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Richard Corman had just finished studying under Richard Avedon and was looking for a project, his mother Cis was working as a casting agent on The Last Temptation of Christ and remembered a striking woman who had auditioned for the Virgin Mary, aptly named Madonna. She gave her son Madonna’s contact details and the pair set up a session (Part 3 of 4)

Richard Corman had just finished studying under Richard Avedon and was looking for a project, his mother Cis was working as a casting agent on The Last Temptation of Christ and remembered a striking woman who had auditioned for the Virgin Mary, aptly named Madonna. She gave her son Madonna’s contact details and the pair set up a session (Part 2 of 4)

Martin Scorsese was trying to get together a cast for his first (failed) attempt at filming the controversial 1955 novel. During the first round of auditions, Madonna tried out for the part of the Virgin Mary with casting agent Cis Corman, but didn’t get the part. It is unclear if she met Scorsese during her audition.