Pop
superstar Justin Bieber has controversially accepted the role of
notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in Rock of Ages director
Adam Shankman's musical Bundy in Love.
Bieber
faced stiff competition for the much sought after role from One
Direction's Harry Styles and rapper Lil' Wayne but - after seeing Justin's chilling audition tape - Shankman was
in no doubt that he could pull it off.
"I've
watched that tape five or six times but it still sends shivers down my
spine," said a horrified Shankman.
It was just him in his dressing room mumbling to himself and foaming at the mouth. Later I found out he was talking to his mother on speaker phone and eating a sherbet dip-dab but it was those cold, dead doll-like eyes of his that really struck me.
Bundy
in Love
will focus on Ted's early years and examine how a seemingly normal
young man becomes a bloodthirsty killer but despite the macabre
subject matter. Shankman insists there will be plenty of humour to
balance the graphic violence.
“I
think people enjoy the mixture of horror and comedy,” said an overly self-assured Shankman
“At
first I didn't think there was anything funny about a man who raped
and killed in excess of 30 women but as soon as I started looking
through a list of musical numbers. I soon realised the
comedic potential was pretty endless."
As
in Rock of Ages, Shankman has decided to use well known songs and he admits he
had trouble getting some artists to agree to allow him to use their
material.
“Sting
was reluctant to let us have Every
Breath You Take but
we offered to plant some trees and he finally gave us his blessing.
Other than that we've got Motley Crews Girls,
Girls Girls, Dr
Hook's version of She
was only Sixteen and a bunch of other classic tracks that will get the audiences' feet
tapping. The stand out song for me though is Justin's version of
Talking Head's Psycho Killer. It's a guaranteed No. 1 single.”
Bundy
in Love is due for release in December 2013.
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