It's impossible to imagine anyone other than David Bowie in the role of Jareth from the classic '80s movie Labyrinth, but that role was almost given to Michael Jackson; here's why Bowie was ultimately cast. Jareth, also known as the Goblin King, is the main antagonist of Labyrinth. After a young girl named Sarah sarcastically wishes that the King would take away her baby brother, he actually grants this wish and hides him at the center of a strange labyrinth.
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