Casting Replacements That Took a Serious Toll on These Actors’ Careers

Hitting the Iron Church

Fortunately, Bale’s rigid dedication paid off, and he became the Patrick Bateman we know today. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Bale discussed his persistence: “I’m English, so I never go to a gym, but for that role, it was part of the whole deal that I had to go. I still kept going down to the gym every day because I was going, ‘Oh, I’m making the film.’”

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