“My dad was my hero, a brilliant, complicated man who had his flaws,” Arquette says, but he has also chronicled his father’s substance abuse and his mother’s tendency toward violence. Then comes Patricia (recent Oscar winner for Boyhood and star of CSI: Cyber) at 47, Richmond at 52 (last seen in National Lampoon Presents: Surf Party) and big sister Rosanna, 56, still best recalled for Desperately Seeking Susan opposite Madonna. He shared it with four brothers and sisters, all of whom have made their mark in show business.ĭavid at 44 is the youngest, followed by Alexis, 46, a transgender woman who sometimes performs as Eva Destruction. “It was super backwoods, our whole family lived in a one-room cabin.
“Yeah, I was born on a commune in Virginia,” recalls Arquette. He might very well be referring to his highly colourful upbringing at the hands of two eccentric performers, Lewis Arquette and Brenda Olivia Nowak. There’s something that brings me back to an older time and place.” “I wanted to challenge myself,” is how he explains his return to live performance. Furter in a Los Angeles production of The Rocky Horror Show and starred opposite Annette Bening in a 2010 Hollywood mounting of The Female of the Species. And underneath all the surface stuff, he’s a strangely honest man and people like that in their heroes.”Īrquette has never really been known for stage work, although he did get great reviews for his 1999 turn as Dr. Look at how we’re obsessed with all these shows like CSI, all about forensics and profiling. “Look, he’s such a unique character,” reasons Arquette. called Bootsy Bellows: his late mother’s stage name when she was a burlesque dancer.īut a deerstalker-clad, meerschaum-smoking Victorian sleuth? Hardly, my good man. Arquette has had a varied career that’s included everything from acting to being a World Championship Wrestling star, to singing in a rock band, to designing a line of clothing, to running a nightclub in L.A.
“I honestly never considered myself in the part,” laughs Arquette from California, where the show has been rehearsing. 27 when he tackles the title role in Sherlock Holmes at the Ed Mirvish Theatre. Still, that’s who Arquette will play in Toronto starting on Oct. When you think of David Arquette playing someone with investigative skills, you’re more likely to summon up the bumbling Deputy Dewey Riley from the Scream series than the master sleuth of 221B Baker Street.
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