Bowie in The Prestige?

Posted Nov 21st 2005 9:05AM by Martha Fischer
Filed under: Drama, Fandom, Newsstand

I really wanted to call this post "The return of the Thin White Duke," but figured non-David Bowie fans might think it was about a particularly skinny royal, so I controlled myself. But he's is back! Maybe! Reports are rampant this morning that Bowie is in talks to play Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's screen version of that incredibly cool-sounding story of rival magicians, The Prestige. Already on board, you may recall, are superhero and mutant Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.

Richard over at The Movie Blog is worried about this news, because he finds Bowie consistently unconvincing on screen. Me, I think he's a solid, frequently excellent actor - see The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and the incredibly obscure The Linguini Incident for evidence. What do you think of Bowie in the movies?

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-21-2005 @ 9:33AM

Juls said...

He reminds me of the man.

11-21-2005 @ 9:33AM

Martha Fischer said...

The man with the power?

11-21-2005 @ 10:28AM

Targ8ter said...

What power? The power of voodoo?
http://www.cinematical.com/2005/11/15/angelina-jolie-used-voodoo-on-brad-pitt/

11-21-2005 @ 10:29AM

Martha Fischer said...

It's official: Cinematical readers rule.

11-21-2005 @ 10:31AM

Patrick said...

I recall seeing Bowie as Andy Warhol in Basquiat, although it's been a while. My memory is hazy, but I seem to remember liking him in it. Plus, The Prestige sounds like it will be great.

11-21-2005 @ 10:48AM

Mark said...

I love these comments. You people are amazing.

11-21-2005 @ 12:33PM

EDmund said...

Bowie makes any movie better. that guy over at film blog should stop pretending that he knows a god damn thing about film.

11-21-2005 @ 3:54PM

ted said...

Um, I didn't like him in Linguini Incident, but loved him in The Hunger, Basquiat, Last Temptation of Christ, Labyrinth.

11-21-2005 @ 5:00PM

Mathew said...

(okay, a magician's helper)

11-21-2005 @ 5:00PM

Mathew said...

i find that david lends a lot to the roles he's in - as long as he's not cast in a way that makes you say 'oh, that's david bowie!' (a la christopher walken).

one of my favorite films of his is the linguini incident - as you see, he's already played a magician at least once. plus he provided a song for memento, so nolan and bowie might have spoken at least once before (big might).

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