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Leonardo DiCaprio as Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho"

Christian Bale killed it (literally) as Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho", but it could have been Leonardo DiCaprio playing the Wall Street serial killer instead. According to a film published by Vice News, DiCaprio was reportedly convinced not to take the role by feminist icon Gloria Steinem. As "American Psycho" cowriter Guinevere Turner explained in the Vice film, "I believe [Steinem] said, 'Please don't do this movie. Coming off of "Titanic", there is an entire planet full of 13-year-old girls waiting to see what you do next, and this is going to be a movie that has horrible violence toward women.' Soon after that, Leo dropped out, so who knows what really happened?"

Image Source: Getty / Amy Sussman