The honest truth is that I didn’t want him [Guy Pearce, who played Adam Whiteley/Felicia Jollygoodfellow]. I said: “he is too pretty, he was too handsome”.Some quotes from the article:
“I THINK the heart and soul of the film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert that works
is that in the midst of all the glitz and glamour and showing off and bitchy lines and
great songs, there was a really simple story about a man [Hugo Weaving as Anthony
Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra] trying to come out to his son."
"Terence Stamp was terrified about playing Bernadette. His reaction was
‘there is absolutely no way in the world’ which I expected when I gave him the script.
I said ‘why wouldn’t you do this’ and he said ‘because I’m terrified’. I said ‘shouldn’t this be
exactly what you do for a living?’ It was the moment of putting him in front of a live crowd
in drag — up until then we had been in the studio — that he crossed the line. At the end of
his first number,everyone burst into applause. From that moment, I think, he realised it was
OK — that he was going to survive."
"Most people remember Guy’s one-liners and Terence’s one-liners, but they can’t put their finger on
why the film resonates with them, and I think it really is because of Hugo’s quieter part. A lot of
gay people don’t have family. You have to create your own family. And I think a lot of people
understand that. I think that is something that we weren’t aware of that came out of the film."
"For me, putting on my brave face, it was a s*** fight. We did that journey in real time on a minuscule budget. As much fun as everyone was having, trust me, I was getting about one and a half hours sleep a night. If I tried to make that film today they wouldn’t let me. It took so many chances at its time. It broke a lot of rules. It (popularity) keeps going on and I think it is because of its boldness.”
i wish i could C&P all the article but i can't :( read more at the source!
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