mainman has opened up on some of the challenges he has experienced in bringing his band to the big screen for new concert movie . The film, which mixes stunning footage of Ghost's 2023 shows at the Inglewood Forum in California with a fictional plot continuing the plights of Papa Emeritus IV, released to critical acclaim in cinemas worldwide last week. Speaking exclusively to 's Paul Brannigan in their , Forge is asked whether what we see on the screen in is close to the vision he had for the project in the first place.
“It’s never, you know, 100%,” he answers, “but pretty damn close. A lot of things that I think scared people in meetings a year ago, are things that I know that we pulled off. As an artist, people want you to dream big, but I always try to come up with things that are actually doable.
“Everything with Ghost is difficult and expensive, but the records are getting closer to what I imagine, and this film turned out pretty close to what I envisioned," he continues. "And when I see the film, even I look at the show and go, ‘That’s pretty entertaining, that’s pretty cool.’ This is a film that you have not seen before.
" Forge also points out that many film studios find it difficult to wrap their heads around any idea that isn't an obvious box office box-ticker. “A lot of film studios sometimes struggle to comprehend something that isn’t mainstream,” he explains. “Like, it’s not uncommon that you might want to make a film about, say, a hist.
