I was watching the film Slaughterhouse Rulez the other night for some reason and I was astonished to see the name Crispian Mills as the director as the end credits rolled. Crispian Mills of faux-mystical toff rockers Kula Shaker had directed this film.
I’m always a fan of cross pollination between music and films - what are your favourite examples of this?
Mick Jagger in Freejack?
Billy Corgan in Nosferatu
David Bowie in neverending story and lost highway
Ian Williams in High Fidelity.
Bowie was in Labyrinth wasn’t he? I don’t remember him being in the Neverending Story.
Done
Flea in The Big Fleabowski
Crispian’s mother was a famous actress. Not to take anything away from your shock
Billy Corgan in Harry Potter.
Chad Smith in Anchorman
And The Prestige
My mother was a hairdresser and it’d be a shock if i opened a barber shop so my shock remains undiminished.
And Zoolander.
Matt Skiba in the Dark Knight.
Sting in Quadrophenia.
Sting’s been in a few: Stormy Monday, Lock, Stock…, Dune
Chris Isaak plays the SWAT team commander when they storm into Lecter’s prison chamber towards the end of Silence of the Lambs.
The “fucking wolves” line by Seal in Popstar is ace:
Billy Idol in The Wedding Singer