KANYE WEST HAS CASTING PROBLEMS FOR MUSIC VIDEO THAT RECREATES "AMERICAN PSYCHO" MONOLOGUE

KANYE WEST

Kanye West has cast Scott Disick as the lead in an upcoming music video take on cult classic “American Psycho” — the reality-TV doofus wasn’t West’s first choice.
A treatment for the video called for James Franco to star. Sources further say the video, shot in Brooklyn, will re-create Christian Bale’s famous “Huey Lewis” monologue, but with Lewis’ name substituted by references to West and his forthcoming album “Yeezus.”

Bale famously asked a colleague played by Jared Leto in the film, “You like Huey Lewis and the News?” before slipping on a raincoat and killing him with an ax. (Bale also quips that the album “Sports” “has a clear, crisp sound and a new sheen of consummate professionalism.”)

The role of Leto in West’s video is reportedly played by Kim Kardashian’s pal Jonathan Cheban. A source tells us a sponsor has been brought on to underwrite a $100,000 budget, and the viral clip aims to market West’s upcoming album “in a nontraditional way.” Reps for West and Franco didn’t get back to us.