EXCLUSIVE: Bill Kaulitz has swapped the concert stage for the big screen by landing his first film role.
The Tokio Hotel frontman, whose band is among Germany’s most successful music acts, has landed a role in Brute 1986, an indie pic inspired by 1980s slash movies.
In the film, Leather Kobra, a Sunset Strip-style glam metal band films a music video in an abandoned Western town in the middle of nowhere. Ignoring ‘no trespassing’ signs, the rebellious group have no idea they are being watched by the Birdy family, who will meet them with a “level of brutality that is as vicious as it is creative,” according to producers.
Starring alongside Kaulitz are Gigi Gustin (Stiletto), Sarah French (Blind), Pancho Moller (3 From Hell), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), Heather Grace Hancock (Wicked City) and Dazelle Yvette (Garden of Eden).
Jo Knetter (Twilight of the Dead) is the writer, with Waltz (That’s a Wrap) the director. Dirk Schürmann and Tobias Schürmann are the executive producers and Marcus Friedlander (Sleepwalker) is director of photography.
Kaulitz is already the subject of Netflix roadtrip documentary Kaulitz & Kaulitz, and co-presenter of the German version of That’s My Jam. He features in both with Tokio Hotel bandmate and brother Tom Kaulitz. Tokio Hotel formed in 2001, with Bill Kaulitz’s unique style and charisma becoming wildly influential in Germany over the two following decades.
“The whole team and I had so much fun on this movie,” said Waltz. “I’m a huge fan of the ’80s slasher genre, especially Friday the 13th, The Burning, Halloween and Sleepaway Camp. We also knew we couldn’t make a pure ’80s horror, but we transferred our love of those movies to the screen. It was such a pleasure having Bill on set and giving him his very first role in a movie. He went full in and came more than prepared for his role! I cant wait for everyone to see him in this movie.”
We’ve reached out to Kaulitz for more.
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