In another universe, Bo Derek might have been the first big-screen Marvel hero. Speaking to Yahoo! Entertainment, the 64-year-old actress revealed that in the early ’80s she was approached by Marvel Comics to play the disco-dancing superhero Dazzler.
RELATED: James Gunn Responds To Martin Scorsese’s Marvel Criticism: ‘It Seems Awful Cynical’ A representative from the company flew to Paris while she was on a promotional tour for the 1979 hit “10”. “We had this big meeting in this gorgeous apartment,” Derek recalled. “It was a little overwhelming for me, a beach girl from California!” While superheroes had recently gotten a big boost on the big-screen thanks to “Superman: The Movie”, Derek’s Dazzler would have been the first Marvel hero at
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