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Paul Stanley Sees Himself In The Phantom Of The Opera

12/15/2014
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(Classic Rock) Paul Stanley has compared his life to that of the character he played in The Phantom Of The Opera. The Kiss star recalls being offered the role in 1998 and eventually realizing how closely the story resembled that of his own personal life.

Stanley tells The Queen Latifah Show: "When I saw Phantom in London in 1988 I watched it and I said, 'I can do that.' I had no background in it. Ten years later I got a call from my talent agent and they says, 'How do you feel about trying to do a musical?'"

Stanley had to go through an audition process like any other actor and landed the job - which he says changed his life.

He adds: "I went to New York, got the role and they flew me up to Toronto where the show had run for 10 years. I took over doing eight shows a week there.

"I started to realize that in many ways the phantom was me. It was a story of a scarred, deformed musician who hid behind a mask." Read more and watch the interview here.

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