They brought back the wrong Bond girl for NTTD - first time he'd had an age-appropriate partner for years. (By the way DutchBondFan, worth bearing in mind thats Helena Bonham Carter. not just Helena Bonham).
Out of all of the what ifs, I think Mark Strong would have been great as Renard. I love Robert Carlysle, but I think Mark would have made that role more memorable.
At least much less of a waste of an actor. Renard is more of the brawl type villain, and Strong is a much better choice for that than Carlyle. A slim guy at 5'7'' would have been much better as an intellectual villain like Le Chiffre or maybe even Ernst Stavro Blofeld himself.
Mark Strong is a fantastic actor, and I am totally with you on Reynard. But he seems to always pick films I just can't get into. (Including Kingsman, sorry, I know most people love it.)
Strong did play a very cold villain brilliantly in a 1996 episode of Sharpe [starting Sean Bean with Daniel Craig as a villain in a 1992 episode] which might have got Eon's attention but Carlysle coming off the massive hit of the Full Monty [a best picture nominee at the Oscars] was always going to get it. [funny enough the man Carlysle said he based Renard's accent and early life on-Velibor Topic-appeared in Sharpe in 2008].
Fun Fact: General Pushkin was in the very first draft of GoldenEye written by Michael France in January 1994. Likely Dimitri Miskhin took his place in the final film.
It would be a stretch for Puskin to have survived the fall of the Soviet Union in the same position, especially as the KGB was replaced by the FSB during that time.
@jamesatkinsonja Even still the connection would be nice, and make his death hit harder than Mishkin. It would've truly worked if Dalton had come back but I could see Brosnan and Davies having good chemistry for the short scene.
@@TheT3rr0rMask Additionally, the France script's MI6 scenes were clearly written for Robert Brown's M and Geoffrey Kean's Ministry of defence so like Puskin, tying into previous Dalton Films[and the novels as Loelia Ponsonby and Sir James Moloney also appear]. Of course, in the final film only Desmond's Q returns so it feels like a 'fresh start' with the new actor which was the right choice [I know 'Daylights' was meant to have Gogol rather than Puskin but as Dalton had never worked with Walter Gotell before, changing it to a new character works fine].
If Brosnan got the role in The Living Daylights, it would have been interesting to see Dimitri Mishkin as a general before assuming the role of minister of defence
Timothy Dalton was supposed to be cast as Bond (again) in For Your Eyes Only and it's said that the movie has a darker edge because it was written with another actor in mind (possibly Tim). Too bad it hadn't come into fruition. Can you imagine Timothy Dalton raiding the port in Albania together with Topol or fighting Christopher Walken on top of the Golden Gate bridge?
It's confusing as Roger stated he was fully intending to come back but his agent was playing hardball and Eon were auditioning as potential alternatives [and as a negotiating tactic]. John Glenn was also keen that Roger returned as making his directorial debut was hard enough without having to establish a new Bond, but the script certainly feels like they were going in a new darker tone.
I think if Timothy Dalton had starred in A View To A Kill it would have been a top 5 Bond film. Roger Moore is my fav 007 and I enjoyed a View To A Kill but he was far too old in it .
They didn't go for a darker tone because of any actor they went that way because moonraker had been seen as such an over the top bloated cartoon that they had nowhere else to go except restraint again making a more grounded spy thriller without all the corn save for the post credit scene with blofeld and perhaps the car chase with the citreon.
You may not realise but Dalton was already asked way back in 1968 when they were doing ohmss but he felt he was too young at the time and turned it down which is why lazenby came along, if Dalton had taken it he would've changed everything cos then Moore wouldn't have got it as soon as he did and we could've been spared the farce of his era or at least postponed it.
David Bowie in a Bond film would have been awesome, but I guess he was sort of busy still with his music and pretty selective with his sporadic film career.
I can totally imagine him as Max Zorin too, I have always found something similar with him and Christopher Walken, I wonder if that's the reason they chose Walken.
Great list my guy, worth noting that one of Richard Johnson’s co-stars in Deadlier Than the Male, Elke Sommer, also nearly ended up in From Russia With Love… the world of Bond knock offs and homages is a goldmine with alumni.
I once read that Ian Fleming specifically created "Dr. No" (a Fu Manchu knock-off) as a role for Christopher Lee! It was initially a script for a TV pilot ("Commander Jamaica"), but when the project fell thru, he turned it into his next Bond novel, revealing Bond had not died, but spent 6 months in hospital. Lee eventually played an Asian baddie in "TERROR OF THE TONGS", and later still, did 5 FU MANCHU movies. Funny thing-- when I look at photos of Lee from the 50s, I could easily see HIM as James Bond... if any producers had actually wanted to do Fleming's version, not the drastically-different one EON created. I've always assumed Lee's price was too high by the time they did "DR. NO", since it had the lowest budget in the series. I mostly remember Theodore Bikel as a COLUMBO murderer! He certainly looked right in that audition. I've SEEN the publicity photos of Raquel Welch wearing the one-piece swimsuit Claudine Auger wore in THUNDERBALL. The story I read was, Welch was under contract to 20th Century-Fox, they loaned her out to EON, and were happy for the publicity of having their new star in a Bond film-- but really wanted her in "FANTASTIC VOYAGE", and yanked her away at the last minute. Criminal. She was really into swimming and scuba-diving, and I feel would have brought so much more personality and presence to the Bond film than Auger did. I have "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" on DVD, and she looks great-- but, they DIDN'T really give her much to do, other than look great! Domino would have been such a better role for her. Welch, like Caroline Munro, was too often underestimated by producers, who tended to think she wasn't a good actress. See "MOTHER JUGS AND SPEED" for what I think was the best script she ever got! See SHERLOCK HOLMES: "The Three Gables" (1994) with Jeremy Brett for my favorite Claudine Auger role. It was years of being in the Adam West BATMAN tv series Facebook group that finally made me think, the biggest missed opportunity in the entire Bond series, was them not casting GEORGE SANDERS as Blofeld... in EVERY film Blofeld appeared in back then (FRWL, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF). Nobody else even comes close... although I love Telly Savalas, HE would have actually been more appropriate... as Emilio Largo. And much as I enjoy Adolpho Celi in that role, Savalas would not have had to be dubbed by Robert Rietty. Jill St. John is probably the best (only good?) thing in "DIAMONDS". She was also the only good thing in the Frank Sinatra film "TONY ROME", which, like "DIAMONDS", looks good but just has a terrible script. (If Jane Fonda was asked, she probably read the script. Then again... "BARBARELLA" was nothing to brag about.) I've always believed Solitaire was black! And, very aggressive once Bond helped her escape Mr. Big. (In the movie, Bond practically rapes Jane Seymour-- in the book, it was nearly the other way... heh.) I've been trying to figure out for ages who would have been right in that part... and those pics of Diana Ross make me think she would have been a good fit. Jack Palance would have been cool (had they done something closer to the book). My choice, however, would have been Fernando Lamas. He's the one I picture in my head when I think of the novel, or the newspaper strip adaptation. (He did turn up as an UNCLE villain.) James Mason could have been very good as Drax. My personal choice, had they filmed the book back in the 50s, would have been Howard Marion Crawford, who, among many other things, played Dr. Watson in the 1954 tv series, and Dr. Petrie in all 5 Chris Lee FU film. But sadly, he passed away in 1969. I've also read that Broccoli saw "FLASH GORDON" and envisioned no less than 4 actors from that film for his next Bond film! Timothy Dalton as Bond, Ornella Muti as Melina, Topol as Columbo, and Max Von Sydow as Kristatos. I'm really glad they got Julian Glover-- he steals the film and is my 2nd-favorite Bond movie villain of the entire series. But I SO MUCH wish they'd gotten Dalton & Muti instead of Moore & Carol Bouquet. I've seen all 3 of Muti's English-language films (the others being "ONCE UPON A CRIME" and "OSCAR") and she's fantastic in all of them. Every time I watch "HOUSE CALLS" I fall in love with Glenda Jackson's character again. From the 90s-up, she was in British Parliment. If you go to my FB page, I posted a 6-minute ANGRY TIRADE she did shortly after Margaret Thatcher died. MY GOD, she was amazing! We need people like her over here.
