Christian Bale Was Paid Less Than The Makeup Artists On “American Psycho”

48 year old actor machinist, big shortAnd – of course – all Dark Knight trilogy.

But before all these films came out, Christian starred in Mary Harron’s iconic thriller. American PsychoIt was released in 2000.

The film was immediately a huge success and went on sale. 34 million dollars On a budget of $7 million, Patrick Bateman’s performance, starring Christian, was met with great acclaim.

But the Christian who sat with him GQ Last week, despite actually playing the main character to reflect on the role, he was paid the legally permitted ‘absolute minimum wage’.

“They paid me the legal minimum wage,” he said, explaining that his share house was being foreclosed at the time.

“I had a house that I was sharing with my father and sister,” he said. “So the first thing was ‘Damn. I need to make some money.’”

And Christian went on to reveal that makeup artists on set are paid more than he does, and recalled a time when he was ridiculed by them throughout.

“I remember one time the makeup artist laughed at me because I sat in a makeup trailer and the makeup artist was paid less than anyone else,” he said.

“So that was the motivation after that. It just added, ‘I have to get enough that the house is not occupied again’.

Given that not only has Christian been cast for the lead role, he has already appeared in both Steven Spielberg’s films. empire of the sun and Gillian Armstrong little girlSome fans were quite shocked by this revelation.

Others take the whole “unfair” and “sad,” argued that Christian’s dedication to portraying the film’s protagonist deserved a much higher pay.

During the interview, Christian discussed how the role of Patrick Bateman was first proposed to Leonardo DiCaprio.

Regarding the interviewer’s claim that Leo was “cast ahead of Christian” for the role, Dark Knight The actor said in Hollywood that “anyone can get a role” was passed on to Leo beforehand.

“Look, the role given to anyone to this day is [Leo’s] It was delivered in advance,” said Christian. “It doesn’t matter what someone tells you. It doesn’t matter how close you are with the coaches.”

“Everyone I’ve worked with on several occasions offered him all the roles first. Right side? Actually, someone said that. Thank you, Leo. Because he can literally choose whatever he does. And what’s good for him, he’s phenomenal.”

And when asked if he’d ever been “personally drunk”, Christian nevertheless said incredibly “thank you” for being offered the role.

“You know how grateful I am to get the damn thing? I mean, I can’t do what he does. I wouldn’t want the exposure he has either. And he does it brilliantly. Almost everyone thinks he owes his career no matter what project he does.”