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"[O]ne of the reasons I'm interested in the principle of surrender, one of the reasons I'm interested in a man of peace like Martin Luther King, is that I'm the opposite." -- Bono |
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"[O]ne of the reasons I'm interested in the principle of surrender, one of the reasons I'm interested in a man of peace like Martin Luther King, is that I'm the opposite." -- Bono |
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Taymor, Bono, Edge Ready to Cast 'Spider-Man' Web
The National Ledger,
September 27, 2007
Spider-Man the Musical is looking for a place to hang its web, reports Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor.
"We want to open in New York, and there aren't enough Broadway houses," says Taymor, adding that Bono and the Edge have finished the book and lyrics for the project. "It's really tricky because ours is a big musical that's really unusual. It will have some fabulous things in it because it's got a very strong book." She says, "I'm very proud of the songs that Bono and Edge wrote." "It's a real rock-and-roll musical, so we're not worried about that aspect. We just have to find where we're going to do it -- even if we have to do it in a tent, which we're looking into -- and when. It'll at least be a year away." Bono is a delight in his small role of a psychedelic spiritual guru in Taymor's just released tour de force Across the Universe musical, a love story set in the turmoil of the '60s using the Beatles songs of that era. "He's such a funny, wonderful actor. I'd love to do something else with him," says Taymor. But it's her cast of Evan Rachel Wood and amazing relative unknowns -- including Jim Sturgess, Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther, who all did their own singing in the film -- that she's most thrilled about. "I feel very proud of my babies," she says. "As a director, part of your real job is being able to recognize talent without people having to tell you they're stars. I also have to thank Revolution Studios and Sony for allowing me to cast unknowns. It's not a teeny-budgeted movie, and you can't really sell the movie based on Bono, Eddie Izzard and Joe Cocker because they only have small roles in it." She adds that "80 percent of the movie is sung live," which is why the soundtrack album is flying off the shelves. "The double album of Across the Universe has been No. 2 for a week now," notes Taymor happily, which places the song on the charts between Kanye West and Reba McEntire. © The National Ledger, 2007.
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