Christian Bale in American Psycho

American Psycho director Mary Harron has said she finds it bizarre to witness “Wall Street bros” idolising Christian Bale’s character, considering the film is “very clearly” poking fun at them.

While marking the 25th anniversary of the satirical slasher in a conversation with Letterboxd Journal, Harron said she’s questioned whether she “failed” in her making the film after seeing men openly praise Patrick Bateman – a cocky New York investment banker by day and serial killer by night – on social media.

“I’m always so mystified by it,” she explained. “I don’t think that [co-writer Guinevere Turner] and I ever expected it to be embraced by Wall Street bros, at all. That was not our intention. So, did we fail?”

She continued: “I’m not sure why [it happened], because Christian’s very clearly making fun of them.”

The Canadian film director also finds it ironic........

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