Marilyn Mansonwill add a new role to his eclectic acting rsum when The Pale Emperorrocker guest stars asa barber/surgeon on the upcoming third season of the supernatural drama Salem. Manson will play Thomas Dinley, the go-to man in Salem, from a shave and a haircut to being leeched, bled, sliced open or sewn up, the show said in a statement.Salems third season went into production Thursday in Shreveport, Louisiana, Forbes reports.
Although Manson will be making his Salem debut, the shock rocker is no stranger to the WGN series: Manson, along with Salem composer Tyler Bates, transformed the singers Pale Emperor track Cupid Carries a Gun into the shows main theme. The track debuted when Salem premiered in April 2014, eight months before The Pale Emperor was released.
Manson previously appeared on TV series like Californication, Eastbound & Down and Sons of Anarchy; Mansons SOA co-star, Walton Goggins, ended up appearing on Mansons song Slave Only Dreams to Be King as a preacher.
Talk about having a bucket list item that you didnt know was on your bucket list, Goggins told Rolling Stone of the collaboration. Marilyn was a friend of [Sons of Anarchy creator] Kurt Sutters, and he asked him if I might want to do this. So he calls me, and I was like, Have you heard me sing? I cant fucking carry a tune! But he just said, dont worry, I have an idea and youd be perfect for it. So the very first time I met him, it was at his house, recording that song.
Recently, Manson also portrayed a Native American hitmanin the crime drama Let Me Make You a Martyr.