BioGraph
Connecting David Lynch and Rowan Atkinson
David Lynch
He has expressed his admiration for Federico Fellini, Werner Herzog, Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Jacques Tati, Stanley Kubrick, and Billy Wilder.
Jacques Tati
The film's comic influence has extended well beyond France and can be found as recently as 2007 in the Rowan Atkinson comic vehicle '' Mr. Bean's Holiday''.
Rowan Atkinson cited Tati as an inspiration for the physical comedy approach of his internationally renowned character Mr Bean.
David Lynch
On April 4, 2009, the "Change Begins Within" concert featured Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Donovan, Sheryl Crow, Eddie Vedder, Moby, Bettye LaVette, Ben Harper, and Mike Love of the Beach Boys. '' David Wants to Fly'', released in May 2010, is a documentary by German filmmaker David Sieveking "that follows the path of his professional idol, David Lynch, into the world of Transcendental Meditation (TM)".
Ringo Starr
In November 1968, Apple Records released '' The Beatles'', commonly known as the "White Album". The album was partly inspired by the band's recent interactions with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. While attending the Maharishi's intermediate course at his ashram in Rishikesh, India, they enjoyed one of their most prolific writing periods, composing most of the album there. Starr left after ten days, but completed his first recorded Beatles song, "Don't Pass Me By".{{refn|group=nb|Starr compared his stay in India with a Butlins camp. His childhood health problems had an enduring effect in the form of allergies and sensitivities to food, and when the Beatles travelled to India he took his own food with him.}} During the recording of the White Album, relations within the Beatles deteriorated; at times only one or two members were involved in the recording for a track. Starr had grown weary of McCartney's increasingly overbearing approach and Lennon's passive-aggressive behaviour, exacerbated by Starr's resentment of the near-constant presence of Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono. After one particularly difficult session during which McCartney harshly criticised his drumming, Starr quit the Beatles for two weeks, holidaying with his family in Sardinia on a boat loaned by actor Peter Sellers.
Peter Sellers
Sellers and the Goons were also an influence on Peter Cook, who described Sellers as "the best comic actor in the world". British actor Stephen Mangan stated that Sellers was a large influence, as did the comedians Mike Myers, Alan Carr and Rob Brydon. Sellers's characters Hrundi Bakshi (''The Party'') and Inspector Clouseau (''The Pink Panther'') later influenced comedian Rowan Atkinson's characters Mr. Bean and Johnny English.
David Lynch
On April 4, 2009, the "Change Begins Within" concert featured Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Donovan, Sheryl Crow, Eddie Vedder, Moby, Bettye LaVette, Ben Harper, and Mike Love of the Beach Boys. '' David Wants to Fly'', released in May 2010, is a documentary by German filmmaker David Sieveking "that follows the path of his professional idol, David Lynch, into the world of Transcendental Meditation (TM)".
Eddie Vedder
American singer, musician and songwriter
Other singers like Roger Daltrey of the Who and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden have praised him for his singing ability.
Bruce Dickinson
English heavy metal singer (born 1958)
Later that year, Dickinson participated on a re-recording of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", as part of the humanitarian effort ''Rock Aid Armenia''. Backed by the band Skin, he produced a cover version of Alice Cooper's "Elected", along with Rowan Atkinson (in character as Mr. Bean), which was used in 1992 for Comic Relief, and five years later, on '' Bean Soundtrack''.
David Lynch
In February 2022, it was announced that Lynch had been cast in the Steven Spielberg film '' The Fabelmans'' in a role '' Variety'' called "a closely guarded secret".
Steven Spielberg
American film director and screenwriter
As China underwent economic reform and opened up to the American film industry, Spielberg shot the first American film in Shanghai since the 1930s.{{Sfn|McBride|1997|p=395}} ''Empire of the Sun'' (1987), an adaptation of J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel of the same name, starred John Malkovich and a young Christian Bale.{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=46}} The film tells the story of Jamie Graham (Bale), a young boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
Christian Bale
English actor (born 1974)
After participating in school plays, Bale performed opposite Rowan Atkinson in the play '' The Nerd'' in the West End in 1984.