A reason Sam Neill didn't want to play Bond might have been that at the time, he was still so much associated with his portrayal of Sidney Reilly in _Ace of Spies_ , a _very_ Bond-like character. Taking the Bond part would certainly have carried the risk of type-casting.
He also said he liked not being recognised and being able to have a somewhat normal life [a similar reason as to why Clive Owen was fine with not being Bond].
That's completely false. Sam Neil wanted the role, he auditioned (which is widely available widely) and John Glen waa keen on him too, but Cubby said no to it. Neil later spoke about it, admitting he wasn't right, but that was recently 35 years later.
@@jamesatkinsonja That was the reason why Ian Oglilvy was not cast . When Moore said he was quitting in 1980 Ogivy was one of the hot favourites but having just starred in return of the saint (a role made famous by Moore) the producers thought that if he raplaced Roger Moore as Bond it would be to much like for like .
@@thejamesbondshow9754 It seems that Neill claimed (among others, in this video) that he wasn't keen on it. Moreover, I wasn't stating fact, just speculating _why_ he might not be keen on it. At that time, Neill was mainly known for Reilly (outside of Australia, anyhow).
I love Christoph Waltz in a lot of films, but Chiwetel Ejiofor would've been a much more interesting and threatening Blofeld. Not that Eon gave Blofeld much to do in either of those films, though - maybe my biggest beef with the Craig era was how they handled Blofeld & Spectre. So maybe Ejiofor dodged a bullet on that.
In Fleming's book, Solitaire is clearly described as a white Frenchwoman. "Her face was pale, with the pallor of white families that have lived long in the tropics." "Her eyes were blue." "The face of the daughter of a French Colonial slaveowner."
For whatever reason I can’t see Monica as Paris. I think she was too early in her career at that point to give a good performance, and I think Teri is perfectly fine in the role, I never got the complaints about her. I thin the Whitney as Junx rumors are bogus, I find it much more believable they wanted Salam Hayek for Jinx, which when you look at her… well, her looks match the crazier tone of DAD to me lmao. Gal Gadot was also looked for Camille in Quantum, which I also can’t see, but ig auditioning for it inspired her to leave law school and outsource acting full time. I also know they REALLY wanted Lupita Nyong’o for Nomi, which I’m both disappointed and relieved by, cos I’d LOVE to see Lupita as a Bond girl, but Nomi was such a nothing character in that movie and an actress of Lupita’s talent really needs something way more interesting and emotive to play, otherwise she’d have been wasted as Nomi if you ask me. I think an awesome video you could do is DIRECTORS who were considered for Bond cos that’s a major “what if” treasure trove in of itself, they people wanted for TWINE alone is so fascinating
Agreed. I think Terri does a good job given the role is quite underwritten-apparently Pierce suggested the 'Bond's ex' angle to beef up the otherwise sacrificial lamb nature of the part [and MGM wanting an American would probably mean Monica wasn't seriously considered]. Pierce got to work with Salma very soon after DND with 'After the Sunset' and apparently she screen tested for DAD with Colin Salmon standing in for Pierce [along with Saffron Burrow's of 'Deep blue sea' fame-maybe for Miranda Frost?]. The Whitney Houston for Jinx rumour sounds nonsense to me too as does stories about another actress linked-Alicia Silverstone. Given MGM clearly wanted a big American name for the song-hence Madonna-maybe MGM were considering Houston for the song and it got confused with the jinx casting? Apparently Gal's audition wasn't successful but did get her an audition for fast and the Furious instead and in fairness Olga K wasn't too big a name at the time.
To be fair, lots of actors had their talents completely wasted in NTTD - The way they butchered Ana de Armas' character is still baffling to me to this day
@@anonymanynomsen6034 Out of interest why do you feel Ana De Armas's character was 'butchered'? Given she was a last minute addition [hence only in the Cuba section] she seemed to get a very positive reception from fans/critics [including many wanting her to return in some form] and her career has sky rocketed since.
@@jamesatkinsonja I mean they didn't do her acting skills justice with the way they handled that character. I also think she was in the movie WAY too little... I expected much more screen time than what we got, and during the climax scenes i always expected her to show up again but alas no..
@@anonymanynomsen6034 She was only added to the film at a late stage/during production as Craig enjoyed working with her on Knives Out, hence why she is only in the Cuba section [Purvis and Wade said the equivalent character in there drafts had about two lines] but I felt she worked well as a 'hit and run' [and as a local contact a reappearance wouldn't have made much sense]. Personally, I think she did a great job giving the character personality and likability [nervous at the start but very capable] that people were talking about her despite the short appearance and she pretty much got the John Wick spin off gig off the back of it. But it's all opinion and in fairness I knew going in it was only going to be an extended cameo so I didn't expect her to be more than a fun side character.
Sorry but the Solitaire story of Diana Ross was how the scriptwriter envisaged the character, not the producers. Mankiewicz had thought of turning Solitaire into a black woman when writing the script, and Diana Ross was his first choice, but the producers decided to stick with Fleming's description, so the idea was nothing more than an afternoon muse. The other real contenders for the role of Solitaire were Lynne Frederick and Olivia Hussey. Also, Roger Moore only had a three picture Bond deal with Eon, so he renegotiated on a one-picture-basis after TSWLM. Basically, we as Bond fans didn't know whether Roger Moore would be returning for Moonraker or FYEO let alone Octopussy.
Other uncasts: 1. Julie Christie was considered for the role of Honey Ryder and Domino, but rejected by the Producers because she's not buxom enough. 2. It's also worth mentioning that Akiko Wakabayashi was originally considered for the role of Kissy Suzuki (because she could speak English fluently), but Mie Hama threatened to kill herself, so Mie Hama was cast as Kissy Suzuki and Akiko was cast as Aki (the minor one) instead. 3. Catherine Deneuve also auditioned for the role of Anya Amasova, even her offering the Producers to reduce her salary because she wanted the role, but the Producers thought she's still deemed too expensive, so they went with the more affordable choice, Barbara Bach. 3. Pam Grier and Barbara Carrera are both offered the role of Octopussy, but Pam Grier rejected the role, and Barbara Carrera chosen to star with Connery in 'Never Say Never Again'. 4. Faye Dunaway was also considered for the role of Tiffany Case. 5. Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Audrey Tautou were all offered the role of Vesper Lynd, Uma Thurman was also considered in the role had Tarantino directed Casino Royale 2006. 6. Samuel Jackson was Tarantino's choice for Le Chiffre (again, had he directed the film). 7. Gal Gadot was considered for Camille Montes. 8. Joan Collins was considered for the role of Jill Masterson in Goldfinger, she rejected but later on addressed her regret regarding her decision. 9. Tiffani Thiessen was considered for the role of Dr. Christmas Jones in TWINE. 10. Jan Werich was also considered for the role of Blofeld in YOLT.
