LifeForce (1985) 11-12

John Gielgud, Klaus Kinski and Olivia Hussey were originally announced to star in late 1983, according to the film news section of Teletext. At one time, George Peppard was attached to the role of Colonel Carlsen, and over 1000 actresses were considered and/or interviewed for the female vampire. Meanwhile, Cannon tried to get Anthony Hopkins to play Caine who turned it down; then the film company thought they had a deal with Terence Stamp but for some reason that fell through. Michael Gothard screen tested for Caine too, but when Tobe Hooper met Peter Firth, he offered him the role and Firth was approved by the studio.
When filming began the important cameo of Dr. Armstrong had not been yet cast. Later, John Gielgud was initially cast for the role, but was replaced by Patrick Stewart. According to some biographies of Gielgud, he departed the production because of a disagreement over his fee. Frank Finlay replaced Klaus Kinski in the role of Fallada, while Olivia Hussey was replaced by Nancy Paul in the role of Ellen Donaldson. Tim Dry and Sean Crawford were interviewed for the male vampires, and Billy Idol was considered for the role of one of them as well.
The role of Kelly, played by Chris Sullivan, was actually 6 roles joined together by Tobe Hooper after he met Sullivan who was initially offered the role of a crew member before they decided that the role should be played by a female.
The BBC newsreader early in the film, John Edmunds, really was a BBC newsreader from the 1960s to early 1980s.
Jerome Willis spent three weeks working on this film, playing the role of the pathologist.

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