Christian Bale: “En American Psycho me pagaron el mínimo legal. Los maquilladores se reían de mí porque cobraba menos incluso que ellos” www.revistagq.com/noticias/articulo/christian-bale-entrevista-portada-gq-noviembre-2022?
Je vois pas je vois pas du tout ce qu'il veut dire ton scénario moi je célibataire j'ai pas de fiancé en tout début j'ai demandé de le Gabriel et je sais pas quoi dans un jeu Gabriel il s'est mis dans une maquette je sais pas qu'est-ce qu'il a fait et voilà il se retrouver qui est Antonin et faire des choses cachées bizarre qui me regarde pas bien sûr et puis que moi j'attendais sonné dès qu'il est pas venu avec tant pis après voilà la vie continue chacun chacun chez soi moi ce que je sais c'est que moi je suis une fille qui sort pas avec les filles et garçons les jeunes soit je bouge pas en pratique chez une fille cherche une fille une femme les deux parce que là on est stationné il y a des garçons des filles voilà machine à la fois on peut être une fille aussi une femme pareil moi en fait c'est un garçon il y a un homme ça veut dire mais toi il y a des garçons qui sont jamais là qui sont au mur du cerveau c'est vrai que dans la vie pas de mais bon on s'en fout de la vie c'est pas c'est pas le problème c'est après voilà Siri je sais que j'ai comprendre des choses comme quoi il était mal sur interview qu'il a fait laaprès je comprends je suis pas folle mais j'ai pas bien compris quand même parce que c'est un souvent du tout je dirais que s'il a un problème contre moi qui me le dis en plein en pleine face je sais pas moi qui n'importe mais en fait c'est vrai que parler derrière les gens c'est je sais que parler derrière les gens c'est pas après quand j'ai dit j'ai pas dit j'ai fait ce que vous voulez voilà ?
This guys looks totally different from his roles. While most of actors just act themselves in all the movies, afraid to look ugly, funny, shameful, they only act powerful, sexy etc
Very good point! In this interview Christian Bale has NOTHING from Patrick Bateman in him. He is very unlike /any/ role he plays. It is rare. And like you said, most actors basically play themselves pretending to be a character, and it's always one-note. Not so with Christian.
Bale is an absolute gentleman and phenomenal actor to boot. He was told this role would ruin his career, but it launched it. Also, Bale did nothing wrong by screaming at a distracting man on the set of Terminator Salvation.
You are speaking such facts. I believe to this day that he was deliberately provoked. He was under so much pressure that it would have been easy to push him over the edge. July heat in Albuquerque NM, tdk premiers and press tours worldwide at same time, dealing with aftermath of Ledger’s death - they were friends. And the verbal assault charge brought by his own Mother and sister same night as London premier of TDK happened in July too. Bad time frame lots of pressure. There were lots of obstacles to get that movie made. They were looking for Bale to reboot the terminator franchise the way he had rebooted the Batman franchise. They said they would bring on the Nolan team to help with the script etc but it didn’t happen. The entire incident was shady. They were scared Bale would walk and they wanted insurance in case he did. Then lo and behold he goes off one day and they happen to catch it on tape. Very convenient. 😒 They save the tape even tho useless for the movie snd voila they have their insurance. The insurance company somehow let it get leaked and 13 years later you still have people condemning him. But honestly, people in the industry pretty much said that moving around the set to tweak lights after action is called is a no no unless previously arranged with the actors in the scene because it’s distracting. Bale didn’t agree with doing that and in fact had asked the dp NOT to do it again. So when he does it again it’s in total disregard and disrespect to a request not to have ones work hindered. Director McG was sleep at the wheel but again I think he colluded to wind Bale up and get it on tape. Otherwise there’s no reason why the tape survived. Plus he apologized the day it happened and again when tape got leaked. Somebody got paid for that while Bale got ripped to shreds for four minutes of yelling and using the f word. To some that word doesn’t even have the original meaning. To Bale it was clearly just the way he talks. It had no weight behind it precisely because he kept saying it. So yes I agree with you that the dp was at fault plus he made it worse “ apologizing” but in the next breath saying he didn’t trash (hinder) the shooting of the scene. If you listen a little closer it really starts to sound staged and people are smiling / laughing in a condescending way while they ask Bale to calm down but no one in authority ever once says to the DP “Hey Shane you can’t be moving around after action is called anymore. You’re on notice now that it’s causing a problem.” That doesn’t happen. And I will bet you anything that if there was video footage and we could see everyone’s body language and facial expressions it would paint a different picture. I’d almost bet my house that the DP did something nonverbal like turn his back or be otherwise dismissive that made Bale escalate instead of calm down. Especially if the whole thing was a set up.
That incident was so obviously staged for the promotion of the movie, even Michael Caine said it when he was asked about it in an interview. That audio tape (without any video) was released just before the movie was released in cinemas (how convenient and not at all suspicious) and it is so believable because it plays right into this image that Christian Bale has of being this superserious ultraprofessional methodic actor who is a perfectionist and does not want anything or anyone to mess with his work. All of you obviously bought it very easily so it worked really nice. I would just like to know was he paid extra for that promotional work?
