Adam Pearson To Play in New Version of The Elephant Man. Adam Pearson has been selected to star in an upcoming film remake of ...

Adam Pearson, who featured in A24’s comic noir “A Different Man,” is set to play the lead role of Joseph Merrick in “The ...

The star will be the first disabled actor to play Joseph Merrick in the feature from the late playwright Bernard Pomerance's ...

Adam Pearson, the actor who appeared in the Oscar-nominated dark comedy A Different Man, is set to star in a forthcoming ...

After a miserable adolescence and time as a travelling exhibit, Leicester-born Merrick ended up at what was then called the London Hospital in Whitechapel The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick, who ...

Adam Pearson is making history twice over. The "A Different Man" star and "Under the Skin" breakout actor is set to lead the ...

Bernard Pomerance’s Tony-winning play The Elephant Man is coming to the screen in a new film adaptation starring Adam Pearson ...

In a statement, Pearson said, “Joseph Merrick is a man I have a long and complex relationship with. From having his name used as a term of derision to learning about the man himself in ...

Bradley Cooper, David Bowie, Billy Crudup, and Mark Hamill have famously portrayed Joseph Merrick before on stage, while John Hurt took the lead in Lynch's film, but Pearson will be the only actor ...