Frank and I discussed how in typical interviews with rock stars, the interviewer is very respectful and/or timid, and the rock star is a pompous asshole. In the script Ash takes on the rock star persona when interviewing Josh, and Josh is very humble and polite. I just think this is an interesting role reversal that could be fun to experiment with. For instance, since Thomas is allegedly the "rock star" of the duo, but is currently out of commission, maybe Ash suddenly feels more comfortable antagonizing Josh. Or maybe he is just fed up from dealing with rock stars for too many years. This first video is an earlier Johnny Rotten appearance in which he is being completely arrogant; some people seem to fall for it, but the one guy (not sure who he is) is not having it.
He is older in the second video, and the rock star persona seems to be out of habit and boredom more than anything else.
Like I said, they are interesting dynamics to play with.
In terms of costumes, it's funny that Johnny Rotten is wearing some sort of bathrobe in the second one. Just an idea, but I think either Ash or Thomas could wear something similar, and possibly whichever of the two does not end up with the bathrobe could don a tux or something similar to Rotten's outfit in the Jukebox Jury video.
One more thought...I also think Thomas should have the fancy eyeliner spider web thing that Siouxsie Sioux occasionally wore around one of his eyes.
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