Chris Hydewho ever dated sex pistols Founder and guitarist Steve Jones will be played by actress Sydney Chandler in the upcoming Hulu series pistol.
“He was a teenager when I met him. I didn’t notice he was carrying a sack full of dreams, but he did. Like all of us, he wanted to play guitar in a rock band,” Heynd said. , who wrote the foreword to Jones’ 2016 memoir. “But none of the bands fit.”
six paragraphs pistol The series is based on Jones’ book, Lonely Boy: The Story of the Sex Pistols His pre-fame date with Hayender will obviously be part of the story. “The girls had a soft spot for this shy West London thug, and he made the most of that,” Hind said of Jones.
future pretender In 1973, the 22-year-old leader moved to London from Ohio in search of a fresh start. She landed a job at the Sex, Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood boutiques frequented by members of the Sex Pistol and began to immerse herself in the punk music scene.
“A teenage West London criminal Steve Jones hanging out in the shop. (I didn’t know he had a desire to play guitar; he didn’t know I had either.) Malcolm and Vive seem to keep him on their side. under the protection of the Reckless: My Life as a Pretender. The two musicians soon bonded over more than just music. “While Chrissie was working at the store, she closed the storefront and we put Malcolm and Vivienne’s sexual gospel into practice,” recalls Jones.
“I like to think I’m very upfront about what women expect from them. I can’t have a relationship that involves real feelings because I’m so fucking damaged,” Jones points out in his book. “In a way, I do have that chauvinistic thing going on, I see women first as sexual objects and anything else second, but I don’t think I’m the only one who committed 1970s music Such a petty person. In fact, it’s harder to find someone who doesn’t.”
Jones isn’t the only one to have ties to the Sex Pistols Haynd.Future Pretenders frontwoman when she couldn’t get UK visa almost married Sid Vicious Try to stay at home. The plan fell through when the newlyweds found out that the local registry was closed. “It didn’t work the next day,” recalls Hynder, “because Sid had to go to court because he gouged someone’s eye out with a glass.”
While Hynde’s rise to fame didn’t come until she joined the Pretenders in 1978, the Sex Pistols began to flourish two or three years before that. “Sex Pistols got the gig, and people loved them,” Hynde said of the Pistols’ heyday in the mid-’70s. “Steve was playing guitar and it was exciting to see him find himself – still a thief at heart, but now with a creative outlet.”
The romance between Hyde and Jones ultimately failed, but the two managed to keep in touch. “Chrissie remained good friends over the years,” Jones said in his memoir. “I wish she would say that about me.”
pistol According to the actor Emma Appleton, who played the late Nancy Spenghan (Sid Vicious’s girlfriend), he will be more than dabbling in the musician’s romantic pursuit. “These women are iconic women in their own right,” Appleton said NME“They’re not just Sid Vicious’s girlfriend or Malcolm McLaren’s lover. They’re not accessories to these people in the story. They have their own stories and their own successes. It’s an honor to be able to harness their power.”
Playing the role of Hyde would be Chandler’s breakout opportunity, and he’ll be close behind pistol in the upcoming don’t worry dearopposite Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde.
pistol Arriving on Hulu on May 31st.
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