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‘A Different Man’ Star Adam Pearson to Play Joseph Merrick in ‘The Elephant Man’ Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)
Adam Pearson, who starred in "A Different Man," is set to play Joseph Merrick in a new film adaptation of the play "The Elephant Man."
The storyline of Pomerance’s play is an adaptation of the diaries of Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick’s physician, and spans the years he spent at the London Hospital. Around that time, David Lynch helmed a film based on Merrick’s life, also titled “The Elephant Man,” but the 1980 Oscar-nominated feature had no direct relation to the play. Lines like, ‘I am not an animal, I am a man’ which have become synonymous with the play, will take on greater meaning with Adam telling this story and enable the audience to finally stand in Merrick’s shoes.
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