Fact #141048

Alan Light (tour manager) : It made no sense at all for him to make a feature film at that point. He had one-and-a-half pop hits, a limited crossover audience, he didn’t do any press. And yet he went to his managers and said, get me a feature film or I’ll fire you and find someone who can. It led to making a movie with a first-time director, first-time producers, a cast who had mostly never acted before, shooting in Minneapolis in the winter. None of that should lead to a successful movie. But Prince had a vision, an unwavering sense that this was the moment to utilize his mystery and to capture a new phase in his music – he saw something that no one else could see.
(Source : http://stereoembersmagazine.com/thats-kind-artist-dealing-stereo-embers-interviews-alan-light-author-lets-go-crazy-prince-making-purple-rain/)