Adam pierceneJoseph is ready to play the lead role of Joseph Merry in the A24’s comic Noor “A. Different Man”. “Elephant“A new feature of Bernard Pomerens’ Tony-Vigor drama is written by Mobi Pomerence, son of the screenplay, Bernandard. Filming is scheduled to begin in Vasant 2026.
The story of Pomerens’ drama, Dr. Frederick Trevs is a conversion of the diary of the physician of Merry, and spreads for years spent in London Hospital. During his lifetime, Pomerence received thousands of letters from people around the world, saying, “I am an elephant man”, a famous line from the drama.
The drama of Pomerens gained fame due to the huge success of adaptation, which first ran in West End in London in 1977. It later went off-broadway. Around that time, David Lynch also nominated a film based on Merry’s life as “The Elephant Man”, but the 1980 Oscar-nominated feature had no direct connection with the drama. In fact, the manufacturers of the original Pomerence Play sued the film’s producer Bruxfilms at that time on the use of the same title of Hollywood production.
With this production, Adam Pearson will become the first disabled actor to play the role of Joseph Merry on the screen. In a statement, Piercen said, “Joseph Merric is a man with whom I have a long and complex relationship. It is used as a type of ridicule to use his name, which is to learn about man himself in the drawings I presented.
Other actors who include Broadway and West End, starring Maric, are Bradley Cooper, David Bowe, Billy Crudeup, Mark Hamil, Philip Anglum and David Shafield who played in London in 1977.
Eve Pomerens said, “My father never wanted prosthetics to be used on stage because he felt that it had taken the audience out of the story. They wanted them to fully sympathize with Merick, to see themselves in it.” Reality. ”
The Elephant Man will be produced by Stephen Nemeth for Rhino Films and Eve Pomerens for major motion pictures. Adam Piercene is represented by Andrew Rouch (Dversity Talent Management) and Victoria Lapar (Victoria Lepar Associates).
