Read more: Johnny Flynn says Stardust is a 'tiny moment' in David Bowie's life They'd be like, ‘Oh, this is interesting.’ You may not like it - that's the way things work, people either agree with you or not - but it doesn't have to be ‘canceled.’” … And I feel if people just saw the film, they would get it. “Because it's just about what it is to be a young artist, asking those questions. It's not something that should be done or attempted.’ But when I realised what the story was that Gabriel was trying to tell, I thought, ‘This is really worthwhile and really interesting, and is totally not offensive.’ “I was like, ‘No way, nobody should touch that. “In fact, I tried to turn it down the first time I read the script,” Flynn reveals.
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Watch Johnny Flynn’s full Yahoo Entertainment interview: “I think it kind of looks like it's trying to upsell the film in a kind of cynical way.” Flynn even admits that he was cynical himself when he was approached by director Gabriel Range about the controversial project. “I'm not so happy with the trailer, if I'm honest,” he tells Yahoo Entertainment. Johnny Flynn, the actor tasked with taking on an iconic role that would have been daunting even under normal circumstances - and impressively rises to the occasion - understands the skepticism. Whether this reaction was because Bowie’s family had disavowed the film and prevented it from featuring any original Bowie music, or just because protective fans thought it was blasphemous for any filmmaker to attempt to tell the revered rock legend’s story, by the time the Stardust trailer premiered in October 2020, some detractors were even calling for the movie’s boycott.
When it was announced in early 2019 that a David Bowie “biopic,” Stardust, was in the works, the public backlash was immediate - and surprisingly vicious.