@@ClaudioTV2005 María Conchita Alonso of *"PREDATOR 2"* was also considered for Lupe Lamora in *"Licence to Kill",* before they went with Talisa Soto from the two *"Mortal Kombat"* films.
@@jammontgomery2320 David Niven was Ian Fleming's personal choice for the role of James Bond in *"Dr. No"* (1962). Niven would go on to play 007 in the comedy spoof film: *"Casino Royale"* (1967).
Just a pedantic piece of constructive criticism here; the past tense of "cast" is also "cast" (although "casted" is commonly used, it is not proper usage). English is hard and I appreciate your efforts; even a lot of native English speakers get this wrong as well!
As good as Gert Frobe was as Goldfinger, Theodore Bikel made for a very intriguing Goldfinger. Plus he could’ve done the film in his original voice, no need to re-dub all the lines
They did seem to resort to dubbing too much in the early films. You can see Largo and Domino with the actors real voices in the trailer and they sound fine.
I have read/heard that in the early 2000s, the producers had a plan to show(probably in "DAD" 2002) all 5 Bond actors together! It would have been some sort of "high-level military-secret intelligence meeting" scene. Pierce Brosnan would have been in the same room with all of them: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton. In that case, I think DAD would have been a much better movie! Probably with a radically different scenario! Why this thing didn't happen, I don't know..............................
That was going to happen as a promo for the first Kingsman film which surprisingly Eon were fine with. Despite all the other Bond's been keen to do it, the plan fell appart when Sean Connery was too ill to take part. The DAD idea was a Lee Tamahori suggestion that Brosnan's Bond is trained back into health post-North Korea by Connery's Bond [hence canonising the code name theory] in a cameo but it was dropped pretty quickly [and given Connery was noticeably absent from the 40th Anniversary Bafta tribute when the other Bond's at the time attended it's doubtful he'd have done it].
If you mean Monica Bellucci, she's just a poor man's Ornella Muti with ridiculous turbo lips. Ornella would have been so cool in 'For your eyes only' instead of that boring - sorry! - Carole bouquet! :/
My personal rejected actors/actress: Angela Lansbury as M in Pierce Brosnan’s Living Daylights Clifton James as Brad Whitaker in Roger Moore’s Living Daylights Dieter Laser as Ouromov in Timothy Dalton’s Goldeneye Jason Statham as Renard in Daniel Craig’s The World is Not Enough
My most memorable is that Adam West was offered the role of James Bond in Diamonds are Forever, but he turned the role down, saying he felt James Bond should only be played by a Brit. Given that DAF was trying to get back to the the British feel of Goldfinger (not successfully since most of it is in the US), he made a good choice.
Jane Fonda as a Bond girl... ugh... she was about as popular as the plague at the time because of her actions in Vietnam... Hanoi Jane as a Bond girl would have been immensely unpopular.
I can see David Bowie in A View To A Kill even though Walken was perfect. Priscilla Presley was going to be in the same film but couldn't get out of Dallas. It might have been a better film with Roger playing opposite Priscilla rather than goofy girl like Tanya Roberts.
16:02 There was a leaked casting calling for Boyle's Bond which had a male Russia villain along with a Russia woman [described as 'a survivor' so presumably the Bond girl] and a Maori henchman which other than the odd hint from Boyle or writer John Hodge might be the most we hear about the plans [at least until the NDA's expire]. I think like the constant Angelia Jolie rumours around Bond, the Helena Bohnam-Carter story was more tabloid talk or maybe pre-dated Boyle's involvement.
OMG I laughed so hard with the Connery clip about "your best" 😂 one of my favourite quotes from him from a non-Bond film, some say he's a retired James Bond in The Rock! Excelent choice of clip hahaha 😂
I would say that Theodore Bikel does top Gert frobe and Michael collins (not the irish rebel leader or third man in space) because he's much more serious for an almost perfect bond film. And he would've been more closer to the fleming Goldfinger.
Albert R. Broccoli and John Glen had a breakfast meeting with Cybill Shephard for her to play Octopussy. Broccoli told Glen he thought she was too old. They instead with Maud Adams (who was older). I heard this via an interview with Glen in 2020.
Maud was a good friend of Roger Moore which is probably why she got the job [and it certainly helps the chemistry between the characters]. They apparently had quite a bit of trouble casting Octopussy as Sybil Danning and Faye Dunaway were considered.
I heard that Catherine Deneuve was in the running for Anya Amasova in The Spy who loved me - no offence to Barbara Bach, but how I wish Deneuve had landed the role instead of her, it might have made one of the best Bond films even better...
She allegedly was very keen and told Eon she would cut her usual $400,000 salary to $250,000. She was then told they were only going to play the lead Bond girl $80,000 maximum and she understandably wasn't happy and pulled out [which would explain why most of the Bond girls at the time were models/newcomers].
There whant Sharon Stone for Elektra, she don't get it because of chacter turn. Bjork was ask for title song Tomorrow Never Dies and Jan Decleir for Gupta so that also have somebody from Belgium. There whant 100% Madonna for title song, doubt story about Whitney playing Jinx and not been ask for doing song. If Pushkin return in Goldeneye we haven't got Valentine.
They replace Puskin with the Mishkin character [who Ouromov kills] but Puskin in that script makes no sense as the KGB was dissolved in 1993! In contrast, Valentine is perfect for the 'Yeltsin Russia' the film was set in.
Phyllis Davis was also considered for (and signed a contract) to play Plenty O'Toole in "Diamonds are Forever" but that role ended up going to Lana Wood. Since Davis was under contract, she reportedly still got paid and earned royalties from the movie. In addition to a few B- or C-grade movies in the 1970s, Phyllis Davis was a television regular - best known for her three seasons as Dan Tanna's (Robert Urich) secretary Beatrice Travis in Vega$ (1978-1981).
you need to be careful when you make claims about who was the first Bond.......Casino Royal was produced for TV way back in the mid 1950's with James Bond played by Barry Nelson, an American.
M Bellucci - with her Continental background - as the trophy wife of Elliott Carver would have been far more plausible indeed (Wilson & "Babs" may have been pandering to the American film market too much, arguably). Was Joan Collins ever _seriously considered_ for a 1960s-era Bond film? (Had she appeared in one, at least as the leading Bond Gal, someone else would have been cast as the iconic Alexis M C Colbys, for she would likely have been too pricy for Aaron Spelling to hire.)
It was MGM who were pushing for Bond in the American market at the time rather than Eon [it's telling that's not really been a factor in the Craig era given MGM's ownership has changed since then] given they were the ones insisting Denise Richards was cast and wanted a big USA name for DAD's song-hence Madonna [not to mention Sheryl Crow and Hallie Berry]. There was certainly a desire for Paris to be played by an North American as the other actresses considered were Sela Ward and Canadian Natasha Henstridge.
When TND was made both Donald Trump [Marla Maples] and Ted Tuner [Jane Fonda] were married to American's so Paris being American actually fits in very well in that context [and Rupert Murdoch was married to American Jerry Hall until fairly recently]. It seems that MGM [who got American singers and actress involved in most of the later Brosnan films] always intended for Paris to be American [as Sela Ward and Natasha Henstridge were also apparently in the running] while Bellucci was a Brosnan suggestion which wasn't picked up [although he allegedly making Paris Bond's ex was his idea] although Michael Madsen's casting in DAD was Brosnan's idea as they were friends.
