OFF: Elric film

[dench]

Well, if you're gonna have David Hasselhoff playing Elric (which will
guarantee sales in Germany) then I would suggest someone like Gary Barlow
to do the music.  It should be a pedigree production.  Perhaps Julia
Roberts could be worked in as the love interest...?

Martin

On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Colin Michael Davis wrote:

> shillada at GATWICK.GECO-PRAKLA.SLB.COM wrote:
>  :Anyone got any better ideas for the role ? (We know which 2 bands should
>  :do the soundtrack !)
>
> Hmmm.  For the role of Elric, I think Daniel Day-Lewis would work wonders,
> though convincing him might be a pain.  Julian Sands would also be quite
> nice, especially considering he has the necessary cheekbones and a
> reasonably pale complexion to begin with - less time spent making him up.
> Just bleach the hair, powder him down, pop in some red contacts, and
> *presto!*
>
> As for the soundtrack and score...  :)  Well, of *course* B.O.C. and
> Hawkwind should be present in quantity.  But who else would you solicit for
> music?  Me, I was thinking Loreena McKennitt for some haunting, ethereal
> Celtic-flavored instrumenals.
>