How Come Nobody Told Me This?

I watched Across the Universe after everyone has raved about it but nobody ever told me about this bit -- in the middle of the film while the main characters Jude and Lucy are in this psychedelic party -- out comes a swaggering, moustached guy in blue shades, and I'm thinking, Man this guy looks so much like Bono. But the voice is wrong and the wrinkles are wrong.

And then he sings, "I am the Walrus" and, that voice, that swagger, those hand gestures and then there is no doubt in my mind.

What do you know. His first acting job.

Bono Plays Doctor in 'Across the Universe'

Posted Sep 13th 2007 2:00PM by Melissa Olund
Filed under: News, Video, Movies

The groovy dude in the picture isn't just any mustachioed hippie with a fringe jacket and a psychedelic bus. It's none other than Bono, playing the role of "Dr. Robert" in the upcoming musical 'Across the Universe' (Sept. 14).

Bono's character in the film was based on Jack Kerouac muse Neal Cassady. "We studied film of him and the way he worked, and it's almost like he wanted to be a rock star," Bono said of Cassady. "He has all these jerky moves, a lot of self-confidence, always plays to the women in the room. For my first acting role, I thought this would be interesting and a little bit special."

'Across the Universe' is director Julie Taymor's brainchild, mixing an original story set in the 1960s with a soundtrack of 33 Beatles

songs. One of these songs is 'I Am the Walrus,' which Bono performs as the merry Dr. Robert.http://www.spinner.com/2007/09/13/bono-plays-doctor-in-across-the-universe/