@@jamesatkinsonja EON would later claim that Belucci had been pursued for many years. If true, she was vetoed by MGM the studio (no official explanation had ever been given for Belucci being passed over, per_ Slashfilm_ ).
@@bonghunezhou5051 I could see MGM vetoing it as they seemed to be the ones pushing for American's as the leading ladies and singing the title song. Teri Hatcher was also probably a bigger name that Bellucci at the time given Lois and Clarke.MGM also vetoed Eon bringing back Michael Apted for Die Another Day and Matthew Vaughn recently said MGM hired him to direct 'Casino Royale' only for Eon to reject him as they naturally wanted to bring back Martin Campbell as he'd helmed the previous 'restart'. I think after that Eon got MGM to back off and stop interfering.
It's Julie Christie who was considered for the Honey Ryder role. What you're saying about Audrey Hepburn was back in 1961, they've planned to film Thunderball as the first Bond film with Hitchcock directing it, even have Cary Grant as considered for the Bond role, but Hitchcock didn't received the request that came from Fleming, so Fleming sold the rights of his books to Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman instead. And that Thunderball 1961 film didn't came to fruition.
11:25 I do wonder when that offer was made because Glenda Jackson became an UKMP in 1992 and retired from acting to concentrate on politics. Funny enough without knowing this I suggested Glenda Jackson or Vanessa Redgrave for a female M for the Dalton era last year!
TBH she should have been the Bond leading lady in Spectre. Leave Craig as the tough hardman from Casino and QoS and make her into an eccentric, hilarious and loveable character ala Tracy.
@@spaceodds1985 It's telling the only character that sort of matches that description in the Craig era is Paloma in NTTD and that's mostly as the writer of the Cuba sequence didn't work on any of the other films, so it works as a 'hit and run' but having a main character like that would feel out of place in that era.
I think that's probably why they linked her to the part [similar to how Andrew Scott and Christophe Waltz have been typecast as villains], although it seems like the Bond links were just tabloid talk as Danny Boyle's script has a male villain.
Fun Fact: Elvis' then-wife Priscilla Presley (well-known to me as Jane Spencer in the *"Naked Gun"* trilogy with comedian legend Leslie Nielsen) was considered to play Stacy Sutton in *"A VIEW TO A KILL",* before they went with Tanya Roberts; best known for the 1984 film adaptation of *"SHEENA",* *"Charlie's Angels",* and *"That '70s Show".* Imagine if the classic 1985 Bond film was different with Timothy Dalton (beginning his three-film contract here) as James Bond, Priscilla Presley as Stacy Sutton, and David Bowie as Max Zorin.
I think Sissy Spacek would be an interesting choice for the role of Stacey Sutton. I know Sissy from Carrie, and I think that, if Sissy got the part, her screams would be 3x times louder than Tanya Roberts
And Jacklyn Smith, one of the original Charlie’s Angels on the Tv series, turned down the role of Holly Goodhead in Moonraker. It’s in a actress’ biography.
@@patwaters-actormoviereviewer It does fit that Eon were paying attention to that show as Tanya Roberts [Stacy Sutton] was one of the 'angels' for the final season.
Fun Fact #2: Persis Khambatta (best known for her role as Lt. Ilia in 1979's *"STAR TREK: The Motion Picture")* was one of several actresses (which even includes Barbara Carrera, who played Fatima Blush in the rival Bond film: *"Never Say Never Again")* considered for the titular role of Octopussy, before it went to Maud Adams.
Cavill is only 40, so.lighten up....apart from Connery & Lazenby a Craig, the others were 40+...If the producers move their arse and made the films everyb2-3 years then 40nis no issue
There were also reports that he turned down the gig because he was not offered profit participation in the movies. But Owen himself told GQ in 2007 that he was never offered the role in the first place: “I didn't turn it down,” he insisted. “I was never offered it.
Memorable actors who were considered to play James Bond: Patrick McGoohan for *"Dr. No"* (1962); but he declined as he felt the role was too promiscuous. Rod Taylor for *"Dr. No"* (1962); but he declined as he felt the role was beneath him. Yes, really! Michael Caine for *"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"* (1969); but he turned it down as he didn't want to be typecast in spy films, having previously starred in the three Harry Palmer films (1965-1967). Terence Stamp for *"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"* (1969); but his ideas for future films were felt too radical for producer Harry Saltzman. Adam West, Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds for *"Diamonds* *Are Forever"* (1971); all declined the role as they felt Bond must be British or portrayed by a British actor. Michael Gambon for *"Diamonds* *Are Forever"* (1971); but he declined as he felt that he didn't have good enough looks for the role. Christopher Lambert for *"The Living Daylights"* (1987); John Glen's first choice for the role, but his French accent prevented him from being chosen. (Ironically, Maryam d'Abo who played Kara Milovy in the film was considered to star as Jane Porter in *"GREYSTOKE:* *The Legend of TARZAN, Lord of the* *Apes"* (1984) which starred Lambert in the lead role and was directed by her future husband Hugh Hudson.) Mel Gibson for *"The Living Daylights"* (1987); while MGM wanted him, he was rejected by producer "Cubby" Broccoli for not being British. Paul McGann for *"GoldenEye"* (1995); was given an audition and impressed the producers, but MGM still insisted on Pierce Brosnan for the role. Liam Neeson for *"GoldenEye"* (1995); but he declined the role, claiming that he was not interested to star in action films at the time. However, in reality, his girlfriend & future wife Natasha Richardson wouldn't have married him if he took the role.
If this is known already, then we apologise: concerning the tension between Brosnan and Hatchet. . .before shooting was over the two gradually warmed up to each other.
I think it was overblown, particularly with the tabloids at the time. There was a suggestion they killed off Paris as the actors weren't getting on which is nonsense [as she always was a sacrificial lamb]. It is true TND was a quite fractious shoot which Brosnan described a 'like pulling teeth' and even Judi Dench had a row with the director.
@@jammontgomery2320 The story goes she was late one morning and Brosnan wasn't happy...but when he found out she was pregnant [and had been delayed by morning sickness] he immediately apologised.
Fun Fact: Before we had Wai Lin (played by Michelle Yeoh) in *"Tomorrow Never* *Dies",* Bond's leading girl in the initial script was to be Sidney Winch, an American salvage boat captain who's the niece of Elliot Harmsway (Carver's original name in the script) and had no idea that he was a villain. Sidney would've been played by Natasha Henstridge, who's best known from the first three *"SPECIES"* films in 1995, 1998, & 2004 and John Carpenter's *"GHOST OF MARS"* in 2001.
SO glad Jane Fonda was NOT a Bond girl. YUCK!! And although Christopher Lee was GREAT in The Man With the Golden Gun, there's something about that villainy voice of Jack Palance that would have be awesome too. He DID make a good Dracula in that movie, though.
There are some I wish happened, others I'm glad that it didn't. I always wished Teri Hatcher was never in a Bond movie. Her acting was never that great, but neither were some other Bond girls, however, they had an exotic feel about them that got past that. Teri didn't have that...in my opinion anyway. David Bowie would have killed it. And I'm surprised they concentrated on a certain look for the villain of Moonraker, Drax. Because in the book they made such a point about his red hair. Thanks for the video!! I love this stuff!!