@@babobereta I saw that interview with Michael Caine as well. He wasn’t suggesting Bale had a hand in the tape being leaked at all. He was insinuating that the “powers that be” were behind the tape being leaked and the timing of it. He never meant to imply Bale had staged anything. I’m fact he defended Bale’s character by saying it wasn’t like him and that he himself had done far worse difference being it wasn’t preserved on tape and leaked. I have a hard time believing any professional actor would purposely risk that kind of foreseeable backlash and ongoing damage to their brand and reputation in order to promote one project. Especially in a profession in which the public’s perception of you can and does affect your marketability long term. That would have been very short term, desperate thinking on Bale’s part to go along with that kind of ruse. Coming off the meteoric success of The Dark Knight and being at the pinnacle of his career at the time this tape was released, Bale simply would not have felt compelled to risk sacrificing his brand that way. Especially since he was already doing damage control about the verbal assault incident with his mother and sister which happened the same month that the rant actually happened in July of the prior year. When TDK was premiering everywhere and racking up record breaking box office receipts. You still have people thirteen years later saying they won’t go see a movie he’s in to this day because of the rant. And what person in their right mind would risk having that kind of ass out display be on the internet until forever? Bale is not stupid and all of the bad press and public backlash and public humiliation he suffered despite all the apologies he made would have been totally foreseeable. What about his wife and daughter and any future kids he would have? You think he would have wanted them to have to deal with that shit? Really?? I wouldn’t put it past the business side of the production to set up Bale up tho. Either to have leverage over him or to have it for insurance policy for the movie. Maybe they didn’t set it up but just took advantage. Either way I don’t think even they would have leaked the tape. Because again it would have been too much a risk that movie goers would not want to reward such bad behavior and could boycott instead. I don’t believe even the DP would have participated in such a ruse if he knew the tape would be leaked because his light tweaking after action called goes against the industry norm. So even though he was the “victim” per se he wasn’t totally blameless and he comes off looking like someone who doesn’t know how to navigate a set when making a movie. Not good for his career either. But he still might have thinking about the sympathy he could and did get. So if you’re right, who else besides the DP and Bale were in on it 🙄? The Director of course right? How about Bryce Dallas Howard? Would she engage in that kind of shit? She defended him afterward the tape was leaked but called her Dad (actor Director Ron Howard) right after it happened What about the crew members who came forward and said the DP had it coming because of how he had routinely been treating people while the movie was being made. Was that all made up too to help sell the lie? It’s far more likely that either someone tried to blackmail Bale personally and he wouldn’t pay up refusing to be blackmailed. That would explain why the tape was released so close to the movie release date - for maximum effect and as the consequence for not being paid out. If not blackmail then maybe the plan really was “only” taking it to TMZ to get money that way. To me, this always felt like it was someone who leaked the tape for money. Certainly never once believed it was some pathetic attempt on Bale’s part to “promote” the movie. How does faking an isolated incident of what would surely be considered very bad behavior on set of the lead actor not have better than a 50% chance of backfiring by making people condemn Bale wholeheartedly and not go to the movie to make a statement “on principle” 🙄😒. Plenty of that happened I’m sure. Anybody in the business of making movies (the people who stood to make money on this movie based on box office performance ) would have known better than to try to “work” people that way. Too risky. Meanwhile any individual person who could have made and undoubtedly DID make some money selling the tape would not have cared about the risk to the movie nor the damage to Bale personally. Bale knows as much as any actor that an actor’s career can survive one or even several bad movies. But if you get labeled as being difficult or worse violent with others on set in Hollywood you’re risking said career. Suggesting Bale got “paid anything extra to stage” the incident that would foreseeably dog him to his grave kind of argues against itself. The idea he would willingly shoot himself in the foot that way is highly unlikely. That some schmuck got a few thousand dollars richer thanks to a check from TMZ for the audio much to Bale’s detriment - is exactly what happened.
True story: the character Patrick Bateman played by Christian Bale was based on Christian Bale's performance after he flipped out on one of the crew members(Paul Allen) for walking around in the background during filming on the set of Terminator salvation. That version of Christian Bale was sent back in time to terminate Allen and thus became the serial killer known as Patrick Bateman. A lot of people don't know that the character Patrick Bateman is a real person because he's christian bale from the future. It all makes perfect sense.
Hope all the little Sigma Bateman cosplayers see this and realize that who they're idolizing is just walking talking satire 🍷 EDIT: "How do you show violence without celebrating it?" - Case and point. Christian Bale has always been incredibly sensible. Way ahead of his time. A wonderful person and an actor 🥂 Just had to say it 🌟
Damn, its insane how well he understood this role. Sometimes when actors talk about their characters they seem so off the mark, but he nailed who Patrick Bateman was supposed to be.
right yea, it's wild. Coupled with Matt Smith playing the musical version of Patrick Bateman, it's just kinda ironic that every major portrayal of the protagonist of a book called "American Psycho" has been British.
I feel like Bateman loved this role more than he wants to admit. When I think of American Psycho, I think of a Capricorn. Caps are The CEO of the zodiac who are very socially traditional but love control & greed. They can very cynical, heartless & kinda a loner by choice. Coincidentally, Bateman is a Capricorn.
At this point I'm convinced that British people do American accents better than Americans do. This guy is Patrick Bateman AND Bruce Wayne, yet he's British. Crazy.
@@thedude7737 Well, there is multiple examples but I'm convinced that that's because American accent is easier to comprehend. British english is kind of... whack
I'm from the UK and can pull a very believable American accent. The reason we can pull off the American accent better than Americans can pull off the British accent is because, from a young age, we are exposed to a large amount of American media, music, films, etc. And it's almost second nature for us.
@@jbo4547 yh look it up, I think it’s because his character was putting on a act. And on set they couldn’t see that that was the point. The changes their minds after seeing the movie tho !
I remember hearing a similar thing about Johnny Depp (in his better performances). On set, it looks like he's underacting or phoning it in, then you see it in a closeup, and he's actually putting in the work, just very subtly.
It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but "The Greatest Love of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity.
@@dollyriva8297 More like he understand the material, ge gets it. Most of the actors are just like tools for directors who are telling them exactly what to do.
"Somebody fascinating to eavesdrop on, in a restaurant" I literally had this happen. Pretty much the restaurant scene from the movie happened to me, I was having lunch and a group of rich young guys sat next to us and they were talking about investments, switched easily to talking about how hot they thought waitress was, ranking women they knew by the size of their chests, talking about money. It was insane. I couldn't believe it was happening in real life lol
"But he is the image of sort of the American Dream of glamour, wealth, sophistication. In the backs of magazines, of interview, of' W'. This apparently charmed life, which when you take a closer look, is really not so charmed. And is absolutely soulless and vacant" If they made the movie today, Bateman would've been a social media influencer.
@@devd3353 The hollywood upper class never enjoy bringing attention to their own excesses so you could expect them to make it about anything but hollywood which is the real ultimate den of sin, debauchery and narcissism. Even in the 1980s it could've just as easily been about California as it was about Manhattan but on one end on that dichotomy you got the ones who actually wrote it, edited it and published it in the first place so they can't demonize themselves, they need to go after other groups. Similar to the fact that the director is a female and so decided to focus on "male violence" ignoring the fact that there are such things as female serial killers and that violence is by no means a male-exclusive reality.
@@liquidsnake6879 the intention of the “male violence” is to make you think about how Bateman and his colleagues treat/think about women as objects just about every time they interact/talk about women, this is reflected by Bateman literally treating women as objects for either sex or torture because it personally gratifies him and he’s insane. Sexism does effect the way we see and treat people, it’s true there are female serial killers but less common and also they aren’t usually killing for the same sexual gratification we see Bateman kill for. Silly to focus on a whatabout-ism when the movie just wouldn’t work and have the same context with a female lead, pry wouldn’t be as popular either. I agree with your first paragraph tho, Hollywood’s full of hypocrisy, criticizing the sole pursuit of wealth at all cost and appearing to be cultured without actually caring for others is definitely the point of American psycho and it could easily be restructured to be a criticism of Hollywood.
@@devd3353 i was going to say it would still be the same place but silicon valley is pretty good in terms of being at the forefront of what society/culture/whatever has decided is best. Also its full of vacuous nonsense and a considerable portion of it is based on apparence (like all the over-valued companies who have been unable to turn a profit for years). Social Media influencer, no. Social Media Platform CEO, perfect. Like how easy would it be for zuckerberg to murder someone with the information he has...
