Who replaced Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman for American Psycho 2: All American Girl? American Psycho was adapted from the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, which followed Wall Street investment banker and serial killer Patrick Bateman - though if he's actually a killer or just imagining his crimes is left ambiguous. A planned movie version went through many different actors and directors, with Oliver Stone and David Cronenberg attached to helm at different points, while Ewan McGregor and Leonardo DiCaprio were pursued to play Bateman. Mary Harron eventually signed on to direct American Psycho, with the movie providing Christian Bale with a star-making performance.

It also featured a great supporting cast, including Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon and Jared Leto, with the latter playing Paul Allen in arguably American Psycho's most famous scene, where Bateman waxes lyrical about Huey Lewis before hacking Paul up with an ax. The movie was a success and has since become a cult favorite, though Ellis later revealed he was unhappy with the adaptation. Filmmaker Roger Avary later shot scenes with the Patrick Bateman character for his adaptation of Ellis' novel The Rules Of Attraction. In the book, Bateman is the brother of main character Sean, and while Avary asked Bale to reprise the role, the star declined. Instead, Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) played the part, though Patrick Bateman's scenes ended up being deleted from the film.

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The American Psycho ending didn't exactly set up a sequel, and it's doubtful Christian Bale would have returned for one. Nevertheless, the 2000s were something of a boom time for unwarranted, STV sequels to hit movies, some of which - like Universal Soldier: Regeneration - were great, while others like Lost Boys: The Tribe really weren't. American Psycho 2 from 2002 starred Mila Kunis and William Shatner and started life as a completely different project before Lionsgate decided to turn it into a sequel. This included making Patrick Bateman a small part of the story, and revealing Kunis' character killed him as a child.

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Michael Kremko

Instead of Christian Bale, Patrick Bateman is played by actor Michael Kremko, who had previously appeared in a few episodes of Queer As Folk. The movie doesn't give Kremko much to do, however; Bateman has no lines and his face is never seen clearly. The character is seen in a flashback from Kunis' Rachael, who was kidnapped by Bateman alongside her babysitter, and when he's distracted Rachael unties herself and sneaks up with an ice pick, killing him off-camera.

American Psycho 2 depicting Patrick Bateman as an actual killer somewhat undermines the original movie, however, and this scene was added just to link what used to be an unconnected script to the source material. Bret Easton Ellis also decried the sequel and heard there were plans for further sequels like American Psycho In L.A. Thankfully, this didn't come to pass - at least not yet.

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