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John C. Reilly Convinced Jack White to Make This Music Video
“He said, ‘This is the first video I haven’t had notes on since Michel Gondry did some of our White Stripes videos.’”
White had told Reilly — a musician himself who just released his debut album under the alter ego Mister Romantic — about the inspiration behind “Archbishop Harold Holmes,” which was spurred by finding a religious chain letter on the wall of someone’s house. Since “Archbishop Harold Holmes” concerns a religious organization using written tactics to recruit new members — “Dear friend, if you want to feel better / Don’t let the devil make you toss this letter,” it begins — the actor always envisioned himself as a preacher who was channeling White from the pulpit. “But because I know Jack so well and for so long, I felt confident that we could get something that would be at least in the ballpark of what he was into.” And if the success of this music video parlays Reilly to induct the White Stripes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year, it’s a role he would be happy to accept.
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