David Bowie gave his blessing for Twin Peaks to revisit his Fire Walk With Me cameo, though even the original Phillip Jeffries footage had a slight tweak at Bowie’s request.
As David Lynch now reveals, there’s good reason they committed the cardinal sin of recording over Bowie. Showtime’s revival drew heavily from Lynch’s 1992 prequel-sequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, including the use of Bowie’s ethereal Agent Phillip Jeffries.
I think someone must have made him feel bad about his Louisiana accent in Fire Walk With Me, but I think it’s so beautiful.
He wanted to have it done by a legitimate actor from Louisiana, so that’s what we had to do.