Mick Jagger wanted to be in 'Some Like It Hot' remake with David Bowie, MadonnaCarla Hay, Rolling Stones ExaminerIn the early 1980s, Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger once contemplated quitting the music business to become a movie star. And one of the movies he wanted to do was a remake of the 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot," which starred Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. Jagger envisioned himself, David Bowie and Madonna as having the starring roles in the "Some Like It Hot" remake
That is the revealing story told by photographer Ken Regan in his book "All Access: The Rock'n'Roll Photography of Ken Regan."
As previously reported, the book (which features the Rolling Stones on the cover) contains several of Regan's photos and stories of music legends and superstars (including the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Madonna) from Regan's long career as a professional photographer. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards wrote the book's preface. Jagger wrote the book's introduction.
"All Access" (published by Insight Editions) goes on sale in the United States on October 20, 2011 (according to Insight Editions), but Amazon.com lists the on-sale date as November 1, 2011. I received an advance copy of the book, and I can say without a doubt that "All Access" is a treasure trove of memorable and unique photos and stories, some of which have never been previously revealed in rock history.
In "All Access," Regan said that Jagger confessed his plans for a "Some Like It Hot" remake, late one night in 1983, when Regan and Jagger were in Mexico for the Rolling Stones music video shoot for "She Was Hot." Jagger showed up at Regan's hotel room, where they shared Corona beer and a marijuana joint. Regan says that Jagger sought Regan's advice on relaunching his film career. Regan recalled the conversation as Jagger saying:
“I want to get out of music and get into film. I really want to do this.”
I was incredulous — but supportive.
“Well, Mick, you have done a couple films.”
“I know, I know, but now I’m serious. I want to do this. I’m thinking about remaking a film.”
I asked which one.
“Some Like It Hot,” he said.
“Mick, come on, you don’t want to remake Some Like It Hot.”
How do you follow that comedy classic’s cast of Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe? And with whom?
“Me, David Bowie, and Madonna,” Mick answered.
“Mick, don’t even think about it. Don’t even go there.”
“You don’t think it would work?”
“Work?” I said. “You’ll get laughed off the screen, if you ever get the money to put it together.”
“Well, Jesus . . . I got some other ideas. I’ll talk to you about them another time.”
I guess the shoot had been more stressful for Mick than I’d imagined.
(This is not the first time that Jagger and Bowie have been linked in a story about them doing a movie together. In April 2011, British tabloid The Sun published a false rumor that Jagger and Bowie wrote a film script together. A few days after The Sun published the story, Bowie issued a statement on his website saying that the rumor of a Jagger/Bowie film script is not true. Jagger and Bowie did collaborate in 1985 on a cover version of Martha and the Vandellas' 1964 classic "Dancing in the Street." Bowie and Jagger's version of the song became an international hit.)
Some of the other highlights of "All Access" include Regan's photos and stories about hanging out with the Beatles during the band's first trip to the United States; his memories of being backstage at legendary concert events such as the Woodstock Festival and Live Aid; and doing Madonna's first major magazine photo shoot at a gym in Los Angeles.
When it comes to the Rolling Stones, Regan talks mainly about the period of time when he was closest to the band: the 1970s and 1980s, when he went on several concert tours with the Rolling Stones. (Regan says that he has not photographed the Rolling Stones since 1989 because Michael Cohl, who was the Rolling Stones' tour promoter from 1989 to 2007, wanted too much control over photos taken of the band.)
In "All Access," Regan says that he had a rule that he did not want to be hired to do photos of weddings, babies and bar mitzvahs, but he made exceptions for the Rolling Stones by agreeing to be the official photographer of Richards' 1983 wedding to supermodel Patti Hansen. In 1985, Regan also did the first official photo shoots for Jagger and Jerry Hall's newborn son James, as well as Richards and Hansen's newborn daughter Theodora.
(Regan tells a funny story in the book about how Richards, in all seriousness, announced just days before the wedding that he would not go through with the ceremony until he caught a great white shark. He ended up accomplishing his goal of catching a great white shark, and the wedding went off without a hitch.)
"All Access" also includes Regan's chronicle of the first solo tours that Jagger and Richards did in the late 1980s.
Jagger shares some anecdotes about Regan in the book's introduction. Here is an excerpt:
I first met Ken Regan in the rather peculiar circumstances of The Rolling Stones Hyde Park concert in July 1969. I was standing onstage as butterflies we had released were fluttering all about, when I noticed I was being photographed by a man in a military jacket who had many cameras hanging around his neck. The pictures he shot of that event were some of the best that were done. I didn’t see him again until our 1972 STP Tour. Ken was assigned by Time magazine to cover it ...
Ken came along with me on my 1988 solo tour of Japan. While we were there, we managed, of course, to go to yet another major sporting event together. This time it was to see Mike Tyson fight Tony Tubbs at the opening of the Tokyo Dome stadium, aka the Big Egg. Funnily enough, on a later date, I didn’t bother to go to see Tyson fight Buster Douglas, as he was such a cert to win. As everyone knows, he lost in early rounds in that same venue.
Touring with us, Ken could see what our world was like, and working with Ken, I was able to see what his world was like. As The Rolling Stones were out, becoming part of history, it was nice to pick up that camera next to Ken and see what history looked like through the lens. Though Ken and I enjoy both a professional and personal relationship, in all the years we’ve worked together he has never blurred those boundaries.
Besides photos of the Rolling Stones on stage and backstage, there are several intimate shots of the Stones relaxing in their free time, as well as pictures of the Rolling Stones with various family members.
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