The late singer's music was prominently used in the first movie and director James Gunn toyed with the idea to bring him on screen in the sequel.
- Jan 12, 2016
AceShowbiz - David Bowie was once put into consideration to make a cameo in the upcoming "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2". Director James Gunn revealed that it was just a short while ago Bowie's name was brought up during a discussion with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.
"Just a very short while ago Kevin Feige and I were talking about a cameo role in Guardians Vol. 2, and he brought up Bowie's name," Gunn wrote on Facebook Monday, January 11. "I told him nothing in the world would make me happier, but I heard from common friends he wasn't doing well. We heard back that he was okay and it could potentially happen. Who knows what that was about? But, for whatever reason, it made [the news] more of a surprise."
Bowie died on Sunday after 18 month battle with cancer. He was two days away from turning 69.Not only he had had a huge impact in the music industry but also in movie, particularly in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. He appeared in such movies as "Labyrinth" and "Basquiat". His music also transcended into many movies, one of them being the 2014 "Guardians of the Galaxy".
Gunn added in his post, "We featured 'Moonage Daydream' in Guardians, but I always thought the album's character felt far beyond that, in the aesthetics, in the integral and seemingly-natural linking in popular culture of '70's rock and space opera. I've been trying to work another song from [the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars] into the sequel, which would make Bowie the only artist to have a song on both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. I thought this was fair and appropriate. Although I cut the scene it was used in from the script, we have the rights. Who knows. Maybe I can figure a way out."
Gunn also credited Bowie's music in helping with his personal problems. "My pop cultural connection to Bowie goes deeper as it was the music that was playing the night I hit bottom on alcohol and drugs as a very young person. I got sober that night, and those songs - 'TVC15', 'Star', 'Suffragette City' - are now deeply embedded in my psyche. They all have a frightening, almost-religious context in my personal history. I'll have to save those stories for another time. I wish I could be more eloquent, but I'm gutted," Gunn wrote.
