Thanks to Amanda for pointing this out.

While Facinelli’s role as Carlisle Cullen calls for him to play a man in his early 20′s, Lucciola’s character is his in his 40′s, and is a crazy, rather troubled artist (a sculptor) who hits the streets of Paris, France with his fire-breathing and gun-shooting. Lucciola, whose sidekick is a drug addict (with specific affinity for absinthe and opium), becomes smitten with the character Artemisia von Rach, played by Alicja Bachleda (currently working with Colin Farrell in Ondine). The role is loosely based on Alfred Jarry, famed loose cannon in the surrealist school of art and brilliant writer of the nineteenth century.

Says Jopson, “Peter Facinelli’s role in The Absinthe Drinkers is off-beat and very radical . . . It’s unlike anything he’s ever done, which is I suppose why he wanted to stay with the role.” Continues Jopson, “There’s no way to fake fire-eating,” so “Peter and I have spoken about it and he’s more than willing to swig a bottle of kerosene and spit out a four foot flame!”

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