Director Gus Van Sant dabbles in theatre with Andy Warhol musical in Lisbon


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American filmmaker, writer, painter, photographer and musician, Gus Van Sant, is now turning his hand to theatre with a new musical in Lisbon about the early career of Pop Art creator, Andy Warhol.

Van Sant - best-known for films such as My Own Private Idaho and Good Will Hunting - said he had long wanted to make a film about Warhol, and even wrote a screenplay with US actor River Phoenix, who died at 23 in 1993, set for the lead role.

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