More on Constantine - yes I'm obsessing, why do you ask?

[charliesmum]

In Alan Moore's own words: One of those early notes was they both wanted to do a character that looked like Sting. I think DC is terrified that Sting will sue them, although Sting has seen the character and commented in Rolling Stone that he thought it was great. He was very flattered to have a comic character who looked like him, but DC gets nervous about these things. They started to eradicate all traces of references in the introduction of the early Swamp Thing books to John Constantine's resemblance to Sting . But I can state categorically that the character only existed because Steve and John wanted to do a character that looked like Sting. Having been given that challenge, how could I fit Sting into Swamp Thing?

I'd often wondered if Sting knew about John Constantinie and the resemblence. V. cool to know. Now I'm wondering what Sting's opinion of the movie would be. I suppose we can always hope that HBO or someone tries to make a series of the book, and does it right. Or, you know, just stick with the comic.

Am now having visions of Sting playing John in his 50's and James Marsters playing John in flashbacks. That'd be cool.

It's a really blood-filled comic graphic novel, and very dark, which is not usually my thing, so why I'm so drawn to JC I don't know, except for the Sting thing. I just love his dark sarcasm, I think. For a really good taste of John with much less blood, I'd recommend Books of Magic, by Neil Gaiman.

4:30 and I am ready for this day to be over.

Comments

[zambonigirl.livejournal.com]

I love Sting.

That's all.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I love Sting too. My Charlie is kind of a Police fan, especially the early stuff. Nothing makes me giggle more than hearing my 7 year old singing "Bring on the Night" at the top of his lungs. That and "Landlord" which is this very early B-side song that Charlie just adores.

I forgot to respond when you said your brother won't have to be in Iraq for as long as they thought. That's fabulous! And I'm hoping you will post more photos of your niecelet soon!

[zambonigirl.livejournal.com]

0;l.//////////////'<--my cat wrote that. thought you'd laugh.

Yeah, Brozo's coming home sooner than expected, and as soon as I download the pictures that I took of Coco, I'll post them!

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

Sting. Alan Moore. Neil Gaiman. You're like my soul mate or something.

You're right - JM would have made a great younger Constantine. Those hollow cheeks would really work well for the character. I'm not sure Sting is actually a good enough actor to play him, though.

I loved "The Books of Magic." In fact, I oughta read them again. The bit where he meets Constantine as "The Laughing Magician" is one of the parts that stayed with me. So was Death's comment about how it's her job to put the chairs on the tables and lock up.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure Sting is actually a good enough actor to play him, though. Did you ever see Brimstone and Treacle? Weird movie, but Sting was quite good in it. I think his talent fails more in picking scripts than his acting ability, but yeah, he's not the greatest actor. Hell, he's better than Keanu! :)

Do you read Neil Gaiman's blog? Stupid question, I'm sure you do. When I saw Terry Pratchett, he made a comment about Neil, saying how many times some young goth fangirl will come up to him and ask 'what was it like (giggle) to work with (giggle) Neil Gaiman?'

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

True, Sting at his worst would be better than Keanu at his best.

I read Neil's journal on and off. I did subscribe to official_gaiman, but it just took up too much space on my friends page!

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

Let me try that again: officialgaiman

[dragonwhishes.livejournal.com]

I'm calling the main character Jacob Richardson.

If I am dragged into the theater go to see it, I'll pretend that its a very, very alternate universe and some guy just happens to share his name.