Gillian Anderson — and all of the many faces she dons — was notedly absent from the recent trailers for American Gods. But, images of two of the roles she assumes as the shape-shifting god, Media, were previously released, and people who consume pop culture media desperately searching for images of Gillian Anderson in wigs have likely already seen her as Marilyn Monroe. But now, through a website (in Portuguese) called Omelete, an image of Anderson as Media as David Bowie has also been shared.
The photo, the website notes, originally appeared on the Twitter account of a journalist at Indiewire, but was then deleted. The creator of the series, Hannibal‘s Bryan Fuller, previously tweeted the upper right corner of Anderson’s Bowie Face:
THE MANY FACES OF MEDIA @GillianA @AmericanGodsSTZ @andmichaelgreen @neilhimself pic.twitter.com/tLnywLQyA8— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) March 20, 2017
A sleuthing fan identified all of the Anderson-faces, including Monroe, Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), Bowie, and Judy Garland.
I can't wait for the full pictures!! I'm so excited to see @GillianA as Media 😍❤ @GodsOnAmazon @AmericanGodsSTZ @BryanFuller pic.twitter.com/gNmJU3jZ0o— Estefi ⭕️ (@GwenefyND) March 21, 2017
In the new Starz series, the traditional Old Gods, with mythological roots from around the world, fear irrelevance as their believers die off or are seduced by the shiny New Gods, like Media and Technical Boy (Bruce Langley, left), who represent our obsessions with technology, celebrity, money and pop culture.
American Gods premieres on Starz on April 30.
Sources: FlavorWire, Omelete, Mashable
Photo: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC