VINCENT CASSEL - PRODUCERS HATED CASSEL'S GAY BLOND LOOK

PRODUCERS HATED CASSEL'S GAY BLOND LOOK

French actor VINCENT CASSEL's bid to go gay by dying his hair blond in new movie EASTERN PROMISES backfired on him - studio bosses hated the look. The Ocean's Thirteen star plays the closeted gay son of a Russian Mafia boss in the film, and felt the best way to present his character was by dying his hair. He says, "When I first got on the set I had this idea that I wanted to do this little not over the top thing, but a feminine thing for a Mafioso, and so I came on the set blond. "The first time (director) David Cronenberg saw me he freaked out and said, `I'm not sure about that.' "We did the screen tests and the people from the studio freaked out because they thought my character was too `L.A.', which was a funny statement to me. After the tests they had me change my hair back."