The Libertines drummer Gary Powell thinks a biopic on the band could be fascinating to followers and he would need Denzel Washington to play him.
The Libertines drummer Gary Powell on the Dwell Odyssey launch in London
The 55-year-old musician and his bandmates – Pete Doherty, Carl Barat and John Hassall – have been one of the crucial influential and chaotic British indie bands since they launched their debut LP ‘Up the Bracket’ in 2002.
The band’s story is intertwined with Pete’s tumultuous life which has seen him date supermodel Kate Moss, be imprisoned for burgling bandmate Carl Barat’s residence and lengthy battle to beat his substance abuse points.
Gary assume a Libertines biopic could be as fascinating as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ about Queen or ‘Rocket Man’ which tells the life story of Sir Elton John, and the drummer has earmarked two-time Academy Award winner Denzel, 70, to painting him.
In an interview with Contact Music on the launch of Dwell Odyssey in Camden Market, London, he stated: “Individuals would have an interest, particularly within the love affair between Pete and Carl.
“But additionally in the entire dynamic between the 4 of us, I don’t t assume there are a lot of bands on the market the place individuals do really consider the band as an entirety.
“However don’t ask me to recollect what occurred!
“It may be cringe, it may be like, ‘What did I do? Did I actually set fireplace to a lodge? No I didn’t do this, oh, sure I did.
“I do know Denzel Washington could be up there to play me.”
The Libertines singer Pete admitted again in 2023 that the 4 members had mentioned the potential for a biopic on the band
Chatting with NME, he stated: “We’ve talked about it, however then we all the time have a row about who’s enjoying who!”
“We even tried to take a seat down and write some screenplays for it, however it all the time turns into some farcical comedy.
“There was a musical made in Korea known as ‘The Probably Lads’. They stated it was going to run and run, however it closed after two nights.
“Now with all this AI, you possibly can simply play your self. We’d be enjoying with ourselves, as ordinary.”
The Libertines have been immortalised at Dwell Odyssey – a brand new expertise exploring six a long time of British music, from Beatlemania to the grime revolution – as holograms with the digital band performing a string of hits, together with ‘Do not Look Again Into the Solar’.
