Editing Less than Zero (novel) (section)

==Film adaptation==
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The book ''Less than Zero'' was very loosely adapted into a [[film|movie]] in 1987 by [[20th Century Fox]]. It starred [[Andrew McCarthy]] as Clay, [[Robert Downey Jr.]] as Julian, [[Jami Gertz]] as Blair, and [[James Spader]] as Rip. A then-unknown [[Brad Pitt]] also appeared as an extra.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093407/trivia Less Than Zero (1987) – Trivia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the film, Clay is an anti-drug crusader who returns home from college to try to rescue his friends from their various narcotics addictions.

Due to all the liberties taken, Ellis refused to see the movie. In an interview, Ellis stated that he has warmed up to the movie, and appreciates it visually as a snapshot of a particular time.<ref>{{cite news | last = Farris | first = Brandon | title = Bret Easton Ellis Interview | publisher = HillZoo.com | date = September 20, 2005 | url = http://www.hillzoo.com/index.php?id=702 | access-date = November 16, 2007 }}</ref> Ellis claimed that there was no connection between the book and the movie, except for the title, the location of Southern California and the names of the characters.

A long-running rumor in the film industry<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosen|first=Christopher|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/25/quentin-tarantino-sci-fi-movie|title=Quentin Tarantino might have an idea for a sci-fi film that doesn't 'involve spaceships'|website=EW.com|date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref> is that [[Quentin Tarantino]] has been interested in filming a new version of ''Less than Zero''. His [[Video Archives|workmate]] [[Roger Avary]] adapted ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'' (also based on a novel by Ellis) in 2002, and since both he and Tarantino like the works by Ellis,{{Clarify|date=May 2013}} Tarantino has been eyeing the possibility of adapting ''Less than Zero''. Ellis stated in an interview for [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'' magazine]] that Quentin Tarantino has been "trying to get [[20th Century Fox|Fox]] to let him remake it." At a Q & A at [[Harvard Book Store]] in 2012 Ellis stated in a reply to a question of whether ''Less than Zero'' will be remade that Tarantino "has shown interest" in adapting the story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WydKXLyHynA  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/WydKXLyHynA |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Bret Easton Ellis – Imperial Bedrooms |publisher=YouTube |date=September 10, 2012 |access-date=February 26, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>