Understanding Psychotic Characters: Patrick Bateman and Amy Dunne

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I love creating characters. Building this fictional person that feels real and original is a rare thing. And one of the darkest kinds of characters are the psychopaths.

Patrick Bateman and Amy Dunne are two of the most iconic psychotic characters put to film. Today I want to talk about psychotic characters. What kinds of personality disorders do we see in Patrick and Amy? And what are the similarities and differences we find between the two.


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