Death Note director Adam Wingard has recently revealed that his original choices for the voice of Ryuk, “a demon in glam rock clothing,” were David Bowie and Prince, respectively.
Maybe Death Note would have been better with Prince and David Bowie, unfortunately, we’ll never know.
Well, as a matter of fact, David Bowie was actually originally who I wanted to play Ryuk, but then David Bowie died.
Wingard recently sat down with Gizmodo to discuss the release of Death Note.