The fact that Christian Bale used Tom Cruise as his inspiration for playing Patrick Bateman is just so awesome...
As quoted from an interview with American Psycho director Mary Harron:
"We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave. And then one day he called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy."
I think I've mentioned this already on my blog, but I recently viewed that Oprah appearance Cruise did in its entirety, and it is SCARY. Definitely the "nothing behind the eyes" thing there.
And yet: Cruise actually seems more human when he acts. Many of his performances, from "Born On The Fourth of July" to "Magnolia," seem so heartfelt. Even "War of The Worlds" – I mean, he played such a believable concerned parent, just this ordinary down-to-earth guy.
Anyway, Tom Cruise, for being the inspiration for Christian Bale's performance as Patrick Bateman – I salute you!
"I Eat Planets" from Superhero Movie
"American Psycho" Movie Trailer
Tom Cruise
Because only scientologists can care about people or help them.
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For more Tom Cruise insight you should read the Bronson Pinchot interview over at avclub.com
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When I first saw the dvd cover -- I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS TOM CRUISE.
ReplyDeleteNot saying anything for or against Cruise (or Scientology for that matter as I believe all religions are cults) but by all accounts Peter Sellers was a somewhat empty man who was able to portray a variety of characters on screen. Sellers had a great talent for acting, but it did not mean he was great (or even complete person).
ReplyDeleteTherefore, it does not necessarily mean that if Cruise can portray very human characters, he has a lot of humanity himself.
Miles Fisher, the Tom Cruise impersonator from the SUPERHERO MOVIE clip, did a tribute to AMERICAN PSYCHO by reenacting scenes set to his cover of Talking Heads' "This Must Be The Place." It's one of my very favorite things of 2009:
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