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    Johnny Flynn Calls David Bowie Biopic 'Really Dark Little Film' as He Slams 'Unhelpful' Trailer

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    The actor who portrays the late musician in the upcoming movie ‘Stardust’ has been left unimpressed by the marketing of the Gabriel Range-directed biopic.

    Jan 17, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Johnny Flynn admits the trailer for upcoming David Bowie movie “Stardust” has been “unhelpful.”
    The 37-year-old star portrays the late music icon during the early days of his career in the upcoming film, but he’s warned audiences not to go looking for the “hits” while hitting out at early marketing for the project, which has people expecting a blockbuster similar to “Rocketman” or “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
    Speaking to Britain’s Big Issue magazine about the project – which didn’t have the approval of Bowie’s family – he shared, “It certainly is not a jukebox musical or sprawling biopic. It’s only a couple of weeks of his life.”
    “And that’s the only film about him that I would have wanted to make.”
    “If you want to see the hits, you would be better off watching the real thing or listening to his records. This is his beginnings as Ziggy.”

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    “Some of the marketing around the film was really unhelpful. The trailer looked like it was trying to be (a big biopic) with the bombastic music.”
    “For me, it’s a really dark little film, that’s what we were making. It’s a tiny moment in time.”
    Although Johnny has been a big Bowie fan since his teens, he admitted he took a break from listening to the “Aladdin Sane” hitmaker’s records because he’d been so immersed in them for research. However, he’s now enjoying them again alongside his young son.
    “I’ve just started (listening to Bowie) again. I went through a phase where I couldn’t because I went quite hard into the research and had to take a break,” explained the star.
    “My nine-year-old has seen the film – the others are a bit young – but we’ve started putting the records on and he loves the artwork, he’s got a David Bowie poster.”
    “He was in Canada when we were filming and saw me in the Ziggy wig so it was interesting seeing him process this incredible artist at that age, somebody who’s so innovative.”

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      David Bowie Biopic 'Stardust' to Explore Hidden Side of the Late Star

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      Johnny Flynn, the actor who will play the late music icon, is keen to explore the theme of madness in the upcoming movie which will be directed by Gabriel Range.

      Jan 16, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Johnny Flynn is confident David Bowie biopic “Stardust” will show audiences an unknown side of the “Starman” hitmaker.
      The 37-year-old actor plays the late music icon in the movie, which follows Bowie on his first trip to the U.S. in 1971 – a country where he is a virtual unknown, at a point in Bowie’s early musical career when he was “a bit of a failure.”
      Johnny said, “It’s a David we don’t really know… He’s running away from things and is very fearful.”
      The movie sees Bowie haunted by the mental health issues suffered by his half-brother Terry Burns and Johnny was interested to explore the theme of madness in his portrayal of the star.
      He told British publication The i Paper, “It’s heartbreaking; he was a huge figure for David. He introduced him to a lot of music.”
      “It’s really interesting for me that he’s written The Man Who Sold The World, which has underlying themes of madness. He’s preoccupied with the state of his mind.”

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      “Stardust” does not feature any of Bowie’s music and the music legend’s film director son, Duncan Jones, has distanced the family from the project but Flynn is unconcerned about the lack of Bowie’s back catalogue.
      Johnny – the lead singer of band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit – explained, “At this time he was quite often not singing his own songs. He was playing covers – Anthony Newley and Jacques Brel and The Velvet Underground.”
      Flynn added, “I’m never going to sound like David singing those songs you know so well … You’d be better off listening to the records.”
      The “Emma” star previously insisted that it didn’t matter that director Gabriel Range wasn’t given the rights to use Bowie’s music.
      He said, “From the start, Gabriel was not seeking the permission of the estate or the rights of the songs.”
      “Nobody is interested in me singing David Bowie songs, just like I’m not interested in Rami Malek singing Queen songs.”

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