Barks - April 23, 2008

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Gackt debuts in Hollywood!

Gackt will be making his debut in Hollywood as an actor.

The movie “Bunraku” starring Josh Hartnett and Demi Moore will be Gackt’s Hollywood debut movie. It was said that Guy Moshe, the director and scriptwriter of this movie, asked specifically for Gackt to be the partner of the protagonist, played by Josh Hartnett.

His first drama appearance as Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK Taiga drama Fuurin Kazan last year won him the “2007 Best Supporting Actor Award” and he caught the eye of Hollywood. It was said that the director himself personally came to persuade Gackt. Touched by the director’s zeal, Gackt agreed to take on this role and “marches out” to Hollywood.

Gackt’s comments:
“I think it’s an honor that my performance of a new Uesugi Kenshin in last year’s Taiga drama, “Fuurin Kazan”, has been recognized (around the) world. I had great interest in a role wherein I could express the spirit of Bushido as the partner of the lead character, played by Josh Hartnett, in a movie that’s set in a borderless world of the near future. More than anything, I was touched by the director coming to Japan himself, and the way he continued to passionately talk about his hopes for this movie and for my performance; I could really feel the need for me to be in this movie, and I readily agreed to perform. I want to prove that even among the big stars representative of Hollywood, my performance, my expression, is world-class. Please wait with (high) expectations. I’m going to go fulfill one more dream. Camui Gackt.”

Bunraku is a unique action movie with the elements of Japanese puppet theatre (Bunraku), video game and German’s expressionism in it. Josh plays a wandered called “Drifter” who is bent on revenge. Filming begins this spring in Europe.

Source: Barks

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