Ron Perlman's Elvis role

03-11-2008 13:49

Ron Perlman is to play Elvis Presley in a new film.

The 'Hellboy' star is set to portray the musical icon in 'Bubba Nosferatu', the follow-up to 'Bubba Ho-Tep', which finds Elvis shooting a film in Louisiana when he runs into trouble with a coven of female vampires.

He just didn't want to do it, which is a bummer, because part of the reason I love that movie is him, a big part of it

Paul Giamatti, who is portraying the 'All Shook Up' star's manager Colonel Parker, revealed to website Ain't It Cool News: ''He's a great guy. He's an amazingly great guy and I've always loved him as an actor, so when he actually was interested, I couldn't believe our luck man, like "This is f**ing great!" He's a really terrific guy.''

Explaining why Bruce Campbell - who portrayed the icon in the first film which saw Elvis take on a re-animated Egyptian mummy - won't be returning to the franchise, Paul added: "Every effort was made by us, he just didn't want to do it and he was cool about it.

"He just didn't want to do it, which is a bummer, because part of the reason I love that movie is him, a big part of it.

"He's fantastic and I've always loved him. I'm a big fan of his, but he didn't want to do it, which is totally cool.''