Luca! Have I not supported you? Have I not praised you far and wide? Well I don't know what I have done to make Luca Guadagnino unhappy and spiteful but I feel personally attacked twice in a row now with this
American Psycho remake that he's planning on making -- first with
the fact that he's doing it at all since Mary Harron's 2000 film with Christian Bale is literally perfect; one of my favorite movies, period. And
now comes the word (thx Mac) that he's getting one of my least favorite It Boys of the moment Austin Butler to star in it? Luca, baby, why? I've found almost everything Butler has done in the past several years of making a name for himself to be phony and try-hard -- no matter the praise they received his Elvis and his turn in
Dune Part Two were both flops as far as I'm concerned. Flops! Credit where credit's due -- he was fine playing a pretty boy poseur in
The Bikeriders and I liked how Quentin Tarantino used him as a blowhard in
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...
... but I'd say it's his
Dune work that landed him this gig and I have no idea what anyone sees in that performance. I find it laughable. I re-watched the movie last week and I still find it laughable. He has no presence in it -- he's the least scary villain since Jared Leto dyed his hair green. I will admit that there's something to be said here about Luca casting someone who reads as a total void to me as Patrick Bateman, the ultimate void. Lord knows I owe Mr. Guadagnino the benefit of the doubt at this point! His remake of
Suspiria -- another film that never should have worked but managed to become one of my favorite horror films of all time -- proved my anti-remake mindset before that to be mostly foolish. But going into that I loved all oif the actors he'd hired, and that is just not going to be the case with this if this ends up happening. When I posted the remake's announcement in October I just figured this'd go onto the director's extensive never-happening heap of projects, but this casting news makes it seem like it is really happening. Granted Ellis' book and Harron's movie are very different, and having a gay man approach the material will probably give it a different hook. Also there is the real-world angle of our political reality to mine -- the poison of the 1980s New York Finance Bro misogyny mind-set which has had some, you know, consequences. I don't know. I don't know, dammit! Why can't Luca just be nice to me?
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Money down that Luca ditches the Perry Ellis tighty whities for the baggiest boxers you've ever seen.
Cooper Koch said at an event he really wanted to take on this role, and I can't help but think about how much more exciting that would've been to see rather than this just being another Austin starring vehicle. Gonna have to pass on this remake.
Ooof, the banner of Gaspard, every time I see that man my heart breaks a little. Such a loss.
I thought Butler was exceptional in Elvis, last thing I saw him in. I wasn't a big fan of American Psycho, but I should give it a rewatch. I definitely wish everyone involved wasn't doing yet another remake when there are so many original projects waiting to be made..
i fear he just wants to see patrick bateman (and austin butler) have gay sex, thats it
I liked Butler's Elvis, did not like the movie. I like his Dune character. Yes it was laughable but a nice contrast in an overly serious film. I have faith that Luca has an angle that will surprise you. Just don't expect a masterpiece. Expecting a masterpiece is never good :)
Luca has made many bad casting decisions before. The man cast bland nepo baby Dakota Johnson twice! The less said about the too old and too untalented Armie Hammer the better. Austin is certainly better than those two.
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