He lives in the American Gardens building on West 81st street. His name is Patrick Bateman. He’s 27 years old. He believes in taking care himself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if his face is a little puffy, he’ll put on an ice pack while doing his stomach crunches. He can do a thousand now. After he removes the ice pack, he uses a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, he uses a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then he applies an herb mint facial mask, which he leaves on for 10 minutes while he prepares the rest of his routine. He always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real him. Only an entity, something illusory. And though he can hide his cold gaze, and you can shake his hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense your life styles are probably comparable, he simply is not there.
BEE being gay really shines through in the descriptions of Bateman. The fact that there is a certain sexual attraction towards the main character from the author adds a layer that simply would not have been there if the writer would have been straight.
The way Bale talks about the movie feels like the stars aligned for him being Patrick Bateman because of his understanding of the role along with the director's interpretation of the book just connecting flawlessly
The studio wanted Leonardo decaprio. Herron the director always wanted Bale but was overruled. Bale kept the faith and started training his body for it like he had the part. He just wouldn’t accept that Leo was in and he was out. Then Leo dropped out. I think his people told him the movie would ruin his image. And Bale was ready to step in! The whole story is out there to find if you want all the details. I cannot for one second imagine Leo doing that movie.
When I was young I used to think actors are just easy jobs that any good-looking people can do, and I think it's unfair that they earn so much just by being good-looking. And then I found Christian. Damn this guy really is dedicated to acting and listening to him breaking down his characters thoroughly with a huge vocabulary alone is a pleasure.
@@seandunn2062 Yes? What is the point of your comment? The exact age is interesting because it's such an immature thought pattern that it should be below 12 but some people believe shit like that at 18.
0:42 what he's saying is absolutely true, bateman isn't someone you wanna be particularly, but he's just so charismatic and fascinating, there's something about him you just wanna gaze at
Christian is very very intelligent and articulate. Fantastic answers! He also has an incredibly sexy voice. I describe it as a voice like hot, dark chocolate: manly and strong, yet warm and soothing at the same time. Ugh, could listen to him talk 24/7. He should do ASMR. I love him!
Of course I knew that Christian Bale is a good actor but holy crap, the crazy amount of thought and deliberation that he put into this role is so clear when you see him talk with such an intricate, in-depth understanding of Bateman and the movie as a whole. Respect.
He brings this to all his roles. He creates back stories and notes for his characters and he will collaborate with directors to developers characters as much as they allow. The man is all about his craft. Not saying he is the only one…but he stands out for sure when asked these types of questions. Mad respect.
Or a live action Hush movie. A dual role of the actor playing as the heroic Bruce/Batman and also playing a slimy Bruce Wayne/Elliot. Kinda like Batman vs Bateman.
Wait a minute, that's actually not bad! Bateman gets away with everything because his identity is lost among the heartless white collar society that could just easily be the killers themselves. That's actually a case worthy of Batman!
Christian proved with this role that he is one of the most intelligent actors out there. The fact that the rest of the cast (except Willem Defoe, who said from the get-go Bale is a genius as Bateman) thought at first that he does it wrong, shows they actually didn't understand any of it, how to do great satire like this. Christian explains it brilliantly right here, in this interview: 'psychology of him was interesting because it was turning on its head all of the basic rules of acting, that you'd be firstly completely unselfconscious, and Bateman is completely self-conscious (...) it didn't matter, Bateman is a performance, so normally you have to disguise the performance with this, it didn't matter that I've revealed a performance, it was sort of an acting teacher's nightmare'. This right here is what the cast thought at first, 'acting nightmare', what the hell he is doing, etc. They simply didn't get this is exactly the way you play an alien like Bateman & satire. And they changed their minds after they saw the whole movie, so history proved Christian right. He was simply always one step ahead and ahead of the time. Genius.
Je-fucking-sus. To listen to him talk about anything is such a treat. To be that articulate & that incisively analytic yet without once ounce of dullness is simply the most enjoyable, rare, and underrated aspect of an actor (or any celeb, really). Gotta love him even more for that 😍
It was cool to see hints of Bale's Patrick Bateman surface in the Dark Knight trilogy. It worked perfectly in scenes where Bruce Wayne was feigning arrogance and narcissism to avoid suspicion.
I think it was more about the suit and physicality of the two 😂. Any similarities for me were really superficial. Bateman was playing a role to try to fit in with his peers because he was so different on the inside - his psyche. Bruce’s eccentric billionaire playboy persona was playing a role to stand out among his peers- the trust fund brigade as Rachel called them. He purposely courted attention being over the top in every way possible- hiding in plain sight. You said hints so I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you but I actually saw Begins before I saw American Psycho 😀. Maybe that’s why I feel like there was a big difference between the characters. I saw none of Bruce Wayne ‘s Playboy persona in Patrick Bateman when I watched AP. Patrick was too uneasy in his own skin which is exactly what bale was going for I think. But the director just showed everybody buying the performance.
Christian Bale being a veteran method actor, it should be no surprise that he speaks so eloquently of his projects and his roles, but his intensity still fascinates me every time.
Right?! This is a movie interview, but he turned it into a mini lecture, I was literally on the verge of taking notes Hell, I miss the times when eloquence and vocabulary was still a thing 😢
I love watching interviews like this where the performer gives insight into their role and talks about the work that they performed in, the director, the original author... Most performers who do this are either method veterans like Bale in this film, or maybe an indie performer :/ too many interviews today don't delve into the background of a film or a work, and it's just about promotion and fan-squeeing over some pretty person :( Christian Bale is SO eloquent here. He reminds me of when Faye Dunaway did interviews for movies like Chinatown, The Network or Mother Dearest, or any of Michael Caine's old interviews. It shows just how much respect he had for the role; how much research he had done; how much he paid attention to the director's efforts and the writer's intentions. There is a lot here even for non-actors to learn from! And as the Russian saying goes, "a person with a clear head also speaks clearly." That is very true here. Too many performers today have very poor improv abilities and cannot tell a coherent thought, but then again their fans stan them like they can do no wrong and say things like "wow, this guy is such a philosopher! He said that acting takes a lot of effort, wow what a genius!" sigh.
Wow. Never realized how well spoken and eloquent he actually is. He really really studies those characters and roles and puts a lot of effort into his research and inward going... Awesome guy
They really should consider doing a true sequel with Bale reprising Pat Bateman again. Scrap that AP2 crap like Carpenter did with the Halloween sequels.
@@cannibalholocaust3015 why not? It’d make up for that trash they spewed out with Mila Kunis. That movie lost total credibility when Bateman went out that way plus the actor playing him sucked as did the script.
@@Mindfuck36 why not you stupid bastard? Just kidding lol. I can agree with your opinion. It should be left alone but these days anything can happen. I just hope they do it right because you can’t really associate AP2 with the brilliance of the first film. It’s like comparing a Tiffany diamond to a pile of 💩.
