Ron Oberman: Last News

Stardust. The film stars Johnny Flynn as the 'Starman' singer in 1971 as he heads to the US for a tour.

Read more: Pink goes offline as Covid takes the shirt off its backThe film is loosely based on an ill-fated 1971 American tour to promote The Man Who Sold The World, which would see the beginnings of his Ziggy Stardust persona. Johnny Flynn stars as Bowie, the enigmatic artist yet to reach his full potential and intent on stardom (“I need to be known” he pleads at one point).

Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in Stardust has just been released exclusively for NME – check it out below.The clip sees Flynn as Bowie confront his manager Ron Oberman (GLOW star Marc Maron in the film) about their lack of success in America.Stardust is released this week (January 15) on digital platforms in the UK, and sees Flynn writing original songs for the film.Check out the new clip here: Recently reflecting on Bowie fans’ response to the film, Flynn told NME he received “homophobic abuse” for his performance.“I’m not big into social media, but I was getting a lot of violent hate mail and stuff from people saying: ‘You played him like he’s insecure,’” Flynn said. “And then homophobic abuse: ‘You’re playing him all fey.

The first clip from Stardust—the upcoming film about David Bowie, starring Johnny Flynn in the lead role—has been released. The clip features Flynn as Bowie in conversation with Marc Maron, who portrays his publicist Ron Oberman. “All it takes is one believer to change the world, right? And we’ve got two,” Maron says. “You believe in yourself, don’t you?” Watch the clip below, via Variety.