After breaking out in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Cooper Koch has his sights set on his next role — and an iconic one at that.
At the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night, Koch told The Hollywood Reporter, “Luca’s doing American Psycho, so I think I can do Patrick Bateman,” when asked what he was looking to do for his Menendez follow-up.
It was reported on Friday that Luca Guadagnino is in final negotiations to helm a new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis‘ 1991 novel American Psycho for Lionsgate. The first film, released in 2000, starred Christian Bale as Bateman, an investment banker who seemingly leads a double life as a serial killer.
“I haven’t played a serial killer yet so I think I could do it,” Koch added, noting that in the last few weeks since his Netflix series’ release, he’s been getting a surge of acting prospects. “Things are coming in, things are moving, things are happening, taking meetings, and the needle is threading so we’ll see, nothing is locked in or happening yet.”
Guadagnino’s most recent film is the Amazon feature Challengers, which hit theaters in the spring and stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, which Koch also called out as his favorite movie of the year, teasing, “I’m a big gay tennis boy.”
Guadagnino’s next movie, Queer, stars Daniel Craig and is set for theatrical release on Nov. 27 from A24; the filmmaker is currently in postproduction on After the Hunt, with leads Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield.
Scott Z. Burns is writing the script for the new American Psycho, which is produced by Frenesy Films and is said to not be a remake of the first adaptation but rather a new take on the novel. Sam Pressman of Pressman Films — whose father, Edward R. Pressman, produced the 2000 movie — is executive producing the new version.