Raquel Welch as Domino?! Hell Yes Bridget Bardot and Jane Fonda as Tracy and Tiffany… Hell No Also a then unknown Faye Dunaway was considered for Domino. She was then later considered for the role of Octopussy. I absolutely love looking at trivia casting and one casting rumour that always left me pondering is Kim Basinger, who was considered for both Dr Goodhead in Moonraker and Melina in FYEO. It is known that Sharon Stone was considered for Elektra in TWINE, but rumour has it a decade earlier she was the runner to play Pam Bouvier in LTK. Another actor who was considered for Elektra in 98/99 was the then unknown Vera Farmiga, who was again considered for the role of Vesper Lynd in 05/06. As for M, IMO both Dench and Jackson were wrong for the part, surprised the producers didn’t consider Helen Mirren. However the one casting rumour that always left me pondering what if and laughing was for Dalton’s unmade third Bond film ‘Property of A Lady’ Catherine Zeta Jones was on call to play the henchwoman, and either Elizabeth Hurley as the main Bond girl. However what always made me laugh and ponder is that Lucy Liu and Sandra Bullock was supposedly up for the main Bond girl and the producers also entertained thoughts of giving the role to Julia Roberts… don’t know if these are true or not but either of these three would have been better than Hurley. I heard about the Bowie rumour, but also Rutger Hauer was supposedly considered for Zorin as was surprisingly Spaghetti Western legend Lee Van Cleef. Heard about the Pacino rumour, some say he was supposed to have been revealed as Blofeld?!?! Speaking of Blofeld rumour has it the producers considered gender swapping the character and casting Meryl Streep… would that have worked?! As for NTTD thank heavens Bonham Carter was not the villian, always wanted to see her as a Bond leading lady for a fifty something 007. Would be nice and hilarious to see Bond fall for an eccentric and funny persona like what Bonham Carter has.
The 'property of a lady' rumours don't really match with where those actors were in that period given Zeta Jones and Liu were virtual unknows to a worldwide audience until the mid-late 90's [Zeta Jones was only just starting in UK TV when it was supposed to be made for example], Bullock's big break was 93's demolition man and Hurley was only a minor part in Passenger 57 in 92. Ultimately I don't think they got very far on casting for it. Helen Mirren would have been 50 in 1995 and probably too young-interestingly she's the same age as Timothy Dalton [Dench was 61 and Jackson 59].
@@jamesatkinsonjaExactly. Zeta Jones was unknown to international audiences, and Liu was completely unknown… perfect time to cast them. As for Bullock she had already starred in the ill fated TV spin off of Working Girl where she played the main character (Melenie Griffth played the main character in the film) before she starred in Demolition Man. Won’t be surprised if producer Joel Silver first came across her due to the unmade Bond film (correct me if I’m wrong) since Silver was in negotiations with Cubby Broccoli to buy Danjaq (a deal which ultimately never got through)
@@spaceodds1985 Bullock apparently got the Demolition man role from a recommendation by producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura [as she replaced Lori Petty a few days into filming]. If they were doing open auditions they could well have found Zeta Jones and Liu but we'll never know sadly unless some pre-production notes get leaked [Dalton said they were looking for directors-presumably before casting-before it fell apart].
Lucy Liu was about to be a Bond girl?? That would've been interesting. Around that time she ended up in Charlie's Angels interestingly. Sharon Stone would've been a great choice for Elektra...
3:14 I read somewhere that Raquel Welch was actually signed for Domino but Cubby owed the producer of Fantastic Voyage [Richard D. Zanuck] a favour and let her go to do that instead. She was also wanted for Tiffany Case in 'Diamonds are forever' but Connery's salary eating up the budget meant Jill St. John, originally cast as Plenty, got the part.
I thought St John got the role due to her acquaintance with lawyer/influencer Sidney Korshak who helped a hell of a lot of strings for Cubby to get permission to film in Las Vegas and asked Cubby to cast her as a favour.
@@spaceodds1985 That is why she was cast but initially she was going to be Plenty before she was promoted to Tiffany. There was certainly a lot less money available for casting after Connery's fee [also presumably why Charles Grey was cast as Blofeld] and given Korshak's help giving her a bigger role made a lot of sense.
I don't know where to write this, so why not here. I just realized that Tony Robbins, looks like the brother of RIchard Kiel (the guy who plays Jaws). Am I the only one who sees this? I wrote this because Tony Robbins keeps showing up in the commercials.
So, despite the 'concerns' over race backlash etc, Bond does bed Rosie Carver and is seen in one scene kissing her, so... Also, Michael Lonsdale is an American expat living in France... not exactly a French actor.
Christopher Lee would've nailed it I think during world war 2 he was a real agent it was probably too close to the truth in the 70's the women from ABBA both looked like bond girls
voor zover ik weet is het Brigitte Bardot not Bridget en het is Helena Bonham Carter .... en dan kom je ook nog met Whitney Houston, dan is Diana Ross als Rosie Carver nog geloofwaardiger.
btw could you consider doing a listing episode of the countries james bond has not yet been in and give your ranking/comment which of these could be great new bond locations based on your view. Perhaps the Bond production team will stumble upon the video before the new locations/plot is set...
@@teijaflink2226 Because Vin Diesel is look like Telly Savalas with a muscle but I considered Jason Statham as a new modern Blofeld he Will be a deadliest and scary Blofeld.
I have read that when EON was having trouble with Living Daylights, Roger Moore offered to come back and was turned down by Cubby. Also, Christopher Reeve was approached by Cubby with a million dollar offer and Christopher Reeve turned it down, which would have been interesting and could have reignited his career post Superman IV. Also, Simon MacCorkindale was approached to play Bond at one point and wasn't cast, but it would've been interesting as he looked like a younger Roger Moore to an extent and could've kept the lightheartedness that had been associated with the Moore era to an extent
Given Roger seemed to regret doing 'View' thinking he was too old so I don't think he was being serious [and he did do the '25th anniversary' show tying into Daylights]. Allegedly when Cubby called him to say he was being replaced as Bond after 'View' he replied 'I agree, it's time'.
@@jamesatkinsonja I think that is all true. But I can see Roger offering his services. But in the end, it was good for the franchise Dalton got the role for The Living Daylights as it gave way to the most underrated movie in the franchise in Licence to Kill.
@@b.d.cooper8671 If he did, it was probably 'tongue in check' [when he visited the 'Goldeneye' set he joked 'Don't worry Pierce, I'm not coming back'!]. Given he felt he was too old for 'View' [and seemed to have a negative experience given he didn't get on with Grace Jones or Tanya Roberts] doing Daylights at 60 would be worse. Interestingly, he said he didn't actually watch Dalton's films at the time because if he didn't like them, he would be honest [like his negative views on Die Another Day and Quantum of Solace] and didn't want to be seen putting Dalton down [he also never watched 'Never say never again' for the same reason]. I think I recall him saying in one of his books that he did eventually see Daylights and liked it.
@@jamesatkinsonja I know he wasn't afraid to be brutally honest and I think it was smart. I know I read on tvtropes (take it with a grain of salt) that he liked Daylights and I think he would've liked Licence as well. But I don't think he was too keen on the Craig era as he bashed the No Time to Die poster and about the only positive things he would say is he was glad to see Barbara Broccoli was the executive producer.
@@b.d.cooper8671 I remember in Rogers book he said he was trying to produce a project post Bond which never saw the light of day so when he started taking acting jobs again [after a 5 year gap] the press said he was 'coming out of retirement! Given Moore died in May 2017 and Craig only said he was doing Bond 25 in August that year, he never got to see a poster or anything from the project. I know he was positive on Casino and Skyfall and there is a nice bit in a posthumous book where he talks about going to see Spectre [even including his ticket sub!].
