At one point, David Bowie’s wife was going to play both Wonder Woman and Black Widow
Well before Scarlett Johansson geared up in pleather to play Black Widow and before Lynda Carter became iconic as Wonder Woman on TV, David Bowie’s wife, model Angie Bowie, AKA “Jipp Jones” was being tried out for both roles for TV. It didn’t happen, but at least we have photographic evidence of Angie in costume.
Here’s how she described her experience briefly portraying the Russian secret agent (with African-American actor Ben Carruthers as Daredevil):
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 time it was considered too difficult and expensive to film, special effects, etc.
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