If we had our druthers, David Bowie would’ve lived forever. But it’s still worth addressing how many high-profile job offers he might’ve been able to accept if he had made it another six months beyond his passing in January of 2016. Dude was very in demand for a 69-year-old artist, and we’re not even talking about music-related gigs.

Anyone who’s been following Twin Peaks: The Return can make an educated guess that David Lynch intended Agent Phillip Jeffries to make an on-camera appearance or two. We don’t know for certain that he doesn’t, but for now, we have to assume the ailing Bowie devoted 100 percent of his energy into completing his final album, Blackstar, and wasn’t able to bring back Agent Jeffries in a physical, tangible capacity.

Meanwhile, apparently there was also an effort made to get Bowie to do some sorta bit for Atomic Blonde.

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director (and prolific stunt coordinator) David Leitch says the Atomic production approached Aladdin Sane for a cameo role in Charlize Theron’s latest punching/kicking/shooting/stabbing movie. Even though Bowie agreed to let the film use a pair of his songs, he said “nah” to an in-person appearance. Under the circumstances that became apparent later, Leitch could hardly take that personally.

“I think he really responded to the script and that it was about this city and there was music and everything. But at that time, he respectfully declined,” Leitch tells THR. “Then during the shooting of the film, we heard of his passing, so it was even more special to us that those songs remained in the movie.”

The Atomic Blonde soundtrack looks like a grab bag of emblematic 1980s bangers. Bowie’s contributions include “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” and “Under Pressure.” We’re all pretty familiar with those songs by this point in our lives, so let’s close this blog post with HEALTH’s rendition of New Order’s “Blue Monday,” which vastly improves on the crusty ol’ Orgy version of “Blue Monday” from ’98.

via THR