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Old 3rd September 2017, 01:11 PM
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Talking about Alice and Fangoria, in the December 1987 issue, John Carpenter talks about the casting in 'Prince Of Darkness':

"Alice plays a crazed, psychotic street person. We ended up together at Wrestlemania III in Detroit this year. He was part of the match between Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and The Honkytonk Man. I was there as a loyal wrestling fan, which I've been for many years. One of my business partners, [co-executive producer] Shep Gordon, is Alice's manager, so I was able to get backstage passes. I hung out with Alice and the wrestlers. It was truly one of the greatest experiences of my life. There was a big party afterwards, and we chatted and became friends. I had thought of Alice as being an outrageous heavy metal rock star, but he's really a normal, wonderful person. He's such a great guy that I decided to cast him."

Off topic, but Carpenter made 'They Live' the following year, which starred 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper. Presumably it was at this Wrestlemania event where they first met
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