Steve Harley was originally asked to play the Phantom in London they even recorded a music video! When Lloyd Webber approached him to audition for Phantom , Michael Crawford assumed he was auditioning for the part of Raoul.
Producer Cameron Mackintosh had to bring him back to the theater for the curtain call. The Phantom wears contact lenses—one blue and one clouded. Both Crawford and Panaro have accidentally gotten their lip prosthetics stuck to Christine while kissing her. Makeup artist Thelma Pollard has been with Phantom since the show opened on Broadway in Each performance of The Phantom of the Opera has costumes, 14 dressers, automated cues, 22 scene changes and candles. Holy smokes!
The touring version falls at 2. The original version was built by 5 people in 4 weeks. The face is moisturised, closely shaved and the prosthetics are fitted, setting immediately, before 2 wigs, 2 radio microphones and 2 contact lenses one white and one clouded are placed.
The tasselled fringes measure metres. They published monthly comics in English only until Today they only bring out reprints of their earlier stories with new covers and formats. The only regular publisher of the Phantom left in India is Rani Comics which started publication in However, these comics are available only in the Tamil language. Only Egmont Imagination India printed the Scandinavian work. Italian publisher Fratelli Spada in Italy also produced a large number of original Phantom stories for their L'Uomo Mascherato series of comic books in the s and 70s.
The first novel about the Phantom was published in by Whitman Publishing Company, and was called "Son of the Phantom". It was written by Dale Robertson. The book was based on Lee Falk's comic strip story "Childhood of the Phantom", although Falk had no involvement with the novel. Avon Publications in the U. These ran from to , and were written by Lee Falk or a ghost writer. The covers were done by George Wilson.
Many of the books were translated into foreign languages. In , some of the novels were released as audio books in Norway and Sweden, as part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the character.
The story featured The Phantom in his search for the lost city of Zoloz. Strangely enough, the Phantom's real name was in the serial Geodfrey Prescott, but this was because the Kit Walker name had not been mentioned in the strip at that point.
A sequel was filmed in starring John Hart , but after problems with the rights to the character it was partially re-shot and re-named The Adventures of Captain Africa. The Phantom was also made into a movie in The movie was set in the s, and incorporated elements from several of the Phantom's earliest comic-strip adventures.
Cult-icon Bruce Campbell was another choice for the role, but Zane ended up getting the part because of his convincing screen-test, good looks and knowledge to The Phantom comic. After his casting, he feverishly pumped iron for a year and a half to fill The Phantom's costume. Many scenes developing the relationship between The Phantom and Diana Palmer were cut, to make the film more fast-paced.
The movie was the reason why Billy Zane was later cast as Caledon Hockley in James Cameron's blockbuster move, Titanic , according to the actor himself, which to this date remains his best known characterization. In , it was announced that Hyde Park Entertainment and Crusader Entertainment had acquired the feature film rights to the Phantom, with the intention of making a new movie in a contemporary setting.
As of March 3, , the movie's working title was The Ghost Who Walks and was scheduled for release in Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mel Stewart had been announced as a screenwriter for the production, although the latest information posted on the Internet Movie Database did not mention him in this role. At least three unauthorized Phantom movies were made in Turkey. It is also known that unauthorized Spanish and Italian Phantom movies exist, although there are almost no information on them available.
The pilot, which never aired anywhere in the world, was called "No Escape", and saw the Phantom trying to break up a slave camp in the jungle. The pilot also featured the Phantom's horse Hero and his wolf Devil.
It was made on a very low budget, and therefore, it only featured small-budget action, like the Phantom fighting a crocodile, the Phantom fighting Big Mike, the Phantom riding on Hero, and the Phantom hunting down the bad guys in the jungle, taking them out one by one, like he is known to do in the comics.
In total, scriptwriter John Carr wrote scripts for four episodes, but due to the fact that the pilot never aired, they were never filmed. Although it was never aired, the pilot was shown at the San Diego Comicon. He would dress up in the purple Phantom costume, and act out different humorous situations.
The Phantom has also been frequently parodied on Scandinavian television, in different humor programs. One of them was an HBO special called "Making of The Phantom", which featured behind-the-scenes information on the movie and the comic. Each episode was half an hour long and in the Hindi language. There were 49 episodes in total. Main articles: Phantom , Defenders of the Earth. The Phantom has appeared in two animated series. The cartoon also featured a daughter, Jedda Walker , who briefly took on the Phantom mantle in an episode where she believed her father to have perished.
Other episodes of the series featured classic Phantom villains, like the Sky Band. In Defenders of the Earth , The Phantom was able to use supernatural means to give himself increased strength and speed, by saying the incantation:. It is only in this cartoon series that the Phantom has such an ability. In the series, the Phantom also used a special helicopter nicknamed "The Skull Copter". Like Phantom later, Defenders of the Earth spawned a lot of merchandise.
He also appeared in the animated Beatles' movie called Yellow Submarine , together with other fictional characters. Premiering in the mid's, Phantom is about the adventures of a descendant, the 24th Phantom. Young Kit Walker, living happily with his aunt Heloise, knows nothing about his family's legacy, when one day, The Phantom's faithful friend Guran turns up to tell him the secret of his life. Kit takes up on the mantle of The Phantom, and starts a battle against the evil company Maximum Inc.
He also tries to solve the mystery of the death of his father, the 23rd Phantom. The series lasted for two seasons, and spawned a large number of merchandise. A musical about the Phantom was produced in Sweden in A recording of the songs was released on LP and a comic adaption of the story was published in the Swedish Fantomen magazine. It was not well received, mainly due to the poor acting ability and physique of the local lead actor, Robert Peron.
Another musical called "Fantomets glade bryllup" "Phantom's happy wedding" was made in Norway, with Jahn Teigen as Fantomet. It was a humoristic take on the character, and also featured Tarzan and other fictional characters. The Phantom have appeared as a playable character in two video games, "Phantom " and "Defenders of the Earth". Both were based on the animated series with the same titles.
However, in Defenders of the Earth , the Phantom was not the only playable character, as players were given the choice to control Mandrake the Magician and Flash Gordon as well. The game was acclaimed by critics for its complexity and intelligent gaming experience by the time it was released. It was developed by 7th Sense, and produced by Microids , and was described as a free-roaming jungle adventure. Under the development process, Microids went bankrupt, and the game was never released 7th Sense's game based on Mandrake the Magician suffered the same fate.
In , a Phantom Mobile Game became available for cell phones, where the Phantom fights zombies, undead mages, floating skulls and other strange, magical creatures to find his kidnapped wife, Diana Palmer. Like the canned Game Boy Advance game, it was described as a free-roaming jungle adventure, with a film-like plot. The Phantom has his own theme park attraction in the Swedish amusement park Parken Zoo , Eskilstuna, where visitors can take a closer look at the Skull Cave , and several other places known from the Phantom comics, and talk to the Phantom "himself" in person.
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