Guy Pearce pays tribute to Terence Stamp.
In an article on X, Pearce described his co-star “The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert” a “real inspiration”. Stamp died Sunday at 87 years old.
“Fairwell dear Tel,” wrote Pearce. “You were a real inspiration, both in the heels and out of the heels. We will always have Kings Canyon, Kings Road and F’ing Abba. Wishing you well on your “Ralph” path! Xxxx. ”
Stephan Elliot’s road film in 1994, with Hugo Weaving, Pearce and Stamp, followed two Dragsters artists and a transgender woman as they crossed the desert to visit their cabaret show. The film was a striking divergence of the previous work of Stamp. Roger Ebert said at the time of the film’s release, “At the start of the film, we are distracted by the unexpected view of Terence Stamp in Drag, but Stamp is able to bring convincing humanity to the character.”
After his death, the Stamp family published the following statement to Reuters: “He leaves behind an extraordinary work, both as an actor and as a writer who will continue to touch and inspire people for the years to come.”
The stamp born in English obtained his break playing the titular sailor in the 1962 film “Billy Budd”. The role has earned him an Oscar appointment for the best support actor. More recently, Stamp appeared in “The Art of the Steal” in 2013 and Tim Burton’s film “Big Eyes”. He also made a brief cameo in Edgar Wright’s thriller in 2021 “Last night in Soho”.
Stamp was the best known for playing General Zod in the original films of “Superman”. He appeared for the first time as The Evil Kryptonian briefly in “Superman” of 1977 before being brought back for the rest of 1980 as a nasty headliner.
