Ten Things You Didn't Know About David Lynch

by Stephanie Valente

1. This is a damn fine...Star Wars?
David Lynch was offered to direct The Return of the Jedi, though, ended up making the disastrous Dune instead.

2. Speaking of coffee...
An avid coffee drinker, Lynch has a few brands available through retailers and his website. The IFC Film Center in Manhattan has a David Lynch roast.

3. Twin Peaks is currently a cool 36 degrees.
In 2007, the filmmaker made daily weather broadcasts for the Los Angeles radio station, Indie 103.1

4. And a uterus?
Raffaella de Laurentiis (daughter of Dino Laurentiis) under went a hysterectomy and sent her uterus to the director. Contrary to rumor/popular belief, Lynch has stated that the jarred organ resides in his house and not on a desk.

5. The Lizard King.
Val Kilmer turned down roles in Dune and Blue Velvet. On turning down Blue Velvet" Kilmer said, "It would have been my first job for damn near a year. So, Dave [Lynch] gave me the script and it was straight-out, hard-core pornography before page 30. I never finished it. I said, 'Good luck, but I can't do this.' It isn't what he ended up making. That movie, I would have done."

6. Looks like a lady.
James Spader gave Mark Frost the idea of a cross- dressing agent in Twin Peaks. Though, Spader was slated for the role, he pulled out due to scheduling conflicts. David Duchovny ended up playing the cult role instead.

Spader also made Crash with director David Cronenberg in lieu of being offered Lost Highway.

7. In Heaven, everything is fine.
Jack Nance, the star of Eraserhead, was murdered in 1996 during a fight in a Winchell's Donut Shop. Nance was close friends with Lynch until his untimely death.

8. This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there.
Besides the Star Wars franchise, Lynch was also offered to direct Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He turned it down, saying the project was funny, but not for him.

9. Mulholland Drive, the television show.
The dreamy, subversive film was originally meant to be a television series. Mulholland Drive was intended to be a pilot in fall 2000. When the project fell through, Lynch shot additional scenes to transform it into a film and it was released in 2001.

10. There's a fish in the percolator!
In addition to making films, furniture, art (which recently includes a collaborative effort with Christian Louboutin called "Fetish"), Lynch is also an author. He has been practicing transcendental meditation for over 30 years and penned "Catching the Big Fish," which chronicles Lynch's experiences, reflections, and thoughts on mediation.

Sources:
#3: "The bliss of it all," The Guardian. February 24, 2007.
#4: "The bliss of it all," The Guardian. February 24, 2007.