Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Elton John to produce musical version of 'Interview With the Vampire'
yet [Bernie] Taupin said the stage version would not involve "capes and bats or crosses or tap-dancing vampires".
Then we get into scary quote territory:
"Anne is very excited and has given us her blessing," he said. So presumerably she won't be doing what she did with the first film, bitching about it, changing her mind close to release and saying it's wonderful, then going on in interviews afterwards about how it really was rubbish after all. And most worryingly:
Sir Elton told a press conference: "When I read Interview with the Vampire, for the first time, I wanted to become a vampire." Now that's an image that keeps me awake at night. Vampires, elegant, mysterious, beautiful, alluring... and then Elton John. It's like Thora Hird recreating Marilyn Monroe walking over the grating...
yet [Bernie] Taupin said the stage version would not involve "capes and bats or crosses or tap-dancing vampires".
Then we get into scary quote territory:
"Anne is very excited and has given us her blessing," he said. So presumerably she won't be doing what she did with the first film, bitching about it, changing her mind close to release and saying it's wonderful, then going on in interviews afterwards about how it really was rubbish after all. And most worryingly:
Sir Elton told a press conference: "When I read Interview with the Vampire, for the first time, I wanted to become a vampire." Now that's an image that keeps me awake at night. Vampires, elegant, mysterious, beautiful, alluring... and then Elton John. It's like Thora Hird recreating Marilyn Monroe walking over the grating...