Great idea for a BOnd video. I was thinking a while back....What if Rachel Wlech was cast as one of the Bond Girls?? Would hve been SO RIGHT :)) though Ursula Andrewss i think wa on the same level looks wise...maybe a little more suited as she is European....scheduling :)) That's walmost always it for "missed opportunities"..... There ahve been so many "major league world-class beauties" that SHAOULD HAVE been cast as Bond Girls but for rht oddest reasons weren't asked. E.g. Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Gina Lolabrigeda, Catherine Denuve, An Margaret, Marylyn Monroe? :) In more recent Bond films....they could easily have asked "iconic Supermodels" but didn't. Don't know why. "Schedulling"?? Why not Cindy Cawford, Christie Brinkley, Linda Evangelista, Karen Mulder, Fene Simonsen...etc....they're or were out there...they SO belong in Bond fims...a "shwcase" for "the most beautiful women in the world"...
100% on Monica Bellucci. I can't believe they passed over her for Hatcher - I blame the US zeitgeist from Lois & Clark, but it's a ridiculous choice.
They brought back the wrong Bond girl for NTTD - first time he'd had an age-appropriate partner for years.
(By the way DutchBondFan, worth bearing in mind thats Helena Bonham Carter. not just Helena Bonham).
Out of all of the what ifs, I think Mark Strong would have been great as Renard. I love Robert Carlysle, but I think Mark would have made that role more memorable.
At least much less of a waste of an actor. Renard is more of the brawl type villain, and Strong is a much better choice for that than Carlyle. A slim guy at 5'7'' would have been much better as an intellectual villain like Le Chiffre or maybe even Ernst Stavro Blofeld himself.
Mark Strong is a fantastic actor, and I am totally with you on Reynard. But he seems to always pick films I just can't get into. (Including Kingsman, sorry, I know most people love it.)
Strong did play a very cold villain brilliantly in a 1996 episode of Sharpe [starting Sean Bean with Daniel Craig as a villain in a 1992 episode] which might have got Eon's attention but Carlysle coming off the massive hit of the Full Monty [a best picture nominee at the Oscars] was always going to get it. [funny enough the man Carlysle said he based Renard's accent and early life on-Velibor Topic-appeared in Sharpe in 2008].
@@paulthomas3247 first kingsman is alright, the rest get stupid.
@@leventebardossy5962 Renard was a heavy and yes, he should have been played by a physically imposing man.
Fun Fact: General Pushkin was in the very first draft of GoldenEye written by Michael France in January 1994. Likely Dimitri Miskhin took his place in the final film.
Coincidentally, both John Rhys Davies and Tchéky Karyo played the role of Paladin in Wing Commander. JRD in the games and Karyo in the movie.
It would be a stretch for Puskin to have survived the fall of the Soviet Union in the same position, especially as the KGB was replaced by the FSB during that time.
@jamesatkinsonja Even still the connection would be nice, and make his death hit harder than Mishkin. It would've truly worked if Dalton had come back but I could see Brosnan and Davies having good chemistry for the short scene.
@@TheT3rr0rMask Additionally, the France script's MI6 scenes were clearly written for Robert Brown's M and Geoffrey Kean's Ministry of defence so like Puskin, tying into previous Dalton Films[and the novels as Loelia Ponsonby and Sir James Moloney also appear]. Of course, in the final film only Desmond's Q returns so it feels like a 'fresh start' with the new actor which was the right choice [I know 'Daylights' was meant to have Gogol rather than Puskin but as Dalton had never worked with Walter Gotell before, changing it to a new character works fine].
If Brosnan got the role in The Living Daylights, it would have been interesting to see Dimitri Mishkin as a general before assuming the role of minister of defence
Timothy Dalton was supposed to be cast as Bond (again) in For Your Eyes Only and it's said that the movie has a darker edge because it was written with another actor in mind (possibly Tim). Too bad it hadn't come into fruition. Can you imagine Timothy Dalton raiding the port in Albania together with Topol or fighting Christopher Walken on top of the Golden Gate bridge?
It's confusing as Roger stated he was fully intending to come back but his agent was playing hardball and Eon were auditioning as potential alternatives [and as a negotiating tactic]. John Glenn was also keen that Roger returned as making his directorial debut was hard enough without having to establish a new Bond, but the script certainly feels like they were going in a new darker tone.
I think if Timothy Dalton had starred in A View To A Kill it would have been a top 5 Bond film. Roger Moore is my fav 007 and I enjoyed a View To A Kill but he was far too old in it .
It's 'cast' not casted....Guys, you're butchering the English language.
They didn't go for a darker tone because of any actor they went that way because moonraker had been seen as such an over the top bloated cartoon that they had nowhere else to go except restraint again making a more grounded spy thriller without all the corn save for the post credit scene with blofeld and perhaps the car chase with the citreon.
You may not realise but Dalton was already asked way back in 1968 when they were doing ohmss but he felt he was too young at the time and turned it down which is why lazenby came along, if Dalton had taken it he would've changed everything cos then Moore wouldn't have got it as soon as he did and we could've been spared the farce of his era or at least postponed it.
David Bowie in a Bond film would have been awesome, but I guess he was sort of busy still with his music and pretty selective with his sporadic film career.
I can totally imagine him as Max Zorin too, I have always found something similar with him and Christopher Walken, I wonder if that's the reason they chose Walken.
Great list my guy, worth noting that one of Richard Johnson’s co-stars in Deadlier Than the Male, Elke Sommer, also nearly ended up in From Russia With Love… the world of Bond knock offs and homages is a goldmine with alumni.
Elke Sommer in Carry On Behind.....😅
@@fus149hammer5 At least she did 'Shot in the Dark' with Peter Sellers...
I once read that Ian Fleming specifically created "Dr. No" (a Fu Manchu knock-off) as a role for Christopher Lee! It was initially a script for a TV pilot ("Commander Jamaica"), but when the project fell thru, he turned it into his next Bond novel, revealing Bond had not died, but spent 6 months in hospital. Lee eventually played an Asian baddie in "TERROR OF THE TONGS", and later still, did 5 FU MANCHU movies. Funny thing-- when I look at photos of Lee from the 50s, I could easily see HIM as James Bond... if any producers had actually wanted to do Fleming's version, not the drastically-different one EON created. I've always assumed Lee's price was too high by the time they did "DR. NO", since it had the lowest budget in the series.
I mostly remember Theodore Bikel as a COLUMBO murderer! He certainly looked right in that audition.
I've SEEN the publicity photos of Raquel Welch wearing the one-piece swimsuit Claudine Auger wore in THUNDERBALL. The story I read was, Welch was under contract to 20th Century-Fox, they loaned her out to EON, and were happy for the publicity of having their new star in a Bond film-- but really wanted her in "FANTASTIC VOYAGE", and yanked her away at the last minute. Criminal. She was really into swimming and scuba-diving, and I feel would have brought so much more personality and presence to the Bond film than Auger did. I have "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" on DVD, and she looks great-- but, they DIDN'T really give her much to do, other than look great! Domino would have been such a better role for her. Welch, like Caroline Munro, was too often underestimated by producers, who tended to think she wasn't a good actress. See "MOTHER JUGS AND SPEED" for what I think was the best script she ever got! See SHERLOCK HOLMES: "The Three Gables" (1994) with Jeremy Brett for my favorite Claudine Auger role.
