David Bowie as the acid queen?
Now THAT would've been great, I would've loved to have seen that.
shareThe original idea was meant to be Mick Jagger in drag.That was Russells original idea.I worked on it.
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It wasn't Jagger, the original plan was to use Lou Reed, as recalled by Townshend in The Who's 'Amazing Journey' documentary. Now THAT would have been fantastic. Bowie would have been epic too.
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Interesting idea, but the role is owned by Tina now and nobody else can come close to it.
shareshe was great fun to work with.
shareI think Tina was a great choice, as she is female. To have cast a male actor (even a well-known rocker) in the role in drag would have lent an unintentional subtext to the role (clue: 'queen'). Since there was already a gay element in "Tommy" (in the form of the lecherous "Uncle Ernie", who does naughty things to his nephew), it was sensible to cast a woman in the role of the Acid Queen.
shareI'm glad Tina was cast. She totally owned it.
shareI've always thought Cher could've pulled it off great as well...
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