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[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

American Psycho was filmed in Toronto Canada in 1999. An estimated 238K people died in Canada in 1999. Yet the "media" remains silent.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The amount of American Psycho films increased to 100% when they released the movie but you never hear anyone talking about that.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what about american psycho II: all american girl?

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Another 100%

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, actors have some tricks

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Yeah we're going to need to do that take again"

[–] auf@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago
[–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He did also move to a mark on the ground and he repeated the lines he memorized when told to

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't believe you, do you have video evidence of this?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

See: American Psycho, the movie

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

How do I know it wasn't a body double.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Listen — I’m just trying to get things straight. Isn’t this the very definition of a Shitpost?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

His reaction looks like he's getting interviewed by Dr. Steve Brule.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Thought so. There’s a good Shitpost community here in Lemmy.

[–] DampSquid@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago

I've also heard rumours that he stood where he was told to

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Marlon Brando didn't. 'Cause Marlon Brando wasn't in American Psycho.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is also known as method acting

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

Yep, that's when you make a movie using the acting method.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These method actors always doing crazy shit to get into their roles

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And now you know how far he'd go.

[–] Lawyerator@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Huh, here I thought it was a long ad-lib for a rom-com that got waaaay off track.

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 5 points 2 years ago

Confirmed: back in my theater days my preparation for roles was identical to that of Christian Bale.

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

actually he just behaved as usuall

He’s a madman

[–] odium@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Another fun fact is that the original writer made the main character a self-insert and saw him as the good guy.

[–] Kunstbanause@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Method acting 🕴️

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

That's crazy