LONDON -- For a particular generation, David Bowie's performance as Jareth the Goblin King in Jim Henson's Labyrinth was up there among his finest hours.
The hair, the stare, the brows - everything about his role in the 1986 fantasy film has gone down in history.
This week, following the sad news that David Bowie passed away aged 69, fans have been re-sharing a note Henson sent to Bowie asking him to be in the film.
Sending Bowie a rough version of the script, which he admits "needs a bit of polishing," Henson says he's looking forward to hearing his response, adding, "you would be wonderful in this film."
He wasn't wrong, and thankfully Bowie said yes, and a legend was made.
The note was snapped by one Twitter user at an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario a few years back.
A letter from Jim Henson to #DavidBowie, trying to convince him to star in Labyrinth. Snapped at the AGO in 2013. pic.twitter.com/nEizTjE0Ur— Sean Fitzgerald (@SeanDFitzgerald) January 11, 2016
It was also seen in Berlin, at the touring version of the V&A's spectacular retrospective, which is currently in the Netherlands and heading to Japan soon.
From the epic #DavidBowie exhibit in Berlin, a letter from Jim Henson to Bowie. Bittersweet now. pic.twitter.com/bGQexbfOxF— Samantha Carrick (@SamACarrick) January 11, 2016
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