Douglas Booth, also known as the Romeo to Hailee Steinfeld's Juliet in Carlo Carlei's 2013 adaptation of the Bard's work, plays Nikki Sixx, the opiate-addicted bassist (and primary songwriter) for Mötley Crüe. Or, in the case of Mick Mars, what appears to be the affable Weekend At Bernie’s-esque corpse of a band member. The band members have also revealed that the film which had been stuck in development for a decade was released on Netflix because most production companies had tried to sanitize some of the events and mellow down some of the more graphic elements. Anyway. NEXT: 10 Bands That Need A Netflix Biopic Like The Dirt, JJ Rankin is a culture and entertainment writer. To order

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Mars was also the oldest member of the band. These key characters are played by a mixture of familiar faces — like Machine Gun Kelly and Pete Davidson as Lee and a record company exec, respectively — and some new-ish ones, all doing their best imitations of the iconic bad boy members and hangers-on of the band that shaped the idea of "sex, drugs, and rock and roll.".

Iwan Rheon has made a name for himself by getting involved in cult projects like Misfits and Game of Thrones, but in The Dirt, he plays Mick Mars, the lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe. (Backgrid photos). 2020 Bustle Digital Group. ), A post shared by Rebekah Graf (@rebekahgraf) on Mar 8, 2019 at 9:44am PST. If it had been, it’s unlikely a band like Mötley Crüe would exist for more than five minutes, as using and abusing drugs and women was sort of their entire raison d’être. He spent 19 days in prison, and got five years probation and also had to pay $2.6 million in restitution. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Things were done with burritos that should not be done with burritos. March 21, 2019 at 08:30 AM EDT Advertisement.

The one inaccuracy in the movie is the year he got it fixed. In a separate incident, Nikki Sixx also used hairspray and lighters to kill the cockroaches in their apartment. In the film, rock god Ozzy Osbourne is seen snorting ants during Motley Crue’s first national tour. In 1987 Nikki was actually declared legally dead for two minutes on the way to the hospital after a heroin overdose and the medics had to administer adrenaline into his heart.

A post shared by Christian Gehring (@chan_gehring) on Feb 20, 2019 at 10:42am PST. You know Pete Davidson: He's an SNL main player, Ariana Grande’s ex, and Kate Beckinsale's current younger man. And although band members have confirmed the story, Ozzy himself claims that he has no memory of something like this happening. RELATED: 10 Best Music Biopics Ranked, According To IMDb.

All rights reserved. Neil and Razzle were on their way home from a liquor store and their car collided with an oncoming vehicle. #MeToo was not a thing in the early aughts, nor was it a thing in the ’80s. Baker donned a messy black wig and squeezed into some tight pants to match his look to that of the drummer's. (This isn't the only movie co-starring Davidson and Baker, either; the two will appear in Big Time Adolescence, which had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January 2019). expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto In the film the boys are shows setting a fire inside a hotel room, as shown in the film. Machine Gun Kelly reveals why he was determined to play Tommy Lee in The Dirt. The Dirt’s explicit opening scene startled many first-time viewers since it featured the lead vocalist of the band, Tommy Lee pleasuring a woman in the middle of a raunchy, drug-fueled bash in his apartment.According to the real-life Nikki Six the opening is based on truth.

If you like the 90’s, Smash Mouth and Bryan Callen’s powerful dancer’s legs watch Schooled at 8:30 tonight on ABC. The Dirt: An Official Guide to the Mötley Crüe Biopic Cast. In 1984, Vince Neil was driving drunk and had an accident which led to the death of a twenty-something drummer.