It was years of being in the Adam West BATMAN tv series Facebook group that finally made me think, the biggest missed opportunity in the entire Bond series, was them not casting GEORGE SANDERS as Blofeld... in EVERY film Blofeld appeared in back then (FRWL, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF). Nobody else even comes close... although I love Telly Savalas, HE would have actually been more appropriate... as Emilio Largo. And much as I enjoy Adolpho Celi in that role, Savalas would not have had to be dubbed by Robert Rietty.
Jill St. John is probably the best (only good?) thing in "DIAMONDS". She was also the only good thing in the Frank Sinatra film "TONY ROME", which, like "DIAMONDS", looks good but just has a terrible script. (If Jane Fonda was asked, she probably read the script. Then again... "BARBARELLA" was nothing to brag about.)
I've always believed Solitaire was black! And, very aggressive once Bond helped her escape Mr. Big. (In the movie, Bond practically rapes Jane Seymour-- in the book, it was nearly the other way... heh.) I've been trying to figure out for ages who would have been right in that part... and those pics of Diana Ross make me think she would have been a good fit.
Jack Palance would have been cool (had they done something closer to the book). My choice, however, would have been Fernando Lamas. He's the one I picture in my head when I think of the novel, or the newspaper strip adaptation. (He did turn up as an UNCLE villain.)
James Mason could have been very good as Drax. My personal choice, had they filmed the book back in the 50s, would have been Howard Marion Crawford, who, among many other things, played Dr. Watson in the 1954 tv series, and Dr. Petrie in all 5 Chris Lee FU film. But sadly, he passed away in 1969.
I've also read that Broccoli saw "FLASH GORDON" and envisioned no less than 4 actors from that film for his next Bond film! Timothy Dalton as Bond, Ornella Muti as Melina, Topol as Columbo, and Max Von Sydow as Kristatos. I'm really glad they got Julian Glover-- he steals the film and is my 2nd-favorite Bond movie villain of the entire series. But I SO MUCH wish they'd gotten Dalton & Muti instead of Moore & Carol Bouquet. I've seen all 3 of Muti's English-language films (the others being "ONCE UPON A CRIME" and "OSCAR") and she's fantastic in all of them.
Every time I watch "HOUSE CALLS" I fall in love with Glenda Jackson's character again. From the 90s-up, she was in British Parliment. If you go to my FB page, I posted a 6-minute ANGRY TIRADE she did shortly after Margaret Thatcher died. MY GOD, she was amazing! We need people like her over here.
Pretty sure Ian tuned Blofeld in YOLT to fit Lee as well. All those Dracul references for one.
Well if you’re going to try and outdo Teri Hatcher looks wise I think Monica Bellucci is the way to do it. Plus she’s a much better actor.
A reason Sam Neill didn't want to play Bond might have been that at the time, he was still so much associated with his portrayal of Sidney Reilly in _Ace of Spies_ , a _very_ Bond-like character. Taking the Bond part would certainly have carried the risk of type-casting.
He also said he liked not being recognised and being able to have a somewhat normal life [a similar reason as to why Clive Owen was fine with not being Bond].
I do think that when people link actors already playing Bond type roles to Bond itself. Even they might want to do something else!
That's completely false. Sam Neil wanted the role, he auditioned (which is widely available widely) and John Glen waa keen on him too, but Cubby said no to it.
Neil later spoke about it, admitting he wasn't right, but that was recently 35 years later.
@@jamesatkinsonja That was the reason why Ian Oglilvy was not cast . When Moore said he was quitting in 1980 Ogivy was one of the hot favourites but having just starred in return of the saint (a role made famous by Moore) the producers thought that if he raplaced Roger Moore as Bond it would be to much like for like .
@@thejamesbondshow9754 It seems that Neill claimed (among others, in this video) that he wasn't keen on it. Moreover, I wasn't stating fact, just speculating _why_ he might not be keen on it. At that time, Neill was mainly known for Reilly (outside of Australia, anyhow).
Someone needs to do an international PSA to let everyone know that "casted" isn't a word. I hear it all the time, even from native English speakers.
You forgot Roger Green playing James Bond in Diamonds are Forever ;) Good video though!
I love Christoph Waltz in a lot of films, but Chiwetel Ejiofor would've been a much more interesting and threatening Blofeld. Not that Eon gave Blofeld much to do in either of those films, though - maybe my biggest beef with the Craig era was how they handled Blofeld & Spectre. So maybe Ejiofor dodged a bullet on that.
In fairness the 'Blofeld' Ejiofor was considered was apparently going to be more a 'war lord' so very different from the finished film.
In Fleming's book, Solitaire is clearly described as a white Frenchwoman. "Her face was pale, with the pallor of white families that have lived long in the tropics." "Her eyes were blue." "The face of the daughter of a French Colonial slaveowner."
I believe screenwriter Mankiewicz pitched Ross, but the producers wanted to stick to the books.
For whatever reason I can’t see Monica as Paris. I think she was too early in her career at that point to give a good performance, and I think Teri is perfectly fine in the role, I never got the complaints about her. I thin the Whitney as Junx rumors are bogus, I find it much more believable they wanted Salam Hayek for Jinx, which when you look at her… well, her looks match the crazier tone of DAD to me lmao. Gal Gadot was also looked for Camille in Quantum, which I also can’t see, but ig auditioning for it inspired her to leave law school and outsource acting full time. I also know they REALLY wanted Lupita Nyong’o for Nomi, which I’m both disappointed and relieved by, cos I’d LOVE to see Lupita as a Bond girl, but Nomi was such a nothing character in that movie and an actress of Lupita’s talent really needs something way more interesting and emotive to play, otherwise she’d have been wasted as Nomi if you ask me.
I think an awesome video you could do is DIRECTORS who were considered for Bond cos that’s a major “what if” treasure trove in of itself, they people wanted for TWINE alone is so fascinating
Agreed. I think Terri does a good job given the role is quite underwritten-apparently Pierce suggested the 'Bond's ex' angle to beef up the otherwise sacrificial lamb nature of the part [and MGM wanting an American would probably mean Monica wasn't seriously considered].
Pierce got to work with Salma very soon after DND with 'After the Sunset' and apparently she screen tested for DAD with Colin Salmon standing in for Pierce [along with Saffron Burrow's of 'Deep blue sea' fame-maybe for Miranda Frost?].
The Whitney Houston for Jinx rumour sounds nonsense to me too as does stories about another actress linked-Alicia Silverstone. Given MGM clearly wanted a big American name for the song-hence Madonna-maybe MGM were considering Houston for the song and it got confused with the jinx casting?
Apparently Gal's audition wasn't successful but did get her an audition for fast and the Furious instead and in fairness Olga K wasn't too big a name at the time.
To be fair, lots of actors had their talents completely wasted in NTTD - The way they butchered Ana de Armas' character is still baffling to me to this day
@@anonymanynomsen6034 Out of interest why do you feel Ana De Armas's character was 'butchered'? Given she was a last minute addition [hence only in the Cuba section] she seemed to get a very positive reception from fans/critics [including many wanting her to return in some form] and her career has sky rocketed since.
@@jamesatkinsonja I mean they didn't do her acting skills justice with the way they handled that character. I also think she was in the movie WAY too little... I expected much more screen time than what we got, and during the climax scenes i always expected her to show up again but alas no..
