Christian Bale made less than makeup on ‘American Psycho’

Christian Bale has loved a fantastic profession, to say the least. From starring in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy to touchdown iconic roles in titles akin to The Machinist, Bale is among the biggest character actors Hollywood has ever seen. With a penchant for methodology performing, Bale has taken the type of ranges of authenticity that even the greats of previous could be pleased with. Now, with him starring in David O. Russell’s upcoming Amsterdam thriller, Bale seems to be set so as to add one other gilded credit score to his in depth listing.

However, it’s debatable that Christian Bale’s most iconic function is that of the yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman in 2000’s American Psycho. In a current interview with GQ, he appeared again on the interval and revealed that he solely secured the job after Hollywood golden boy Leonardo DiCaprio turned it down. 

“Nobody wished me to do it besides the director. So they mentioned they might solely make it if they might pay me that quantity,” Bale mentioned. “I used to be prepping for it when different folks had been enjoying the half. I used to be nonetheless prepping for it. And, you understand, it moved on. I misplaced my thoughts. But I gained it again.”

However, essentially the most fascinating a part of Bale’s story was when he revealed that he was paid so little for the job that even the makeup artists had been getting paid extra than him. Today, with the pleasure of hindsight, this appears virtually inconceivable as a result of flick’s legendary standing in standard tradition. 

The actor continued: “In honesty, the very first thing was that I’d taken so lengthy attempting to do it, and so they had paid me absolutely the minimal they had been legally allowed to pay me. And I had a home that I used to be sharing with my dad and my sister and that was getting repossessed. So the very first thing was, ‘Holy crap. I’ve obtained to get a bit of cash,’ as a result of I’ve obtained ‘American Psycho’ completed, however I bear in mind one time sitting within the makeup trailer and the makeup artists had been laughing at me as a result of I used to be getting paid less than any of them. And in order that was my motivation after that, was simply, ‘I obtained to get sufficient that the home doesn’t get repossessed.’”

Another fascinating admission Bale made was that many stars who made their names within the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s have Leonardo DiCaprio to thank for the success. Bale believes DiCaprio will get first dibs on all main roles as a consequence of his outstanding expertise, however folks obtained an opportunity solely due to him turning them down.  

“It’s not simply me. Look, to today, any function that anyone will get, it’s solely as a result of [Leo] handed on it beforehand,” Bale revealed. “It doesn’t matter what anybody tells you. It doesn’t matter how pleasant you’re with the administrators. All these those who I’ve labored with a number of occasions, all of them provided each a type of roles to him first. Right? I had a type of folks really inform me that. So, thanks, Leo, as a result of actually, he will get to decide on the whole lot he does. And good for him, he’s phenomenal.”

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