 PETER "HERMAN" NOONE - No. 3 in this week's NME Chart with "My Sentimental Friend" - is to play a straight dramatic role in a major Hollywood film, "Red Sky At Morning," provided final negotiations are completed this week. Several other scripts are under consideration, but it looks almost certain that Herman will be involved in "Red Sky At Morning" for ten weeks in the autumn. This is the serious acting break for which he has been waiting since his pre-pop days in Granada TV's "Coronation Street" series. It is understood that some "very big" film names are also about to be signed for the production, which would feature Herman - billed under his real name - as the son of a family living in South America. The deal is with Universal - not MGM, for whom he made an earlier musical with the Hermits - and could lead to further major acting opportunities if successful. He will not sing in "Red Sky At Morning." Herman flies to Los Angeles for final script meetings following his world tour which includes Israel and the Philippines before ending in Mexico in July. |