I just adore the way he talks, he seems intelligent and down to earth. Christian Bale isn't just the regular nice guy you know, he's much more than that! I could listen to him speak for hours. I think his performance was absolutely perfect, American Psycho is one of my favorite movies but this is mainly because of his acting skills.
He did a really good job playing Patrick Bateman, because ever sense I saw this movie I can’t separate actor and character in my head I really think Christian Bale could very well be an “American Physcho”
I don't get why Americans always say "have an accent" for basically any Anglophone speaker not Canadian or American. Like, we all do. Americans don't have an accent?
@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 Most Americans do not have an accent. An accent in my understanding is being able to say words that have an "r" in them and shit like that. Anyone who pronounces words "uniquely" has an accent, like Minnesotans, people from Boston, and people from Britain who can't pronounce British properly. Also, calm down dude.
@@ReeseGhost Thanks Ghost with the most. I understand what it meant, it just doesn't make any sense to word it in that way. Hell, just saying "They talk different" would be less daft-sounding. I'm calm?
Christian Bale: “En American Psycho me pagaron el mínimo legal. Los maquilladores se reían de mí porque cobraba menos incluso que ellos” www.revistagq.com/noticias/articulo/christian-bale-entrevista-portada-gq-noviembre-2022?
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Je vois pas je vois pas du tout ce qu'il veut dire ton scénario moi je célibataire j'ai pas de fiancé en tout début j'ai demandé de le Gabriel et je sais pas quoi dans un jeu Gabriel il s'est mis dans une maquette je sais pas qu'est-ce qu'il a fait et voilà il se retrouver qui est Antonin et faire des choses cachées bizarre qui me regarde pas bien sûr et puis que moi j'attendais sonné dès qu'il est pas venu avec tant pis après voilà la vie continue chacun chacun chez soi moi ce que je sais c'est que moi je suis une fille qui sort pas avec les filles et garçons les jeunes soit je bouge pas en pratique chez une fille cherche une fille une femme les deux parce que là on est stationné il y a des garçons des filles voilà machine à la fois on peut être une fille aussi une femme pareil moi en fait c'est un garçon il y a un homme ça veut dire mais toi il y a des garçons qui sont jamais là qui sont au mur du cerveau c'est vrai que dans la vie pas de mais bon on s'en fout de la vie c'est pas c'est pas le problème c'est après voilà Siri je sais que j'ai comprendre des choses comme quoi il était mal sur interview qu'il a fait laaprès je comprends je suis pas folle mais j'ai pas bien compris quand même parce que c'est un souvent du tout je dirais que s'il a un problème contre moi qui me le dis en plein en pleine face je sais pas moi qui n'importe mais en fait c'est vrai que parler derrière les gens c'est je sais que parler derrière les gens c'est pas après quand j'ai dit j'ai pas dit j'ai fait ce que vous voulez voilà ?
It's crazy that Christian Bale was only 25 when this movie was being filmed. His performance gives off the impression that he was several years older.
35 maybe.
26 not 25.
@@stephenotoole408 According to IMDb, it was filmed February - April 1999, so he was 25.
I thought it was 2000.??
@@stephenotoole408 That's when it was released, but not when it was filmed.
“I like to dissect characters.” -Christian Bale
I like to dissect characters, did you know I’m utterly analytical?
I mean he dissected paul allen
@@3van660 no
Very good.
@@3van660 he didnt
*Bale removes microphone and stands up*
Interviewer: "where are you going?"
Bale: "I have to return some videotapes."
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"So, the prophecy was true"
He did naaawwwt. It's nawt true. It's bowwwlshit.
the best comment of the whole youtube
holy shit, he brake down the character A+, surly one of the aspects that makes you a great actor like him
"Your complement was sufficient, louis"
Bro British actors are always so good
This guys looks totally different from his roles.
While most of actors just act themselves in all the movies, afraid to look ugly, funny, shameful, they only act powerful, sexy etc
Very good point! In this interview Christian Bale has NOTHING from Patrick Bateman in him. He is very unlike /any/ role he plays. It is rare. And like you said, most actors basically play themselves pretending to be a character, and it's always one-note. Not so with Christian.
Bale is an absolute gentleman and phenomenal actor to boot. He was told this role would ruin his career, but it launched it. Also, Bale did nothing wrong by screaming at a distracting man on the set of Terminator Salvation.
Yes
You are speaking such facts. I believe to this day that he was deliberately provoked. He was under so much pressure that it would have been easy to push him over the edge.
July heat in Albuquerque NM, tdk premiers and press tours worldwide at same time, dealing with aftermath of Ledger’s death - they were friends. And the verbal assault charge brought by his own Mother and sister same night as London premier of TDK happened in July too. Bad time frame lots of pressure.
There were lots of obstacles to get that movie made. They were looking for Bale to reboot the terminator franchise the way he had rebooted the Batman franchise. They said they would bring on the Nolan team to help with the script etc but it didn’t happen.
The entire incident was shady. They were scared Bale would walk and they wanted insurance in case he did. Then lo and behold he goes off one day and they happen to catch it on tape. Very convenient. 😒
They save the tape even tho useless for the movie snd voila they have their insurance. The insurance company somehow let it get leaked and 13 years later you still have people condemning him.
But honestly, people in the industry pretty much said that moving around the set to tweak lights after action is called is a no no unless previously arranged with the actors in the scene because it’s distracting.
Bale didn’t agree with doing that and in fact had asked the dp NOT to do it again. So when he does it again it’s in total disregard and disrespect to a request not to have ones work hindered.
Director McG was sleep at the wheel but again I think he colluded to wind Bale up and get it on tape. Otherwise there’s no reason why the tape survived. Plus he apologized the day it happened and again when tape got leaked. Somebody got paid for that while Bale got ripped to shreds for four minutes of yelling and using the f word.
To some that word doesn’t even have the original meaning. To Bale it was clearly just the way he talks. It had no weight behind it precisely because he kept saying it.
So yes I agree with you that the dp was at fault plus he made it worse “ apologizing” but in the next breath saying he didn’t trash (hinder) the shooting of the scene.
If you listen a little closer it really starts to sound staged and people are smiling / laughing in a condescending way while they ask Bale to calm down but no one in authority ever once says to the DP “Hey Shane you can’t be moving around after action is called anymore. You’re on notice now that it’s causing a problem.” That doesn’t happen.
And I will bet you anything that if there was video footage and we could see everyone’s body language and facial expressions it would paint a different picture. I’d almost bet my house that the DP did something nonverbal like turn his back or be otherwise dismissive that made Bale escalate instead of calm down. Especially if the whole thing was a set up.
