Chloë Sevigny Recalls 'American Psycho' Co-Star Christian Bale Being 'Intimidating' On Set

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Chloë Sevigny Recalls 'American Psycho' Co-Star Christian Bale Being 'Intimidating' On Set
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played a murderous investment banker with a commitment she’d never seen before. While his method acting has since become legend, Sevigny found it “challenging” on set.

“I was really intimidated by his process and intimidated by him,” she told the outlet. “And I wanted a little more generosity to make myself feel more at ease, which is my own ego. It was a really challenging dynamic for me, but I don’t think that I thought he was bad.”“I was just kind of confused, like, ‘Why aren’t you being social?’” Sevigny continued.

Sevigny was 25 years old when she was cast in the controversial adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel and “wasn’t even aware” of method acting — a technique Bale used to fully immerse himself in the icy role. She took a “fake it until you make it” approach herself, she said.due to the relentless racism, misogyny and sexual violence of its protagonist Patrick Bateman. While Bale brilliantly mined the nihilism of his character, not everyone saw his vision on set.told the outlet.

“ not paying attention to fucking anything else but what he’s doing,” he told the outlet. “I have nothing but admiration for that, because a lot of Method actors are actually kind of distracting with the fact that their process is more important than anything or anybody else.”Realness delivered to your inbox

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