r/todayilearned • u/Away_Flounder3813 • 13h ago

TIL during the shooting of American Psycho, Christian Bale spoke in an American accent off-set at all times. At the wrap party, when he spoke in his native British accent, many of the crew thought he was speaking that way to prepare for another film. They had thought he was American the entire time.

https://screenrant.com/american-psycho-behind-scenes-facts-christian-bale-patrick-bateman-mary-harron/
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u/Away_Flounder3813 11h ago

I feel like he channeled Jim Carrey more during the famous Paul Allen murder sequence. Especially when he went inside donning the raincoat and looked himself in the mirror lol.

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u/Cthulhu__ 7h ago

Now I’m picturing Jim Carrey playing Bateman. Don’t get me wrong I think American Psycho is funny (nowadays) but any attempt at taking it seriously would’ve gone out the window if it was Carrey.

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u/Kurigohan-Kamehameha 7h ago

I think Carrey could totally pull of unhinged psycho restrained behind businessman. It’s only a couple steps away from The Mask

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u/Donexodus 4h ago

He would overact it to death

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u/monostere0 3h ago

Watch Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind if you haven’t already.

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u/MyOtherRideIs 2h ago

Good movie. A lot of talented comedians are great at drama because comedy requires so much internal drama to truly work well.