That incident was so obviously staged for the promotion of the movie, even Michael Caine said it when he was asked about it in an interview. That audio tape (without any video) was released just before the movie was released in cinemas (how convenient and not at all suspicious) and it is so believable because it plays right into this image that Christian Bale has of being this superserious ultraprofessional methodic actor who is a perfectionist and does not want anything or anyone to mess with his work. All of you obviously bought it very easily so it worked really nice. I would just like to know was he paid extra for that promotional work?
@@babobereta I saw that interview with Michael Caine as well. He wasn’t suggesting Bale had a hand in the tape being leaked at all. He was insinuating that the “powers that be” were behind the tape being leaked and the timing of it. He never meant to imply Bale had staged anything. I’m fact he defended Bale’s character by saying it wasn’t like him and that he himself had done far worse difference being it wasn’t preserved on tape and leaked.
I have a hard time believing any professional actor would purposely risk that kind of foreseeable backlash and ongoing damage to their brand and reputation in order to promote one project.
Especially in a profession in which the public’s perception of you can and does affect your marketability long term. That would have been very short term, desperate thinking on Bale’s part to go along with that kind of ruse.
Coming off the meteoric success of The Dark Knight and being at the pinnacle of his career at the time this tape was released, Bale simply would not have felt compelled to risk sacrificing his brand that way.
Especially since he was already doing damage control about the verbal assault incident with his mother and sister which happened the same month that the rant actually happened in July of the prior year. When TDK was premiering everywhere and racking up record breaking box office receipts.
You still have people thirteen years later saying they won’t go see a movie he’s in to this day because of the rant. And what person in their right mind would risk having that kind of ass out display be on the internet until forever?
Bale is not stupid and all of the bad press and public backlash and public humiliation he suffered despite all the apologies he made would have been totally foreseeable. What about his wife and daughter and any future kids he would have? You think he would have wanted them to have to deal with that shit? Really??
I wouldn’t put it past the business side of the production to set up Bale up tho. Either to have leverage over him or to have it for insurance policy for the movie.
Maybe they didn’t set it up but just took advantage. Either way I don’t think even they would have leaked the tape. Because again it would have been too much a risk that movie goers would not want to reward such bad behavior and could boycott instead.
I don’t believe even the DP would have participated in such a ruse if he knew the tape would be leaked because his light tweaking after action called goes against the industry norm. So even though he was the “victim” per se he wasn’t totally blameless and he comes off looking like someone who doesn’t know how to navigate a set when making a movie. Not good for his career either. But he still might have thinking about the sympathy he could and did get.
So if you’re right, who else besides the DP and Bale were in on it 🙄? The Director of course right? How about Bryce Dallas Howard? Would she engage in that kind of shit? She defended him afterward the tape was leaked but called her Dad (actor Director Ron Howard) right after it happened
What about the crew members who came forward and said the DP had it coming because of how he had routinely been treating people while the movie was being made. Was that all made up too to help sell the lie?
It’s far more likely that either someone tried to blackmail Bale personally and he wouldn’t pay up refusing to be blackmailed. That would explain why the tape was released so close to the movie release date - for maximum effect and as the consequence for not being paid out.
If not blackmail then maybe the plan really was “only” taking it to TMZ to get money that way. To me, this always felt like it was someone who leaked the tape for money.
Certainly never once believed it was some pathetic attempt on Bale’s part to “promote” the movie. How does faking an isolated incident of what would surely be considered very bad behavior on set of the lead actor not have better than a 50% chance of backfiring by making people condemn Bale wholeheartedly and not go to the movie to make a statement “on principle” 🙄😒. Plenty of that happened I’m sure.
Anybody in the business of making movies (the people who stood to make money on this movie based on box office performance ) would have known better than to try to “work” people that way. Too risky.
Meanwhile any individual person who could have made and undoubtedly DID make some money selling the tape would not have cared about the risk to the movie nor the damage to Bale personally.
Bale knows as much as any actor that an actor’s career can survive one or even several bad movies. But if you get labeled as being difficult or worse violent with others on set in Hollywood you’re risking said career.
Suggesting Bale got “paid anything extra to stage” the incident that would foreseeably dog him to his grave kind of argues against itself. The idea he would willingly shoot himself in the foot that way is highly unlikely. That some schmuck got a few thousand dollars richer thanks to a check from TMZ for the audio much to Bale’s detriment - is exactly what happened.
@@nikkinewbie6014 Holy hell. You've got a lot of interesting points, but are the essays necessary??
True story: the character Patrick Bateman played by Christian Bale was based on Christian Bale's performance after he flipped out on one of the crew members(Paul Allen) for walking around in the background during filming on the set of Terminator salvation.
That version of Christian Bale was sent back in time to terminate Allen and thus became the serial killer known as Patrick Bateman.
A lot of people don't know that the character Patrick Bateman is a real person because he's christian bale from the future.
It all makes perfect sense.
Christian is such a good actor that even though he’s British you still fully believe he’s actually a real person
Had no clue he was British
Now let’s see Paul Allen’s version
he's so babygirl
if you told Christian Bale to say a sentence without “um” he would faint 😂
christian bale great actor he's from british but he can remove accent british
American Psycho is next level art.
Hope all the little Sigma Bateman cosplayers see this and realize that who they're idolizing is just walking talking satire 🍷
EDIT: "How do you show violence without celebrating it?" - Case and point. Christian Bale has always been incredibly sensible. Way ahead of his time. A wonderful person and an actor 🥂 Just had to say it 🌟
from Bateman to Batman
This dude looks just like Patrick Bateman.
Bale in movie: There is an idea of Patrick Bateman...
Bale in real life: Yah bruv ees chewsday an eres dis yawpis beheivin badley rite mate
Literally me
this guy looks like Patrick Bateman
As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
This man is beautiful, holy shit.
Very impressive
Let’s see Paul Allen’s own interview
Every time I hear him talk normally it shocks me over and over again lmao.
Impressive, very nice.
Let’s see Paul Allen’s card
"Look at that subtle off-white coloring, The tasteful thickness of it..."
Psycho Metal Kid Oh my god... it even has a watermark
😂😂Let's Paul Allen's interview
@@shawnmuchedzi1080 We should’ve gone to Dorsia, I could’ve gotten us a table
Let’s see Paul Allen’s interview
That’s bone
You got me fucking weak bro
Not if you wanna keep your spleen
DEAD 😭😭💀
@@mariestrada1231 rest in peace ☮️
Let's see Paul Allen's accent.
You can’t see an accent lol 🤦♂️
@@DTJ2024 The joke went completely over your head.
@@DTJ2024 dumbass
@Isaac Baker I know it’s from American Psycho Dumb fcuks but you still can’t hear an accent you fcuking MORONS!
@Isaac Baker yeah yeah what pr!ck?
Damn, its insane how well he understood this role. Sometimes when actors talk about their characters they seem so off the mark, but he nailed who Patrick Bateman was supposed to be.
