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Any of you remember if Prince was actually approached to play The Joker? I remember reading back in the early 90's that he was either approached to play The Joker, or requested to be considered for The Joker role. Anyone have any info on this?
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[Edited 7/16/15 20:34pm] "You always get the dream that you deserve, from what you value the most" -Prince 2013 | |
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No, but Michael Jackson was approached to play Batman. Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain. |
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I once heard he was considered to play the Riddler, but I think that was a Prince.Org exclusive rumor. (Probably inspired by the picture in the green alphabet suit.)
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leadline said: I remember reading back in the early 90's that he was either approached to play The Joker, or requested to be considered for The Joker role. Anyone have any info on this?
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[Edited 7/16/15 20:34pm] The first of the "modern" Batman films featuring the Joker was released in 1989, so no one approached Prince about playing The Joker in the early 90s, guaranteed. Check out The Mountains and the Sea, a Prince podcast by yours truly and my wife. More info at https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ |
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I always thought it was Prince who wanted to play Robin. |
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Jack Nicholson, who was playing the role of Joker, brought up Prince's name to the director Tim Burton who was looking for songs for the movie. That is how Prince became involved with the movie and with his relationship with Kim Bassinger as far as i remember. | |
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Interesting, thank you, nice of ole Jack to recognize. "You always get the dream that you deserve, from what you value the most" -Prince 2013 | |
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He wasn't.
This is a bastardization of what actually happened.
What actually happened was that early discussions regarding the soundtrack took place whereby the idea was that Prince would do half of the soundtrack writing/performing songs from the perspective of The Joker, and Michael Jackson would do the other half of the soundtrack writing/performing songs from the perspective of Batman. |
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moderatorMilitant said: He wasn't.
This is a bastardization of what actually happened.
What actually happened was that early discussions regarding the soundtrack took place whereby the idea was that Prince would do half of the soundtrack writing/performing songs from the perspective of The Joker, and Michael Jackson would do the other half of the soundtrack writing/performing songs from the perspective of Batman. That would have been WOW. What? | |
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iZsaZsa said: Militant said: He wasn't.
This is a bastardization of what actually happened.
What actually happened was that early discussions regarding the soundtrack took place whereby the idea was that Prince would do half of the soundtrack writing/performing songs from the perspective of The Joker, and Michael Jackson would do the other half of the soundtrack writing/performing songs from the perspective of Batman. That would have been WOW.  All of this and more is 4 u. With <3, sincerity and deepest care, my life with u eye share ~Prince~
Life is time time is space and space is what Eye need ~Awesome A.V~ | |
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Prince's acting leaves me cold usually. He's good at looking pretty and playing serious, "stare straight forward" roles that aren't too complicated. The only scene where I was kind of taken aback was the basement scene in Purple Rain after his father is taken away. The emotion and anger in that scene feels real to me every time I see it. He did a good job on that Maybe  do, just not like did before  | |
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I don't think this would have been a good idea.. Maybe do, just not like did before | |
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He was sought for a role in the Fifth Element. This is Jean Paul Gaultier's character design.
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