionary to create an entire new interpretation of this potent and basic IP.”