This dude is in the same league as Val Kilmer, and not just because they were bat men.
he’s the best actor ever
Except saying someone like this couldn't exist. That's dumb any type of psychopath can exist, and they definitely do exist.
Like whomstve
He really did. I have tried to explain what American Psycho was about but people don’t really *get* it, but he laid it out perfectly.
There is an idea of a Christian Bale interview. Some kind of an illusion. I'm simply not there..
"it's simply not there" would've made that comment actually work. "I'm simply not there" ruins it, m8.
@@KnjazNazrath I mean bro got 700 likes, so
@Michael Loftus it’s all illusionary*
I could listen to him talk for hours. He has such a nice voice.
gay
@@mapuangames5847 little bit yeah
Unless you trash his scene...
I wouldn't say hrs lol, but I could see why u say that
right it’s sounds so nice
I had no idea that Christian Bale was British
right yea, it's wild.
Coupled with Matt Smith playing the musical version of Patrick Bateman, it's just kinda ironic that every major portrayal of the protagonist of a book called "American Psycho" has been British.
Isn't he Australian?
@@psibrunojusto no he is British
He is welsh more specifically
Is not he raleted to Gareth Bale. They were both born in Wales and Bale is not a common name in Wales.
In reality, they were just filming Christian Bale's daily life.
How’s Iris?
Than ya gotta admit his workout routines are hot af
😆
@@gusfringberkman9598 I'm not a degenerate, thanks.
I feel like Bateman loved this role more than he wants to admit. When I think of American Psycho, I think of a Capricorn.
Caps are The CEO of the zodiac who are very socially traditional but love control & greed.
They can very cynical, heartless & kinda a loner by choice.
Coincidentally, Bateman is a Capricorn.
At this point I'm convinced that British people do American accents better than Americans do. This guy is Patrick Bateman AND Bruce Wayne, yet he's British. Crazy.
right one guy does a good job and you think all of england does it just as well
@@thedude7737 Well, there is multiple examples but I'm convinced that that's because American accent is easier to comprehend. British english is kind of... whack
I'm from the UK and can pull a very believable American accent. The reason we can pull off the American accent better than Americans can pull off the British accent is because, from a young age, we are exposed to a large amount of American media, music, films, etc.
And it's almost second nature for us.
@@Rory_tttt that's very interesting
@@Rory_tttt that’s actually cool! thanks for sharing :)
The fact that the rest of the cast thought he was a terrible actor really proves how well he played the part,
Did they?
@@jbo4547 yh look it up, I think it’s because his character was putting on a act. And on set they couldn’t see that that was the point. The changes their minds after seeing the movie tho !
Cuz they expected him to play the part straight
I remember hearing a similar thing about Johnny Depp (in his better performances). On set, it looks like he's underacting or phoning it in, then you see it in a closeup, and he's actually putting in the work, just very subtly.
Let’s see Paul Allen’s acting
Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston had 4 number one singles on it?
It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but "The Greatest Love of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity.
You like to listen to Whitney Houston?! You own a Whitney Houston CD?! More than one?! Hahahahaha...uh
You own a Whitney Houston album?? More than one? (Laughs maniacally)
Did you know that Christie?
@@Blinki18284 kinda ghey right.
Mans such a dedicated and intelligent actor
Has proven this so many times
Rare now a days. He’s a true actor who takes his work seriously .
I think some of his best work is on "The Prestige".
@@dollyriva8297 More like he understand the material, ge gets it. Most of the actors are just like tools for directors who are telling them exactly what to do.
@@djdarklyceum watched that film recently for the first time and fell in love, one of my favorite films if not my favorite film of all time :)
Who is this dork talking crap about me? I'll admit, he's very handsome, but I have a slightly better haircut.
Let’s see Paul Allen’s haircut
Hmm...
Naturally
You can always be thinner., look better.
@@DaInternetBear Can you explain the Paul Allen joke to me, please? I don't know why he's joked about-
Bale was terrifying as Patrick Bateman, so well played.
Batman 👀
Patrick Bateman plays a good Christian Bale in this interview. Impressive.
Let’s see Paul Allen play Christian Bale in this interview.
@@colbystegemann4041 Not if you want to keep your spleen
stahp lol
They didn't ask him the most important question; do you really like Huey Lewis and the News?
He probably thinks their early work was a little too new wave and only started to like them when Sports came out, like most nitwits.
WHO DOESN'T?
They’re too black-sounding for his tastes
He probably wishes people would listen more closely to the lyrics.
@Agustín Risatti "HEY PAUL"
"Bateman could never exist"
That's some strong trust in humanity, which I don't share lol
You didn't listen to the whole sentence.
I exist and Bateman is a noob compared to me
@@alberttwangle893 you're a 12 year old who gets chicken tendies from mommy.
@@ms.bunniesarecute2287 good one boy
@@alberttwangle893 mfer out here saying noob and comparing himself to patrick bateman in the same sentence
"Somebody fascinating to eavesdrop on, in a restaurant" I literally had this happen. Pretty much the restaurant scene from the movie happened to me, I was having lunch and a group of rich young guys sat next to us and they were talking about investments, switched easily to talking about how hot they thought waitress was, ranking women they knew by the size of their chests, talking about money. It was insane. I couldn't believe it was happening in real life lol
Did one come back from the restroom saying, “They don’t have a good bathroom to do coke in.”
you must be new, that's how most guys talk whether they are rich or not
Guys talking about making money and attractive women, some real wild stuff
Are you sheltered
@@MrCharrrles It's not how I or any one of my friends talks
very well spoken
Let’s see how well spoken Paul Allen is
@@patrickbateman5104 very nice
no hes just English
very spell woken
Based
Can't imagine anybody else playing this role- certainly a timeless performance.
The author was inspired by Tom Cruise
@@travisbickle4360 Tom Cruise could absolutely work
Right! Not even DiCaprio! I'm glad he declined the role.
I keep forgetting that Christian Bale is English
Welsh
@@KKinterlude Born in Wales, went back to the UK after being born to British parents.
Exactly!
@@britishtimestopper3047 Wales is in the UK
@@thedude7727I know that. But 99.9 percent of people mean England when they say the UK, not Wales, Scotland or NI.
"But he is the image of sort of the American Dream of glamour, wealth, sophistication. In the backs of magazines, of interview, of' W'. This apparently charmed life, which when you take a closer look, is really not so charmed. And is absolutely soulless and vacant"
If they made the movie today, Bateman would've been a social media influencer.
Actually, the author said had he wrote this today, it would be about Silicon Valley
@@devd3353 Pretty much the same thing. That general... sphere of influence.
@@devd3353 The hollywood upper class never enjoy bringing attention to their own excesses so you could expect them to make it about anything but hollywood which is the real ultimate den of sin, debauchery and narcissism. Even in the 1980s it could've just as easily been about California as it was about Manhattan but on one end on that dichotomy you got the ones who actually wrote it, edited it and published it in the first place so they can't demonize themselves, they need to go after other groups.
