one wonders if the 007 is trialing this out.
they say she's the new 007, but prolly not. what?
that sounds like a trial balloon.
Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
well whatever happens Craig is out. he had a good run as Bond. there might not be a new Bond depending on how they play this "diversity" shit.
we'd know by now if not for the scamdemic .. the release was pushed back till fall.
Sean Connery was da man. I lost interest after Roger Moore.
Originally Posted by bambino
Connery is the MAN! Roger Moore sucked as Bond. he could have been the first Bond but he was under contract for "The Saint" and the risk of getting tied up in court was too much so they dropped Moore from consideration. i get it that Moore didn't want to play the role the same as Connery but the result was terrible. Moore was too glib as Bond.
one thing i will say in Moore's defense is that it wasn't his fault that most of the best novels had already been made into movies and the writers starting pulling shit outta their asses with terrible scripts and a bunch of overdone gadgets. but he still played Bond like a pussy!
according to Bond history the original Bond would have been Cary Grant. Grant was obviously a big star already (as was David Niven who was also considered) but Grant wouldn't agree to a multi-film contract and he was probably too old for a long term Bond anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._No_(film)#Cast
Casting
James Bond
While producers Broccoli and Saltzman originally sought
Cary Grant for the role, they discarded the idea as Grant would be committed to only one feature film, and the producers decided to go after someone who could be part of a series.
[6] Richard Johnson has claimed to have been the first choice of the director, but he turned it down because he already had a contract with MGM and was intending to leave.
[23] Another actor purported to have been considered for the role was
Patrick McGoohan on the strength of his portrayal of spy
John Drake in the television series
Danger Man: McGoohan turned down the role.
[24] Another potential Bond included
David Niven, who played the character in the 1967 parody
Casino Royale.
[25]
There are several
apocryphal stories as to whom Ian Fleming personally wanted. Reportedly, Fleming favoured actor
Richard Todd.
[26] In his autobiography
When the Snow Melts, Cubby Broccoli said
Roger Moore had been considered, but had been thought "too young, perhaps a shade too pretty."
[27] In his autobiography,
My Word Is My Bond, Moore says he was never approached to play the role of Bond until 1973, for
Live and Let Die.
[28] Moore appeared as
Simon Templar on the television series
The Saint, airing in the United Kingdom for the first time on 4 October 1962, only one day before the premiere of
Dr. No.
[29]
Cubby says they considered Moore, Moore says otherwise. just because Moore wasn't formally offered doesn't mean he wasn't considered.
also .. before Lanzenby's one-and-done an AMERICAN actor was offered the role .... this guy.
Clint Eastwood! Clint was offered the role to replace Connery and declined saying that first he didn't want to follow Connery in the role and that he felt it should be played by a British actor. according to Eastwood he was offered in 1967 and declined opening the door for Lazenby.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...-Superman.html
Why I turned down offers to play James Bond AND Superman, by Clint Eastwood
yes .. you read that right, he turned down BOND and Superman. probably for the better too. Clint doesn't have the classic Superman look even if he's certainly tall enough to sell the role at 6'4" (well .. in his prime anyway) and in fact his height could have been a negative for BOND. too tall! unless you film Clint standing next to Jaws in every scene! BAHAAA
Ultimately, the producers turned to 32 year-old
Sean Connery for five films.
[6] It is often reported that Connery won the role through a contest set up to "find James Bond". While this is untrue, the contest itself did exist, and six finalists were chosen and screen-tested by Broccoli, Saltzman, and Fleming. The winner of the contest was a 28-year-old model named Peter Anthony, who, according to Broccoli, had a
Gregory Peck quality, but proved unable to cope with the role.
[30] When Connery was invited to meet Broccoli and Saltzman he appeared scruffy and in unpressed clothes, but Connery "put on an act and it paid off" as he acted in the meeting with a macho, devil-may-care attitude.
[31] When he left both Saltzman and Broccoli watched him through the window as he went to his car, both agreeing that he was the right man for Bond.
[32] After Connery was chosen, Terence Young took the actor to his tailor and hairdresser,
[33] and introduced him to the high life, restaurants, casinos and women of London. In the words of Bond writer
Raymond Benson, Young educated the actor "in the ways of being dapper, witty, and above all, cool".
[34]
Wasn’t Niven actually the first Bond in Casino Royale? I think you being a little hard on Moore. He was a big drop off after Connery, but at least I still enjoyed those films. I couldn’t watch them after him.