Art imitates life for rock star in film
Colson Baker — popularly known as his rock star persona Machine
Gun Kelly and for his high-profile relationship with Megan Fox — stars in “Taurus,” a new film that he says draws inspiration from his own life.
In the movie recently released in cinemas and available via video on demand, Baker plays Cole Taurus, a troubled rocker spending his days and nights searching endlessly for the inspiration to record one final song.
His sister-like assistant (Maddie Hasson) wants to save him, his collaborators (Scoot McNairy, Lil Meech and Lil TJay) want him in the studio, while his dealer (Ruby Rose) and his ex-girlfriend — played by real-life fiancee Fox — push him deeper into the void.
Baker said that the titular character represents “the person on the inside” who only comes out in his own private life.
The Machine Gun Kelly persona is an “extroverted shell,” Baker said, while “Taurus” puts “pictures to the words” to show the real him.
The movie, written and directed by Tim Sutton in collaboration with Baker, had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
As an exploration of the dark side of fame, encompassing addiction, the artistic process and the pitfalls of music industry, “Taurus” rests almost entirely on Baker’s shoulders and on what he was willing to give to the performance.
Sutton said he knew Baker was “the real deal” upon meeting him, and fans of the musician are going to “freak out” when viewing the movie.
“They cannot expect what they’re going to see,
what his performance is, how deep he goes,” Sutton said. “The kind of rhythm and structure of the movie, too, is probably not typical of a movie.”
Grammer discusses ‘Frasier’ revival:
“Frasier” is set for a revival, but co-star David Hyde Pierce won’t be involved.
Emmy-winning actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, who starred as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the hit “Cheers” spinoff from 1993 to 2004, confirmed the sitcom’s reboot is fully underway without a couple of beloved characters.
The project intended to bring back the original “Frasier” cast members — including Pierce, Peri Gilpin, Jane Leeves and John Mahoney — but that idea didn’t pan out.
Mahoney, who portrayed cantankerous patriarch Martin Crane, died in 2018. And Pierce, who starred as Frasier’s
psychiatrist brother
Dr. Niles Crane, opted out of the series, which is due to stream on Paramount+ next year.
“David basically decided he wasn’t really interested in repeating the performance of Niles,” Grammer revealed to People magazine.
But it’s all good, he said. “In a very funny way, it just took us to a new place, which was what we originally wanted to do anyway, which was a ‘Frasier’ third act,” Grammer said. “It’s an entirely new life for him.”
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