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David Lynch Almost Made a Body-Swap Comedy With Steve Martin and Martin Short
The late David Lynch wrote a “masterful script” called One Saliva Bubble that Steve Martin nearly starred in during the early 1980s, Martin once relayed in an interview.
“1989,” corrected Martin Short.
“Were you offered that?” Martin asked.
Short sighed. “We were going to do it together.”
“Oh really?” said Martin, living his own Lynchian dream sequence. “I don’t remember that.”
Lynch and his Twin Peaks collaborator Mark Frost wrote One Saliva Bubble, an absurdist body-swap comedy that would have been the weirdest thing Short or Martin had ever done. Like many Lynch films, it would have been set in Small Town America. The plot: Chaos ensues when a tiny saliva bubble escapes a security guard’s mouth and floats into a secret government weapons system, setting off a chain reaction that causes the town’s residents to switch identities with one another.
In other words, Lynch told David Breskin,…
David Lynch Almost Made a Body-Swap Comedy With Steve Martin and Martin Short
In a surprising turn of events, acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch nearly ventured into the realm of comedy with a body-swap film starring comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short. The project, tentatively titled “Freaky Friday the Lynchian Way,” was in development in the late 1990s but ultimately never came to fruition.
Lynch, known for his surreal and often darkly comedic style in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” was reportedly drawn to the idea of exploring the concept of identity and perception through the lens of a body-swap comedy. Martin and Short, known for their impeccable comedic timing and chemistry, were on board to play two characters who inexplicably switch bodies and must navigate each other’s lives.
While the project never materialized, the idea of Lynch helming a comedy with Martin and Short remains a tantalizing “what if” scenario for fans of all three artists. Who knows what kind of bizarre and hilarious world Lynch could have created with these comedic icons at the helm?
In the end, we may never see “Freaky Friday the Lynchian Way” come to fruition, but the mere thought of such a collaboration is enough to spark the imagination and leave us wondering what could have been.
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