Or at least, Tom Waits is going to play the Devil in the new Terry Gilliam flick.

From Pitchfork:

Waits had a few words to share on the role he nabbed in the forthcoming flick from imaginative director and Monty Python descendent Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (not to be confused with Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium). Waits joins an all-star cast that includes Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, Colin Farrell, and the late Heath Ledger, and he’s got one heck of a part.

“I am the Devil in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus– not a devil…The Devil,” Waits “explains” in his self-interview. “I don’t know why [Gilliam] thought of me. I was raised in the church.” Guess that makes Waits the mortal enemy of Alanis Morissette?

Waits also had some praise for his filmic colleagues. “Gilliam and I met on Fisher King. He is a giant among men and I am in awe of his films. [The Adventures of Baron] Munchausen I’ve seen a hundred times. Brazil is a crowning achievement. Brothers Grimm was my favorite film last year. I had most of my scenes with Christopher Plummer (He’s Dr. Parnassus). Plummer is one of the greatest actors on earth! Mostly I watch and learn. He’s a real movie star and a gentleman. Gilliam is an impresario, captain, magician, a dictator (a nice one), a genius, and a man you’d want in the boat with you at the end of the world.”

Doctor Parnassus is expected to hit theaters sometime next year.

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