Similar to the fact that the director is a female and so decided to focus on "male violence" ignoring the fact that there are such things as female serial killers and that violence is by no means a male-exclusive reality.
@@liquidsnake6879 the intention of the “male violence” is to make you think about how Bateman and his colleagues treat/think about women as objects just about every time they interact/talk about women, this is reflected by Bateman literally treating women as objects for either sex or torture because it personally gratifies him and he’s insane. Sexism does effect the way we see and treat people, it’s true there are female serial killers but less common and also they aren’t usually killing for the same sexual gratification we see Bateman kill for. Silly to focus on a whatabout-ism when the movie just wouldn’t work and have the same context with a female lead, pry wouldn’t be as popular either. I agree with your first paragraph tho, Hollywood’s full of hypocrisy, criticizing the sole pursuit of wealth at all cost and appearing to be cultured without actually caring for others is definitely the point of American psycho and it could easily be restructured to be a criticism of Hollywood.
@@devd3353 i was going to say it would still be the same place but silicon valley is pretty good in terms of being at the forefront of what society/culture/whatever has decided is best. Also its full of vacuous nonsense and a considerable portion of it is based on apparence (like all the over-valued companies who have been unable to turn a profit for years).
Social Media influencer, no. Social Media Platform CEO, perfect.
Like how easy would it be for zuckerberg to murder someone with the information he has...
He lives in the American Gardens building on West 81st street. His name is Patrick Bateman. He’s 27 years old. He believes in taking care himself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if his face is a little puffy, he’ll put on an ice pack while doing his stomach crunches. He can do a thousand now. After he removes the ice pack, he uses a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, he uses a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then he applies an herb mint facial mask, which he leaves on for 10 minutes while he prepares the rest of his routine. He always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real him. Only an entity, something illusory. And though he can hide his cold gaze, and you can shake his hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense your life styles are probably comparable, he simply is not there.
BEE being gay really shines through in the descriptions of Bateman. The fact that there is a certain sexual attraction towards the main character from the author adds a layer that simply would not have been there if the writer would have been straight.
The way Bale talks about the movie feels like the stars aligned for him being Patrick Bateman because of his understanding of the role along with the director's interpretation of the book just connecting flawlessly
The studio wanted Leonardo decaprio. Herron the director always wanted Bale but was overruled. Bale kept the faith and started training his body for it like he had the part. He just wouldn’t accept that Leo was in and he was out.
Then Leo dropped out. I think his people told him the movie would ruin his image. And Bale was ready to step in! The whole story is out there to find if you want all the details. I cannot for one second imagine Leo doing that movie.
and him being the exact right age as well.
When I was young I used to think actors are just easy jobs that any good-looking people can do, and I think it's unfair that they earn so much just by being good-looking.
And then I found Christian.
Damn this guy really is dedicated to acting and listening to him breaking down his characters thoroughly with a huge vocabulary alone is a pleasure.
What does "young" mean here?
@@Bollibompa younger than he was when he/she wrote the comment?
@@seandunn2062
Yes? What is the point of your comment? The exact age is interesting because it's such an immature thought pattern that it should be below 12 but some people believe shit like that at 18.
@@Bollibompa Dude I was just saying what he meant
@@Bollibompa I get what you mean though
Christian had a great understanding of this book/story. It's probably why he made such a great performance as Bateman.
0:42 what he's saying is absolutely true, bateman isn't someone you wanna be particularly, but he's just so charismatic and fascinating, there's something about him you just wanna gaze at
you gay
He's hot, I dunno about charismatic
He’s like a big tiger. He’s beautiful. You would want to get near him…to maybe pet him - but the trouble is you could be mauled at any time 😂😂😂
Bale is highly intelligent and the way he talks is pleasing to the ear. Excellent video!
Christian is very very intelligent and articulate. Fantastic answers! He also has an incredibly sexy voice. I describe it as a voice like hot, dark chocolate: manly and strong, yet warm and soothing at the same time. Ugh, could listen to him talk 24/7. He should do ASMR. I love him!
I'VE assessed the situation and im leaving,,,
Bateman:
Dorsia:Ha ha ha ha ha
Can't talk, I have to return some video tapes.
Of course I knew that Christian Bale is a good actor but holy crap, the crazy amount of thought and deliberation that he put into this role is so clear when you see him talk with such an intricate, in-depth understanding of Bateman and the movie as a whole. Respect.
He brings this to all his roles. He creates back stories and notes for his characters and he will collaborate with directors to developers characters as much as they allow. The man is all about his craft. Not saying he is the only one…but he stands out for sure when asked these types of questions. Mad respect.
@@nikkinewbie6014 For real man, very well said. I 100% agree, he's insane
Bale ones said “ you just keep laughing at him and not with him “ Deep I think .
I always like Christian Bale's analysis of the characters he plays. He always puts deep thoughts into them
I laugh with him
White Steve Harvey
@@brightblackgrouse6236 American comedy?
They should do a movie where Batman is trying to defeat a serial killer disguised as a Wall Street VP.
Or a live action Hush movie. A dual role of the actor playing as the heroic Bruce/Batman and also playing a slimy Bruce Wayne/Elliot. Kinda like Batman vs Bateman.
Wait a minute, that's actually not bad! Bateman gets away with everything because his identity is lost among the heartless white collar society that could just easily be the killers themselves. That's actually a case worthy of Batman!
@@Greed70 this is fascinating
Christian proved with this role that he is one of the most intelligent actors out there. The fact that the rest of the cast (except Willem Defoe, who said from the get-go Bale is a genius as Bateman) thought at first that he does it wrong, shows they actually didn't understand any of it, how to do great satire like this. Christian explains it brilliantly right here, in this interview: 'psychology of him was interesting because it was turning on its head all of the basic rules of acting, that you'd be firstly completely unselfconscious, and Bateman is completely self-conscious (...) it didn't matter, Bateman is a performance, so normally you have to disguise the performance with this, it didn't matter that I've revealed a performance, it was sort of an acting teacher's nightmare'.
This right here is what the cast thought at first, 'acting nightmare', what the hell he is doing, etc. They simply didn't get this is exactly the way you play an alien like Bateman & satire. And they changed their minds after they saw the whole movie, so history proved Christian right. He was simply always one step ahead and ahead of the time. Genius.
Je-fucking-sus. To listen to him talk about anything is such a treat. To be that articulate & that incisively analytic yet without once ounce of dullness is simply the most enjoyable, rare, and underrated aspect of an actor (or any celeb, really). Gotta love him even more for that 😍
sus
@@shlecko 😳😳
@@shlecko now let's see Paul Allen's emergency meeting
Lol you just said it in the manner of Patrick Bateman
Sus
“How do you show ANY sort of violence without celebrating it?”
