Count musical artist and pop star Miley Cyrus as a major fan of Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy. So much so that she revealed in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar that she wanted to remake the movie as a musical and star as Nicolas Cage’s character.
The artist considers the film one of her all-time favorites, so much so that she shared that she also named her dog after the title character.
Nicolas Cage played Red Miller in Mandy. In the film, “Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.”
The film was released in 2018 and also starred Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy, and Olwen Fouéré with Richard Brake and Bill Duke. Panos Cosmatos wrote the script with Aaron Stewart-Ahn.
“I wanted to play Nicolas Cage,” Cyrus told HB. “I love that it’s a romance revenge story. Romance and revenge—those are some of the greatest tragedies. I forever and always will be interested in those.”
Cyrus reached out to Cosmatos to do just that. While her vision for a Mandy musical didn’t pan out, it turns out that Cosmatos is now involved with her upcoming album, Something Beautiful, slated for release sometime in 2025. The artist describes her upcoming album as highly visual; the visual component drives the sound here. That explains why Cosmatos is involved and why Cyrus draws from another surprising source of inspiration…
“It was inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall,” she told HB of the album. “We really leaned in. And so I have this heart-first attachment to it. My idea was making The Wall, but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture.” Cosmatos added, “[The album is] more experimental than anything she’s ever done, but in a pop way that I love.”
While a Mandy musical may not be in our near future, an intriguing creative partnership between Cyrus and Cosmatos may be forming.
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