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American Psycho introduced Christian Bale as Norman Bates, a psychopathic and self-obsessed investment banker who is also a serial killer. Mary Harron directed the film and co-wrote it with Guinevere Turner. The film is an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' namesake novel and was released on April 14, 2000, by Lionsgate. Since its release, the film has achieved a cult following and its ending has been dissected by fans.
Harron recently attended a screening to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, where she spoke about its relevance. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Harron compared the world today with the one when she made American Psycho, and said,
"It’s so much worse than when I was making the film."
Let us find out in detail what she said at the event.
American Psycho director Mary Harron talks about its relevance
American Psycho has completed 25 years since its theatrical release. To celebrate the feat, a special screening was held at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival on June 7, 2025, which was attended by director Mary Harron. Post the screening, she spoke to Hasan Minhaj about the film and its relevance in today's time, and how she saw the Wall Street folks as dinosaurs. She said,
“Not that there wouldn’t be rapacious Wall Street behavior and greed. It was true, actually, for a few years after the film came out. It was much better hidden.”
She claimed that people today were still "reveling" in "the joy of being overly racist,” and added:
“I would never have thought you would see that.”
The director shared her shock about how the world is today, saying:
“It’s so much worse than when I was making the film. You know, open fascism.”
She further spoke about Christian Bale playing Patrick Bateman.
“It was very strange because he hadn’t actually done anything like that before in his work."
Harron revealed that Bale was the sole actor to find the script funny, which gave her confidence to go ahead with his casting.
“It was basically that we had the same sense of humor. The other actors I met, some of them well known and certainly better known than Christian at the time, I could tell that they thought Bateman was sort of cool. And to me, it’s like there’s nothing cool here. We’re not doing the coolness. We’re doing the absurdity of him. So, I knew that it was very important we be on the same page.”
American Psycho is produced by Christian Halsey Solomon, Chris Hanley and Edward R. Pressman. The film stars Christian Bale, Jared Leto and Samantha Mathis among others.
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