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# Iconic queer director returns to finish Trilogy starring Udo Kier
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/iconic-queer-director-returns-to-finish-trilogy-starring-udo-kier/
- Published: 2019-03-06T22:02:44.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-06T22:02:44.000Z
- Description: One of the pioneers of queer cinema, writer/director Todd Stephens (Edge of Seventeen, Gypsy 83 and Another Gay Movie), completes his Ohio trilogy with Swan Song, a fictionalised memoir of flamboyant hairdresser Mister Pat, in 1980s small town Sandusky.
- Author: Graham Robson

## One of the pioneers of queer cinema, writer/director Todd Stephens (Edge of Seventeen, Gypsy 83 and Another Gay Movie), completes his Ohio trilogy with *Swan Song*, a fictionalised memoir of flamboyant hairdresser Mister Pat, in 1980s small town Sandusky.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web-600-12.jpg)

**Todd Stephens, says:** *“Mister Pat was a revelation; out, loud and proud in a very different era.*

*“My trilogy is inspired by my Ohio hometown. The first two films were about trying to escape it, and the last is about embracing where you came from. Swan Song is a love letter to a man who changed my life by always having the courage to be fabulous.”*

Legendary actor **Udo Kier** has signed on to star as Pat and **Stephen Israel** has joined the team as producer.

**Udo Kier added:** *“After 50 years in the business, this is one of the best scripts I have seen.”*

![Udo Kier and Todd Stephens](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web-600-1-3.jpg)

Udo Kier and Todd Stephens

Todd, who has launched a Kickstarter campaign and plans to shoot on location in Sandusky in May, added: *“Udo Kier has been one of my idols all my life. I am thrilled to have someone play the character who can imbue it with such authenticity.”*

To help this film get made, view www.[kickstartswansong.com](http://kickstartswansong.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) by March 7.