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Lenny Kravitz To Portray Hendrix In Biopic Movie |
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Written by Stereoboard.com
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Sunday, 26 March 2006 |
American rocker Lenny Kravitz has been chosen to star in a biopic of the life and death and legendary guitarist Jimi Hendix, who died in 1970 following a drugs overdose, aged just 24.
 The grandson of a pure Cherokee Indian, Hendrix was once quoted as saying:
"People still mourn when people die. That's self-sympathy. The person who has died ain't crying.
"When I die I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out an' do anything they want to do." Elle Von Lear, a lifelong friend of Jimi, has acquired the exclusive rights to Hendrix's name, likeness and performances and the first thing she intends to do is a controversial biopic. Von Lear revealed: "I know exactly what happened to Jimi Hendrix. I have the autopsy reports and I have unsealed all the court records regarding Jimi Hendrix's legacy. It took years due to all the US and UK litigation," she revealed.
"Our goal is to do a proper major feature film that finally tells the real shocking story.
"Now I can do what he intended for his legacy and I plan to start by making a The Doors-type film about Jimi's life. It will be heavily music-driven with all those great Hendrix original recordings."
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