00:00Christian Bale is equally brilliant and chilling as Patrick Bateman in 2000's American Psycho.
00:06But do you know which celebrity helped to inspire his portrayal?
00:09American Psycho co-writer and director Mary Harron shared in an interview with Black Book
00:14that she initially chatted with Bale about how otherworldly the character would seem.
00:18We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody
00:24from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave.
00:29But it wasn't until later that Bale revealed his celebrity inspiration for the character to Harron.
00:34He called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman.
00:37And he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes.
00:42And he was really taken with this energy.
00:44Now Tom Cruise's grinning wide-eyed delight has come under scrutiny
00:48by some as appearing exaggerated and forced in interviews,
00:52which perfectly informs the character of Patrick Bateman.
00:55Can you see Tom Cruise in Bale's performance?
00:57Let us know in the comments down below.
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