Adolfo Pirelli
Signor Adolfo Pirelli, also known as Daniel O'Higgins or Davey Collins is a fictional character from Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Signor Adolfo Pirelli is a flamboyant, outrageous, faux-Italian barber and con man. Really a young Irish man by the name of Daniel O'Higgins, he pretends to be Italian in order to substantiate his false claim that he is the official barber of the King of Naples. In this way, he manages to convince the people of London that he is a stylish and expert haircutter and toothpuller, and returns every Thursday to grace them with his presence. He is the tertiary antagonist of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film).
Adolfo Pirelli (a.k.a Daniel O' Higgins or Davy Collins) was an Irish barber who had pretended to be an Italian man and made his invention Pirelli's Miracle Elixir which was claimed to stimulate the growth of hair. However, when Sweeney Todd sniffed the mixture, he denounces the Elixir as "an arrant fraud" concocted of "piss and ink". He was killed by Todd after he reveals his true identity. He is played by Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie.
Signor Adolfo Pirelli, also known as Daniel O'Higgins or Davey Collins is a fictional character from Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Adolfo Pirelli (a.k.a Daniel O' Higgins or Davy Collins) was an Irish barber who had pretended to be an Italian man and made his invention Pirelli's Miracle Elixir which was claimed to stimulate the growth of hair. However, when Sweeney Todd sniffed the mixture, he denounces the Elixir as "an arrant fraud" concocted of "piss and ink". He was killed by Todd after he reveals his true identity. He is played by Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie.
Signor Adolfo Pirelli is a flamboyant, outrageous, faux-Italian barber and con man. Really a young Irish man by the name of Daniel O'Higgins, he pretends to be Italian in order to substantiate his false claim that he is the official barber of the King of Naples. In this way, he manages to convince the people of London that he is a stylish and expert haircutter and toothpuller, and returns every Thursday to grace them with his presence. He is the tertiary antagonist of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film).