Casting
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| [[Dustin Hoffman]] wanted the role of John Merrick, but Sanger rejected the idea, saying "We’re always going to be looking to see where the Elephant Man ends and Dustin Hoffman begins". Lynch considered his friend [[Jack Nance]], who he worked with on ''Eraserhead'', for the role; but he cast John Hurt in the role after seeing ''[[The Naked Civil Servant (film)|The Naked Civil Servant]]''.<ref>https://inews.co.uk/culture/the-ele...-john-merrick-john-hurt-cast-interview-416029</ref> At the time, Hurt was still making ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' which had badly fallen behind schedule due to the perfectionism of director [[Michael Cimino]]. Hut having grown bored and tired of waiting for something to do, accepted to the role of Merrick and would work on the film before returning to ''Heaven's Gate'' to complete shooting.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |title=10 stories of excess from the production of Heaven's Gate |date=March 27, 2014 |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/he...of-excess-from-the-production-of-heavens-gate}}</ref> | [[Dustin Hoffman]] wanted the role of John Merrick, but Sanger rejected the idea, saying "We’re always going to be looking to see where the Elephant Man ends and Dustin Hoffman begins". Lynch considered his friend [[Jack Nance]], who he worked with on ''Eraserhead'', for the role; but he cast John Hurt in the role after seeing ''[[The Naked Civil Servant (film)|The Naked Civil Servant]]''.<ref>https://inews.co.uk/culture/the-ele...-john-merrick-john-hurt-cast-interview-416029</ref> At the time, Hurt was still making ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' which had badly fallen behind schedule due to the perfectionism of director [[Michael Cimino]]. Hurt having grown bored and tired of waiting for something to do, accepted to the role of Merrick and would work on the film before returning to ''Heaven's Gate'' to complete shooting.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |title=10 stories of excess from the production of Heaven's Gate |date=March 27, 2014 |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/he...of-excess-from-the-production-of-heavens-gate}}</ref> |
| ===Filming=== | ===Filming=== |
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