If it wasn't for Johnny Depp, I'd have to say that Stephen Dorff was the actor inclined towards the most quirky roles. The fact he's not a major star in the same league as Depp is, probably means he's got more freedom to choose his projects. Or maybe he gets the stuff that Depp turns down.
I think only Johnny Depp could have done the part of rogue film director Cecil B. Demented for John Waters other than Dorff. In this dark comedy, Waters makes quite a statement about the conformity of the major league film industry. It's driven Dorff quite insane in fact.
Dorff as Cecil B. Demented has collected quite a crew of misfits around him in their scheme to make the ultimate cinema verite. In a bow to tradition though they need a name star, so Dorff and his crew capture a visiting Hollywood celebrity to Baltimore in Melanie Griffith to star in their production.
The good city fathers of Baltimore have gone to great lengths to convince film people that Baltimore and the state of Maryland in general is a hospitable climate for location shooting. That is something Dorff is determined to wreck and film.
Anyone who is expecting the rollicking and unconventional, but essentially good natured product that Waters turns out like CryBaby, Hairspray, or Pecker. Cecil B. DeMented has quite the edge to it. Still it provides Stephen Dorff with one meaty role and a large diet of good tasting furniture to chew. But it's that kind of part.
I think only Johnny Depp could have done the part of rogue film director Cecil B. Demented for John Waters other than Dorff. In this dark comedy, Waters makes quite a statement about the conformity of the major league film industry. It's driven Dorff quite insane in fact.
Dorff as Cecil B. Demented has collected quite a crew of misfits around him in their scheme to make the ultimate cinema verite. In a bow to tradition though they need a name star, so Dorff and his crew capture a visiting Hollywood celebrity to Baltimore in Melanie Griffith to star in their production.
The good city fathers of Baltimore have gone to great lengths to convince film people that Baltimore and the state of Maryland in general is a hospitable climate for location shooting. That is something Dorff is determined to wreck and film.
Anyone who is expecting the rollicking and unconventional, but essentially good natured product that Waters turns out like CryBaby, Hairspray, or Pecker. Cecil B. DeMented has quite the edge to it. Still it provides Stephen Dorff with one meaty role and a large diet of good tasting furniture to chew. But it's that kind of part.