“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE” -ANDY WARHOL

Film maker GUS VAN SANT is hoping to resurrect a movie about legendary artist ANDY WARHOL - fifteen years after RIVER PHOENIX's death forced him to scrap it.Van Sant wanted Phoenix to play the pop art pioneer at a young age, and began to explore movie options.However, the tragic young actor's death from a drug overdose in 1993 derailed his plans.
But Van Sant is open to reviving them.He tells Interview magazine, "I was all set to do the Warhol movie at one time - I even had a financing party."River (Phoenix) kind of looked like Andy in his younger days. But that project never really went forward. Maybe I'll go back to it one day."

Contactmusic
Oct 6 2008