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'Glass Onion' almost included Janelle Monáe and Edward Norton covering David Bowie

"Release the Bowie cut!"

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is full of Rian Johnson whodunit goodness, but did you know it almost included a tribute to musical legend David Bowie?

Glass Onion cast members Janelle Monáe and Edward Norton revealed at a Nov. 14 press conference that they filmed a scene where their characters jam out to Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" together. (Monáe has covered the song in the past.)

The scene is a flashback to the early days of the friendship between tech disruptors Miles Bron (Norton) and Cassandra "Andi" Brand (Monáe). In it, Andi sings "Moonage Daydream" while Miles accompanies her on guitar. Their friends Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn) and Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson) dance along on the side "like go-go dancers," said Johnson.

Shot at the end of a shooting day, around 1 a.m., the scene was meant to illustrate Miles and Andi's friendship before it soured. "We were trying to think of things that they might've done in the bar when it was good, when we're bonding," explained Norton.

"To show the deep connection," added Monáe.

Monáe and Norton are both massive fans of Bowie, so they approached Johnson with the idea that the Glass Onion bar where Andi and Miles hang out might have had an open-mic night. Norton even contacted someone he knows at musical instrument company Gibson in order to get a replica of Mick Ronson's Black Beauty Les Paul guitar for Miles to play in the scene.

While the scene was filmed — "Rian indulged us with two takes," said Norton — it was cut from Glass Onion. Upon hearing this, interviewer Josh Horowitz exclaimed, "Release the Bowie cut!"

However, if Johnson gets his way, we might never see the footage.

"It's such an incredible memory of this surreal late night, the best concert in the world for like seven people standing around in a basement bar in Belgrade," Johnson said. "It's so romantic, I almost want to burn the footage."

If you're still craving a David Bowie-Glass Onion crossover, you're in luck. Keep your ears wide open for Bowie's song "Starman," featured in the Glass Onion bar bonding scene — perhaps as a tribute to what might have been.

Glass Onion is now on Netflix.

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  1. I watched it last night. It had unexpected twists. Janelle Monae and Daniel Craig were delightful!

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  2. This movie was great. Silly and felt like a more modern quirky version of the mystery dinner or weekend older movies

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  3. What a terrible movie, This could have been a GREAT franchise but silly movie this was just awful!

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    1. dude, 100% agree

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    2. Yes Dude, I agree.... I watched it the other night and just kept thinking, this is a different character that Graig is playing to Knives Out. And It's a pale shadow of Knives Out too. I think the litmus test is that I could watch Knives Out again and again (and have done) but I don't think I could watch Glass Onion again. It's trying to be more of a movie than what it is, if you know what I mean? It's not big and it's not clever.

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  4. Watched this last night. It was ridiculously bad. The writing and plotting was especially execrable.

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    1. didn't think much of the original film, it seemed like a dumbed down Agatha Christie story for Americans, might still try this sequel but not expecting much from it

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    2. Waste of time and money making this movie, it couldn't have got much worse!

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    3. ooooh !! I saw it like a bunch of guys, all great actors together having fun!! I

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    4. thanks for the heads up

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    5. we're eternally grateful you dumbed it down for us.

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    6. it's a good one. Worth a watch even if it's not your bag

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    7. oh calm down. It was just a fun movie and that’s ok!

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  5. It was like a modern day "Clue" - fun movie!

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  6. I thought it was really good.

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  7. Why would they not include that tf

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  8. Ew imagine going out of your way to bash a movie instead of just saying you didn’t like. Literally nobody asked why

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  9. I like the first Knives Out better..

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  10. I was looking forward to this film but I was sadly disappointed. His accent was ridiculous.

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  11. Could not get through it no bueno

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  12. One of the worst movies ever...

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  13. Imma need that Bowie cut

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  15. This movie was better than the first. Liked it!

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  16. The only highlight in this movie: The unexpected appearance of Hugh Grant at the door.

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    1. well not so unexpected now is it....🤔

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  17. Nothing and nobody can help this movie, sorry, but it's really bad

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  19. Disappointing movie.

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  20. So boring that I didn’t finished it.

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  21. No redeeming qualities!

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