The actor continued, pointing out that Bateman would be a very different role from playing convicted killer Erik Menendez. As he put it: I haven’t played a serial killer yet so I think I could do it.

Variety reported that Guadagnino is in final negotiations to acquire the rights for a new interpretation of the Easton Ellis classic. But who will play the murderous finance metrosexual?

Luca Guadagnino is supposedly set to direct a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. “We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson.