"As long as they get someone who didn't duet with Freddie Mercury to play me. Honestly, David Bowie looks nothing like me, but when you put a film in the hands of Christopher Nolan, you get two of three things: Batman, that kid from 3rd Rock From the Sun, or big names in awkward roles. Sometimes you have Shinzon playing Bane, other times a rock star playing me."
He shrugs, muttering something under his breath about how rock and roll isn't real music — because it isn't. He knew some of those great composers of that transitional period in the early 20th Century. JJ used to bring in symphonies to the Waldorf-Astoria for them to conduct while his guests danced the night away. Nikola's almost nostalgic for those times.
Almost.
"Because the one with the compassion is the one person who stands a chance of living as long as I will, and I'm not about to spend eternity listening to them rag on me at every opportunity for kicking Jackie's proverbial bucket."
Helen would never forgive him, and that would grow to be intolerable after a few centuries, if not decades.
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He shrugs, muttering something under his breath about how rock and roll isn't real music — because it isn't. He knew some of those great composers of that transitional period in the early 20th Century. JJ used to bring in symphonies to the Waldorf-Astoria for them to conduct while his guests danced the night away. Nikola's almost nostalgic for those times.
Almost.
"Because the one with the compassion is the one person who stands a chance of living as long as I will, and I'm not about to spend eternity listening to them rag on me at every opportunity for kicking Jackie's proverbial bucket."
Helen would never forgive him, and that would grow to be intolerable after a few centuries, if not decades.