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James Franco Is Kanye’s Ideal American Psycho

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Per usual in Kanye Land, we’re working with rumors here, but several reports suggest that Kanye filmed an American Psycho music video starring Patrick Bateman look-alike and Kim Kardashian brother-in-law Scott Disick. (From the description on “Page Sixâ€: The video re-creates “Christian Bale’s famous ‘Huey Lewis’ monologue, but with Lewis’ name substituted by references to West and his forthcoming album Yeezus.â€) This in itself sounds fantastic, but apparently Kanye had even bigger dreams for the video — as in, he wanted James Franco to star in it. It did not work out, maybe because James Franco prefers to just blog about Bret Easton Ellis? Or maybe they got in a giant fight about which kind of ax has the most artistic integrity, and then James Franco stormed out of the meeting. Or — final theory — Scott Disick disconnected Franco’s phone, because he has been training for this role his whole life. Congratulations, Scott. You did it.

Kanye Wanted Franco for His American Psycho