Armie Hammer is being touted as a potential lead star for the new American Psycho film by fans – 3 years after his cannibalism scandal imploded his career.
The actor, 38, who was at the peak of his fame, fell from grace when a series of disturbing allegations were made against him by multiple women, who accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalism fantasies.
With the announcement that Hammer’s Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is in ‘final negotiations’ to direct a new film adaption based on Bret Easton Ellis’ original 1991 novel – fans are touting ‘terrifying and sexy’ Hammer for the lead role of serial killer Patrick Bateman – played by Christian Bale in the 2000 film.
One X user wrote: ‘Non-ironically, the only person worthy of being cast as Patrick Bateman for a Luca Guadagnino adaptation is Armie Hammer.’
Fans responded: ‘Wow this would be perfect’, ‘Very true he is the perfect amount of terrifying and sexy’, and ‘This could be a fitting career comeback moment.’
Armie Hammer is being touted as a potential lead star for the new American Psycho film by fans – 3 years after his cannibalism scandal imploded his career
Christian Bale played serial killer Patrick Bateman in the iconic 2000 film
Others wrote: ‘Oh you know Luca was praying for a redemption arc to be able to work with his BFF, ‘his voice would be perfect’, ‘So perfect it’s almost on the nose’ and ‘Very true he is the perfect amount of terrifying and sexy.’
Others said Hammer’s chilling leaked texts in which he said ‘I am 100% a cannibal’ and spoke of wanting to eat a conquest’s heart – could form part of the script.
In February 2021 Hammer’s ex-girlfriend, Effie Angelova, 26, accused him of ‘violently’ raping and abusing her in 2017. He denied the accusations of rape through his attorney and said all of his sexual encounters were ‘completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory’.
Earlier this year Hammer revealed he is grateful for the shock cannibalism and abuse allegations which imploded his once-stellar Hollywood acting career.
Speaking on the Painful Lessons podcast, the actor said of the scandal: ‘Whatever it was that people said, whatever it was that happened, I’m now at a place in my life where I’m grateful for every single bit of it,
‘I’m actually now at a place where I’m really grateful for it because where I was in my life before all of that stuff happened to me I didn’t feel good I never felt satisfied I never had enough I never was in a place where I was happy with myself where I had self-esteem.
‘I never knew how to give myself love. I never knew how to give myself self-validation but I had this job where I was able to get it from so many people that I never had to learn how to give it to myself.’
With the announcement that Hammer’s Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is in ‘final negotiations’ to direct a new film adaption based on Bret Easton Ellis’ original 1991 novel – fans are touting Hammer for the lead role – pictured on-set in 2017 with Timothee Chalamet
One X user wrote: ‘Non-ironically, the only person worthy of being cast as Patrick Bateman for a Luca Guadagnino adaptation is Armie Hammer’
On being accused of cannibalism – he added: ‘People called me a cannibal. Like I ate people! What???? You know what you have to do to be a cannibal? You have to eat people!’
He added of his downfall: ‘It was an ego death, a career death. A neutron bomb went off in my life. It killed off [everything]’
His then-wife Elizabeth Chambers split from him in July 2020 – the former couple share two young children.
The star said he had contemplated suicide during that period, saying: ‘There were a lot of times when I thought I can’t take this anymore. I was getting hate…so it just went right in… there was a time
‘I was standing at the shore and I swam out really far and just laying there..a half-assed suicide attempt…But I thought I couldn’t do that to my kids.’
He admitted his Hollywood career is ‘nowhere now’ and said he’s ‘creating his own sandbox’ and planning to write a screenplay.
American Psycho fans were left furious after a new adaptation of the film was announced.
Bale, 50, received critical acclaim for his portrayal of yuppy serial killer Patrick Bateman in the 2000 film directed by Mary Harron – with the movie developing a cult following in the decades since.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson. said: ‘We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate. Luca is a brilliant artist, and the perfect visionary to create a whole new interpretation of this potent and classic IP.
The Bourne Ultimatum’s Scott Z. Burns has written the screenplay for new film.
Bale, 50, received critical acclaim for his portrayal in the film directed by Mary Harron – with the movie developing a cult following in the decades since
It is currently unknown who will play Bateman – but the decision to make the film has left fans fuming at the ‘pointless’ decision.
One fan wrote: ‘I’m sorry, we do NOT need a new american psycho film. i don’t care if patrick bateman himself is directing. no! let something be sacred still.’
Another typed: ‘I am kind of the opinion that Mary Harron’s American Psycho is so perfect that another adaptation seems pointless tho.
Others wrote: ‘an american psycho remake is the last thing we need rn’,’american psycho is perfect as it is. that movie does not need improvements.
‘Even if it’s Luca, I don’t want it. That’s how perfect AMERICAN PSYCHO already is
‘there’s already an american psycho movie! stop remaking movies that are already movies!
Some fans supported the decision, writing: ‘Suspiria was incredible. If anyone can do a remake right it’s Guadagnino. Excited to see their take on American Psycho.
‘Mary Harron’s American Psycho is basically perfect, BUT, considering how brilliant Luca’s Suspiria remake is, I’m very curious to see his take on this.’
But now – Call Me By Your Name director and Oscar nominee Luca Guadagnino is in ‘final negotiations’ to direct a new film adaption based on Bret Easton Ellis’ original 1991 novel
It is currently unknown who will play Bateman – but the decision to make the film has left fans fuming at the ‘pointless’ decision
A standalone sequel – American Psycho 2 – was released in 2002 starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner,
Kunis portrayed a criminology student who seeks to advance her career by murdering her classmates.
Bale was famed for his rigorous process to embody the psychopath – with director Harron previously revealing he even managed to sweat on cue for his takes.
Bale also transformed his physique, spoke constantly in an American accent and refused to socialize with others on the set for the role.
The film also starred Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny, Willem Defoe and Jared Leto as the much-memed Paul Allen
In 2004, Bale lost five stone to play emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in The Machinist by barely sleeping and surviving on a diet of coffee and apples.
After landing the role of the Caped Crusader in Batman Begins soon after, Christian swiftly bulked up his tiny 121 pound (8st 6lb) frame in just six weeks.
In 2022 Bale revealed he got paid even less than the makeup artists working on the film.
In an interview with GQ , Bale recalled getting laughed at by makeup artists over the pay gap and claimed he was being paid the legally minimum amount.
‘They had paid me the absolute minimum they were legally allowed to pay me,’ he told the magazine. ‘And I had a house that I was sharing with my dad and my sister and that was getting repossessed.
Others said they were excited to see the Challengers’ director’s take on the classic
Bale was famed for his rigorous process to embody the psychopath – with director Harron previously revealing he even managed to sweat on cue for his takes
‘So the first thing was: “Holy crap. I’ve got to get a bit of money,” because I’ve got American Psycho done, but I remember one time sitting in the make-up trailer and the make-up artists were laughing at me because I was getting paid less than any of them.
‘And so that was my motivation after that. It was just: “I got to get enough that the house doesn’t get repossessed.”‘
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