Justin Theroux approves of Luca Guadagnino‘s potential “American Psycho” reboot. Theroux, who appeared in Mary Harron’s iconic 2000 movie, informed Vulture that he helps a brand new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel, particularly throughout the trendy political local weather.
Guadagnino’s model, which is being billed by Lionsgate as a completely new adaptation of Ellis’ ebook, was introduced in 2024 with Scott Z. Burns (“Extrapolations,” “The Bourne Ultimatum”) adapting. Austin Butler was rumored to steer the movie as Patrick Bateman, the character that Christian Bale first dropped at display. Nonetheless, creator Ellis later mentioned that the remake was “faux information” and that no offers for any of the aforementioned creatives are in place. Guadagnino went on to look in a video message throughout Lionsgate’s CinemaCon presentation confirming his involvement within the challenge.
Depend Theroux amongst those that want to witness Guadagnino’s tackle the fabric. Theroux informed Vulture as the unique movie marks 25 years that it’s the “excellent time” for the rumored “American Psycho” remake to be within the works.
“It feels like they’re placing collectively an attention-grabbing group of individuals and actors,” he mentioned. “I’m often not into remakes, however as soon as I heard who’s concerned, I assumed that might be actually good. Possibly it’s an ideal time to retell that story. Everytime you get extra time away from an period, you may have extra perspective on it. The reality or the lies come into extra aid, so it may be simpler to satirize.”
Theroux recalled how the movie’s legacy has endured, for higher or worse, and at occasions, has been misinterpreted.
“There are a few motion pictures in the identical vein, like ‘Wall Road’ with Gordon Gekko or Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Wolf of Wall Road.’ These are all technically villains, and the factor I discover odd is round ten or possibly 12 years in the past, I began seeing folks going as Patrick Bateman for Halloween, getting an axe and a transparent trenchcoat,” Theroux mentioned. “In bro tradition, he turned kind of a hero, and I discover that deeply disturbing.”
Theroux continued, “I bear in mind being at a Halloween get together as soon as and a few Patrick Bateman man was like, ‘Holy shit, bro, you have been in that! Wanna take an image with me?’ I assumed it was so gross, however I might inform by the way in which he was performing that he most likely was a finance bro and admired Patrick in no matter dumb manner. Identical factor with Gordon Gekko, the ‘Greed is nice’ man. You possibly can see it in, like, Donald Trump Jr. He’s a pressure of the identical DNA.”
Theroux defined {that a} new model would hopefully steer the cultural dialogue away from glorifying the characters to as a substitute realizing its satire.
“It’s as related at the moment, only a shift in type,” he mentioned. “The [finance] man may be carrying a baseball hat or Lululemon. There are nonetheless enterprise colleges turning out guys who assume greed is nice and who worship on the altar of capitalism and don’t have any ethical qualms. I can spot these guys a mile away strolling across the West Village or Wall Road — however they’re not as confined to the Monetary District or the Higher East Facet as they was.”
Both manner, creator Ellis is not going to be concerned within the trendy adaptation. He mentioned throughout his eponymous podcast that if the remake does exist, he’ll “don’t have anything to do with this,” including, “I would get some cash in the event that they do that, however I’m not concerned creatively on any stage, and that’s all I do know.”