Christian Bale is known for his ability to play a wide range of characters, but once upon a time, he won our hearts in Newsies and Little Women. His history playing such lovable characters made his interpretation of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho all the more horrific. The meticulous, devilishly handsome psychopath who charmed (many) people to death basically took an ax to our innocent, crushable image of Bale.