But when it came time to film the novel, the mercurialTop Gunactor didn’t make the final cut.

But she says that Cruise still played a critical role in the film.

“It’s the actor Tom Cruise.”

Tom Cruise in Magnolia, Christian Bale in American Psycho

Tom Cruise in ‘Magnolia’ and Christian Bale in ‘American Psycho’.Credit:New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection; Kerry Hayes/Lionsgate

Ellis, via Bateman, describes the actor as “much shorter in person.”

I thought it was quite a good movie, andTop Guntoo.

I really thought that was good."

Mary Harron and Christian Bale on the set of 'American Psycho'

Mary Harron and Christian Bale on the set of ‘American Psycho’.Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection

“It was calledCocktail.

The film was calledCocktail,” Cruise replies.

A decade later, EW reported again onprotests launched against the film- before it was even released in theaters.

Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, Justin Theroux, Samantha Mathis, and Matt Ross in ‘American Psycho’

EW has reached out to reps for Cruise and Bale.

Chloe Sevigny and Christian Bale in American Psycho

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in ‘American Psycho’

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in ‘American Psycho’.Everett