King of Goblins Jareth

Shot from the movie "Labyrinth"

When you review one of the best Hollywood children's films 1980-x, it's hard to believe that the role of the king of goblins Jareth was not written specifically for David Bowie. Who else could embody on the screen the image of simultaneously frightening and attractive, mysterious and open, powerful and vulnerable otherworldly ruler, who leads with the main character a bizarre psychological game? However, the film's producers were by no means tied to Bowie. They considered other stellar candidates, and the king of goblins could easily play Sting or Mick Jagger. But, with all due respect to these celebrities, the film would have lost if the creators of the "Labyrinth" had not agreed with Bowie. He was born to embody Jareth as he was planned by the director Jim Hanson.

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