That includes original American Psycho star Chloë Sevigny—still considered, along with Zoë Kravitz, to be one of movie-making’s top performers whose name you have to copy-and-paste because the e with the umlaut over it is hard to remember how to type—who apparently pitched herself to Guadagnino to reprise her role as Jean,

Chloë Sevigny wants in on Luca Guadagnino ‘s new American Psycho film. Sevigny played Patrick Bateman’s secretary, Jean, in the 2000 satire, directed by Mary Harron. When she heard that Guadagnino would direct a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel of the same name, she made her interest known to the filmmaker.

Guadagnino’s “American Psycho” was first announced back in October of 2024. Scott Z. Burns is set to pen the script. The film will reportedly not be a remake of Mary Harron’s original cult classic, but an entirely new adaptation of Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel. Lionsgate is set to release the film.