The Elephant Man (film) me hate acting." Because of the strain on the actor, he worked alternate days. Lynch originally wanted Jack Nance for the title character. "But it just wasn't in the cards," Lynch says; the role went to John Hurt after Brooks, Lynch and Sanger saw his performance in "The Naked Civil Servant" as Quentin Crisp. Lynch bookended the film with surrealist sequences centered around Merrick's mother and her death. Lynch used Samuel Barber’s "Adagio for Strings" to underline the end of the film and Merrick's own death. The film's composer, John Morris, argued against using the music, stating that "this piece
Elephant Man (comics) Elephant Man (comics) "For other uses, see" Elephant man. Elephant Man is a fictional character, and is a DC Comics supervillain. Debuting in "Teen Titans" vol.3, #35 during the One Year Later event, Elephant Man resembles an upright, humanoid elephant. When Brain and Monsieur Mallah gathered together yet another version of the Brotherhood of Evil, they found some able new members. One of these members calls himself Elephant Man. He's a powerful behemoth with a thick hide and rotten attitude. He is recruited at the same time as Goldilocks. When the Brotherhood of Evil fought the Teen Titans, Elephant Man