Strange Connections

[tinhuvielartanis]

See, this is what my brain does at night instead of sleeping. Here goes...

• Barry Andrews has created a character and is developing a musical around him called Vile Homunculus.


• The first time I ever heard the word "homunculus" was in a Tom Baker Dr. Who episode called The Talons of Weng Chiang.


• Dr. Who was referring to Mr. Sin when he uttered the word.


• Mr. Sin was played by a very young actor by the name of Deep Roy.


• Deep Roy later on played every Oompa Loompa in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.


• As the Oompa Loompas, Deep Roy performed all the songs in the movie.


• But he was actually lipsynching Danny Elfman, who wrote the score and the songs for Charlie.

So, once again, B and Danny Elfman are connected in my head. Now, wasn't that fun?

Comments

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that was Deep Roy as the Homonculus. That was one of his earliest roles.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746989/

he is one of only ten actors to have credited roles in both the "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" franchises.

I'd add Tim Burton's films as a franchise. I wonder what actors have overlapped the other (or similar) franchises with Burton's.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

That'd be something interesting to try to map out. A franchise family tree of sorts.