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David Bowie And Prince Were Adam Wingard's First Choices For Death Note's Demon

Choosing Willem Dafoe to voice shinigami Ryuk — basically a spirit of death — was applauded as one of the better casting decisions in Netflix's Death Note. Director Adam Wingard told us that, while Dafoe was his first pick among actors, he originally wanted to go with a glamorous singer for the part.

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/david-bowie-and-prince-were-adam-wingards-first-choices-for-death-notes-demon/

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Reply #1 posted 08/26/17 4:31am

Angelsoncrack

oh good god, I'm imaginging Prince as Ryuk and just....

ahh yes, the resemblance is uncanny

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Reply #2 posted 08/27/17 7:39am

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Angelsoncrack said:

oh good god, I'm imaginging Prince as Ryuk and just....





ahh yes, the resemblance is uncanny


Are you serious. This charecter is hideous.
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Reply #3 posted 08/27/17 8:44am

SoulAlive

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Reply #4 posted 08/27/17 10:30am

TruthTella777

Prince would have never done it.

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Reply #5 posted 08/27/17 12:05pm

NouveauDance

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TruthTella777 said:

Prince would have never done it.

nod I think the projects and characters names alone would've turned him off from doing it.

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Reply #6 posted 08/29/17 8:59am

Angelsoncrack

laurarichardson said:

Angelsoncrack said:

oh good god, I'm imaginging Prince as Ryuk and just....

ahh yes, the resemblance is uncanny

Are you serious. This charecter is hideous.

I was being sarcastic.

Prince would of most probably objected to the story in the first place seen as it is about a teenager essentially playing hubris.

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