With aged rocker, Keith Richards, due to appear in the second sequel of
Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean it seems that the comedy acting bug
is spreading to another Rolling Stone.
Mick Jagger is not as unfamiliar with acting as his Glimmer Twin with roles
in such cult films under his belt like Performance and Ned
Kelly, and other films like Freejack. Comedy, however, is
something else - unless you count Freejack but I'm not sure it was
supposed to be as funny as it is.
The rock 'n' Rolling frontman is to have a part in a pilot for a potential
new US sitcom and is filming in New Zealand whilst the band take a break in
their hectic world-wide tour.
The story is based around a group of men who want to burgle a top celebrity.
The original pitch was to rob Jeff Goldblum but he was already tied to rival
network, NBC, at the time of development and so it went on to Sir Mick who
accepted. Of course it may all come to nothing if the episode does not impress
the ABC execs.
In associated news; another Brit Rock Knight is getting in on the US comedy
act. Sir Elton John is producing a new series called Him and Us about,
"the life of an aging rock star and his entourage," with Kim Cattrall and
Anthony Head attached to the project.
