Fan CastingAmerican Psycho By Luca Guadagnino

In 1987, New York City investment banker Patrick Bateman spends most of his time dining at popular restaurants while obsessively maintaining his physical appearance and keeping up a social façade for his fiancée, Evelyn Williams, as well as his circle of wealthy associates, most of whom he hates. At a business meeting, Bateman and his associates flaunt their business cards, obsessing over their designs. Enraged by the superiority of his colleague Paul Allen's card, Bateman finds a homeless man in an alley to whom he initially offers help, before denigrating him, stabbing him, and stomping his dog to death. At a Christmas party, Bateman makes dinner plans with Allen, who mistakes Bateman for another co-worker. Bateman resents Allen for his affluent lifestyle and ability to obtain reservations at Dorsia, a highly exclusive restaurant which Bateman cannot get into. Allen has dinner with Bateman, mistaking him