FILM HUNK MICHAEL FASSBENDER HEADS UP THE CAST (DAILY STAR)

13th January 2013 By Daily Star reporter

MOVIE hunk Michael Fassbender’s face will be hidden under a giant fibreglass head for every scene of his next film.

The Prometheus star, 35, will wear the disguise in Frank, inspired by the life of Frank Sidebottom – the alter-ego of Cheshire performer Chris Sievey who died from cancer in June 2010, aged 54.

Fassbender won an army of female fans with his naked scenes in sex addict flick Shame.

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First Pic of Michael Fassbender as Frank Sidebottom Prometheus star dons a giant head to play cult TV character. by Chris Tilly JANUARY 10, 2013 (IGN)

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson in Frank.

The film – entitled Frank – commenced principal photography in New Mexico this week, with Lenny Abrahamson directing from a script by Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats) and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

According to Film4, the plot – which is a fictional story loosely inspired by comedy character Frank Sidebottom – is as follows...

A young wannabe musician Jon discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he joins a band of eccentric pop musicians led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank and his terrifying sidekick Clara.


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Maggie Gyllenhaal Joins Michael Fassbender In Music Comedy Frank published: 2012-12-30 19:19:47 Author: Sean O'Connell (CINEMA BLEND)

Neither Maggie Gyllenhaal nor Michael Fassbender are names that come to mind when casting for a comedy. So we’re already curious about the smaller-budgeted Frank before a sing;e frame of footage is shot.

The Film Stage posts the news – confirmed by the Albuquerque Business Journal – that Gyllenhaal has joined the still-developing ensemble for the musical comedy, which also stars Domhnall Gleeson (currently burning up the screen in Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina) and Scoot McNairy (currently burning up the screen in both Ben Affleck’s Argo and Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly).

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