David Bowie’s wife, the Wonder Woman and Black Widow that never was

Before Scarlett Johansson wear Natasha Romanov ’s red tresses and Lynda Carterwore ancient Hellenic skateboarding gear , Angie Bowie — a.k.a . the model “ Jipp Jones , ” the then - married woman of David Bowie , and mother of Source Code director Duncan Jones — commit both Marvel ’s superspy and DC Comics ’ Amazonian princess a gibe . Neither of her raid into superheroics were piece up , but the photographic grounds does have a gorgeously deranged 1970s vibration .

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Here ’s howshe discover her experiencebriefly depict the Russian secret agent ( with African - American player Ben Carruthers as Daredevil ):

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I received permission from Stan Lee to have the rights to Daredevil and Black Widow for a year . We were unable to place the series . Actor , writer , Benny Carruthers and I did the photo shoot with Terry O’Neill and Natasha Kornilkoff costume designer and Barbara Daly – make - up in London and that was all that ever happened . Unfortunately at that clip it was considered too difficult and expensive to film , peculiar core , etc .

QuothThe Comics Readerin 1975 of this photo shoot :

In the exposure above , the guy standing behind her is actor friend Ben Carruthers , who is supposed to be lop as Daredevil ( in case you could n’t tell apart ) . She was get word to give a sample distribution of some of the kind of negotiation that could be expected : ‘ You would do well to catch your tone . The Black Widow does not take order from anyone . ’ We wo n’t hold our breath waiting for this to be bought by the networks . ”

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O’Neill also shot Bowie for these Wonder Woman exam shots she pitched for telecasting — the part would eventually go toCathy Lee Crosby . Why was n’t her Wonder Woman greenlit?The Wonder Woman Museum :

Bowie ’s audition was mentioned in the Feb. 11 , 1974 way out of Newsweek , in which it was reported that Angela Bowie had been considered for the role of Wonder Woman for an upcoming ABC - telly movie but lost the part for her refusal to wear a bra .

Bowie described the experience later on in her 1993 autobiography :

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First I demonstrate them the photographs , which totally flabbergasted the director- things were going well so far- but then , before I went to my dressing elbow room to put on the stipulated turtleneck , some woman from the studio came up to me .

“ I see you ’re not wearing a bra , ” she say . “ You have to outwear one for the screen test . It ’s mandatory . ”

I could n’t believe it . I had n’t worn a bra for years . “ Well , if that ’s what you need , okay , ” I said . “ But I think you ’re pass to have a problem happen one small enough . ”

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She did n’t like that very much , but she walk off , and I went to the stuffing room .

After that setback , one of the show ’s purported writers tried to deplumate a “ casting couch ” on her . Bowie ’s reply to this creep ? “ Now take yourself out of my dressing way before I fucking obliterate you ! ” As Angie before long discovered , she was never really being consider for the role . A pity , she had the Paradise Island no - bullshit attitude down pat .

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