Good question, dang! He understands the material
Let’s see Paul Allen’s interview
When did jerma get that accent?
idk
His greatest role yet.
Bale is so intelligent, introspective and conscious of what makes his characters tick. No wonder he’s one of the greats
His accent is so good I always forget he’s British
He is so beautiful.
This interview was sublime. Look at that subtle off-white lighting. The tasteful dialogue of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark!
It was cool to see hints of Bale's Patrick Bateman surface in the Dark Knight trilogy. It worked perfectly in scenes where Bruce Wayne was feigning arrogance and narcissism to avoid suspicion.
Very good point
I think it was more about the suit and physicality of the two 😂. Any similarities for me were really superficial. Bateman was playing a role to try to fit in with his peers because he was so different on the inside - his psyche. Bruce’s eccentric billionaire playboy persona was playing a role to stand out among his peers- the trust fund brigade as Rachel called them. He purposely courted attention being over the top in every way possible- hiding in plain sight.
You said hints so I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you but I actually saw Begins before I saw American Psycho 😀. Maybe that’s why I feel like there was a big difference between the characters. I saw none of Bruce Wayne ‘s Playboy persona in Patrick Bateman when I watched AP. Patrick was too uneasy in his own skin which is exactly what bale was going for I think. But the director just showed everybody buying the performance.
"not someone youd wanna know but someone whos fascinating to eavesdrop on at a restaraunt" is such a great description lmao
Let’s hear Paul Allen’s interpretation of the film.
This is his mental rehearsals when he is talking with himself.
I guess you could say that I just want to leave a meaningful comment
Christian Bale being a veteran method actor, it should be no surprise that he speaks so eloquently of his projects and his roles, but his intensity still fascinates me every time.
Right?! This is a movie interview, but he turned it into a mini lecture, I was literally on the verge of taking notes
Hell, I miss the times when eloquence and vocabulary was still a thing 😢
@@pastelrose3702 when the amogus is sus 😳
Except for terminator 4, that shit was absolutely awful
I love watching interviews like this where the performer gives insight into their role and talks about the work that they performed in, the director, the original author...
Most performers who do this are either method veterans like Bale in this film, or maybe an indie performer :/ too many interviews today don't delve into the background of a film or a work, and it's just about promotion and fan-squeeing over some pretty person :(
Christian Bale is SO eloquent here. He reminds me of when Faye Dunaway did interviews for movies like Chinatown, The Network or Mother Dearest, or any of Michael Caine's old interviews. It shows just how much respect he had for the role; how much research he had done; how much he paid attention to the director's efforts and the writer's intentions. There is a lot here even for non-actors to learn from! And as the Russian saying goes, "a person with a clear head also speaks clearly." That is very true here. Too many performers today have very poor improv abilities and cannot tell a coherent thought, but then again their fans stan them like they can do no wrong and say things like "wow, this guy is such a philosopher! He said that acting takes a lot of effort, wow what a genius!" sigh.
@@hermionestranger4964 yes
Wow. Never realized how well spoken and eloquent he actually is. He really really studies those characters and roles and puts a lot of effort into his research and inward going... Awesome guy
They really should consider doing a true sequel with Bale reprising Pat Bateman again. Scrap that AP2 crap like Carpenter did with the Halloween sequels.
Nope. Wouldn’t work. It’s perfect as is.
@@cannibalholocaust3015 why not? It’d make up for that trash they spewed out with Mila Kunis. That movie lost total credibility when Bateman went out that way plus the actor playing him sucked as did the script.
@@FormerlyNYVulgarian Bateman isn't real, there is nothing to explore. Taking Bateman out of that movie would just leave you with an empty shell.
@@Mindfuck36 why not you stupid bastard? Just kidding lol. I can agree with your opinion. It should be left alone but these days anything can happen. I just hope they do it right because you can’t really associate AP2 with the brilliance of the first film. It’s like comparing a Tiffany diamond to a pile of 💩.
@@FormerlyNYVulgarian 😂😂😂
I love how a movie about an American psycho was played by a British person and he was the perfect role for him
OHHHH, GOOD FOR YOU!!!
YOU ARE TRASHING MY SCENE!!!!!!
I'm gonna kick your f'ing ass if you don't shut up for a second!
His voice sounds so warm.
"Sabrina, don't just look at it, eat it!"
Patrick Bateman is so good at his impression of Christian Bale!!! Bravo!
Hip to be square!
Impressive, very nice.
Wait a fucking minute... WHEN WAS HE BRITISH??!
I didn’t even know he was British tf
Now, let’s see Paul Allen’s Interview.
*Patrick bateman is sponsored by tiege hanley*
Impressive, very nice.
I can't believe Paul Allen's card is more impressive than mine.
Listening to him talk about his character sounds like hes describing the joker.
Almost like he’s Batman and Jared Leto was the joker O_o
The Joker is a high functioning psychopath so this makes sense.
@@Absurdword Id like to see them battle it out lol
No It doesn't
Pre-mockney Christian Bale.
whats premockney
@@asmrbully6980 fake cockney accent
His accent hasn't changed
I just adore the way he talks, he seems intelligent and down to earth. Christian Bale isn't just the regular nice guy you know, he's much more than that! I could listen to him speak for hours. I think his performance was absolutely perfect, American Psycho is one of my favorite movies but this is mainly because of his acting skills.
Why is this guy so awesome love you Christian lol 😂 Xd uuuf ;3 ♡
This is perfectly explained, American Psycho is this profound, not any more, not any less.
I can't believe Bryce prefers Van Patten's interview to mine.
He did a really good job playing Patrick Bateman, because ever sense I saw this movie I can’t separate actor and character in my head I really think Christian Bale could very well be an “American Physcho”
Ever since
Christian Bale is so well spoken, I'm going to copy the way he talks in my next job interview, even the parts about serial killing.
I keep forgetting he has an accent. The dude is just such a brilliant actor it just blows my mind. Definitely one of the very best of our generation.
I don't get why Americans always say "have an accent" for basically any Anglophone speaker not Canadian or American. Like, we all do. Americans don't have an accent?
@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 cause theyre ignorant people who live inside a bubble of everlasting ignorance
@@Syndixal America bad. Come on. Calm down, if anything he's complimenting him.
@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 Most Americans do not have an accent. An accent in my understanding is being able to say words that have an "r" in them and shit like that. Anyone who pronounces words "uniquely" has an accent, like Minnesotans, people from Boston, and people from Britain who can't pronounce British properly. Also, calm down dude.
@@ReeseGhost Thanks Ghost with the most. I understand what it meant, it just doesn't make any sense to word it in that way. Hell, just saying "They talk different" would be less daft-sounding. I'm calm?
Very good film, and funny. Bales best performance in my opinion.👍
Christian bale should be treated as the marlon brando of his generation
i thought the same!!