@@anonymanynomsen6034 She was only added to the film at a late stage/during production as Craig enjoyed working with her on Knives Out, hence why she is only in the Cuba section [Purvis and Wade said the equivalent character in there drafts had about two lines] but I felt she worked well as a 'hit and run' [and as a local contact a reappearance wouldn't have made much sense]. Personally, I think she did a great job giving the character personality and likability [nervous at the start but very capable] that people were talking about her despite the short appearance and she pretty much got the John Wick spin off gig off the back of it. But it's all opinion and in fairness I knew going in it was only going to be an extended cameo so I didn't expect her to be more than a fun side character.
Sorry but the Solitaire story of Diana Ross was how the scriptwriter envisaged the character, not the producers. Mankiewicz had thought of turning Solitaire into a black woman when writing the script, and Diana Ross was his first choice, but the producers decided to stick with Fleming's description, so the idea was nothing more than an afternoon muse. The other real contenders for the role of Solitaire were Lynne Frederick and Olivia Hussey.
Also, Roger Moore only had a three picture Bond deal with Eon, so he renegotiated on a one-picture-basis after TSWLM. Basically, we as Bond fans didn't know whether Roger Moore would be returning for Moonraker or FYEO let alone Octopussy.
Other uncasts:
1. Julie Christie was considered for the role of Honey Ryder and Domino, but rejected by the Producers because she's not buxom enough.
2. It's also worth mentioning that Akiko Wakabayashi was originally considered for the role of Kissy Suzuki (because she could speak English fluently), but Mie Hama threatened to kill herself, so Mie Hama was cast as Kissy Suzuki and Akiko was cast as Aki (the minor one) instead.
3. Catherine Deneuve also auditioned for the role of Anya Amasova, even her offering the Producers to reduce her salary because she wanted the role, but the Producers thought she's still deemed too expensive, so they went with the more affordable choice, Barbara Bach.
3. Pam Grier and Barbara Carrera are both offered the role of Octopussy, but Pam Grier rejected the role, and Barbara Carrera chosen to star with Connery in 'Never Say Never Again'.
4. Faye Dunaway was also considered for the role of Tiffany Case.
5. Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Audrey Tautou were all offered the role of Vesper Lynd, Uma Thurman was also considered in the role had Tarantino directed Casino Royale 2006.
6. Samuel Jackson was Tarantino's choice for Le Chiffre (again, had he directed the film).
7. Gal Gadot was considered for Camille Montes.
8. Joan Collins was considered for the role of Jill Masterson in Goldfinger, she rejected but later on addressed her regret regarding her decision.
9. Tiffani Thiessen was considered for the role of Dr. Christmas Jones in TWINE.
10. Jan Werich was also considered for the role of Blofeld in YOLT.
Also Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine McFly in Back to the Future, was considered for the role of Pam Bouvier
@@ClaudioTV2005
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@@JOSH-lw2jv That makes sense, especially as she was coming off 'Running Man'. and would subsequently appear in 'McBain' with Christopher Walken.
@@jammontgomery2320
David Niven was Ian Fleming's
personal choice for the role of
James Bond in *"Dr. No"* (1962).
Niven would go on to play 007
in the comedy spoof film: *"Casino Royale"* (1967).
"Casted" is not a word. It should be "cast".
Wow really enjoyed this well here's to more One in every an amazing seires
Just a pedantic piece of constructive criticism here; the past tense of "cast" is also "cast" (although "casted" is commonly used, it is not proper usage). English is hard and I appreciate your efforts; even a lot of native English speakers get this wrong as well!
Thanks, Peter. It kinda bugged me, too.
As good as Gert Frobe was as Goldfinger, Theodore Bikel made for a very intriguing Goldfinger. Plus he could’ve done the film in his original voice, no need to re-dub all the lines
Indeed.
They did seem to resort to dubbing too much in the early films. You can see Largo and Domino with the actors real voices in the trailer and they sound fine.
Great video as always ! I learn things so thanks.
The Mark Strong and Daniel Craig drunk night out connection makes sense as they had starred together in Our Friends In The North.
Funnily enough both Strong and Craig played murdering bastards in Sharpe and both got their cummupance from Sean Bean. 😊
Bowie as Max Zorin would've been cool but I'm glad they choose Walken He's the best thing about View
Love this series! I'd be interested to see you highlight your favourite stunt in every Bond movie?
I have read/heard that in the early 2000s, the producers had a plan to show(probably in "DAD" 2002) all 5 Bond actors together! It would have been some sort of "high-level military-secret intelligence meeting" scene. Pierce Brosnan would have been in the same room with all of them: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton. In that case, I think DAD would have been a much better movie! Probably with a radically different scenario! Why this thing didn't happen, I don't know..............................
That was going to happen as a promo for the first Kingsman film which surprisingly Eon were fine with. Despite all the other Bond's been keen to do it, the plan fell appart when Sean Connery was too ill to take part.
The DAD idea was a Lee Tamahori suggestion that Brosnan's Bond is trained back into health post-North Korea by Connery's Bond [hence canonising the code name theory] in a cameo but it was dropped pretty quickly [and given Connery was noticeably absent from the 40th Anniversary Bafta tribute when the other Bond's at the time attended it's doubtful he'd have done it].
Someone else considered for the role of Domino was Julie Christie
And Gal Gadot auditioned for the role of Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace
As far as Licence To Kill goes, I could've seen Armand Assante as Franz Sanchez.
Interesting
If Roger Moore did Licence to Kill instead of A view to a Kill, maybe Miguel Pinero from Miami Vice, would have suited the role of Sanchez
I once a fan poster featuring Yul Brynner as Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Now THAT is something I would have loved to have seen.
Love the video keep them coming
We all want Monica Beluchi.
If you mean Monica Bellucci, she's just a poor man's Ornella Muti with ridiculous turbo lips. Ornella would have been so cool in 'For your eyes only' instead of that boring - sorry! - Carole bouquet! :/
My personal rejected actors/actress:
Angela Lansbury as M in Pierce Brosnan’s Living Daylights
Clifton James as Brad Whitaker in Roger Moore’s Living Daylights
Dieter Laser as Ouromov in Timothy Dalton’s Goldeneye
Jason Statham as Renard in Daniel Craig’s The World is Not Enough
No such word as 'uncasted' or 'casted'
It's uncast or cast....
My most memorable is that Adam West was offered the role of James Bond in Diamonds are Forever, but he turned the role down, saying he felt James Bond should only be played by a Brit. Given that DAF was trying to get back to the the British feel of Goldfinger (not successfully since most of it is in the US), he made a good choice.
Adam West Was Promoting Batman In England 1968 Albert Broccoli Ask To Have Interview Adam Turned Down Saying Hard On British Accent.
Jane Fonda as a Bond girl... ugh... she was about as popular as the plague at the time because of her actions in Vietnam... Hanoi Jane as a Bond girl would have been immensely unpopular.
I can see David Bowie in A View To A Kill even though Walken was perfect. Priscilla Presley was going to be in the same film but couldn't get out of Dallas. It might have been a better film with Roger playing opposite Priscilla rather than goofy girl like Tanya Roberts.
16:02 There was a leaked casting calling for Boyle's Bond which had a male Russia villain along with a Russia woman [described as 'a survivor' so presumably the Bond girl] and a Maori henchman which other than the odd hint from Boyle or writer John Hodge might be the most we hear about the plans [at least until the NDA's expire]. I think like the constant Angelia Jolie rumours around Bond, the Helena Bohnam-Carter story was more tabloid talk or maybe pre-dated Boyle's involvement.
OMG I laughed so hard with the Connery clip about "your best" 😂 one of my favourite quotes from him from a non-Bond film, some say he's a retired James Bond in The Rock! Excelent choice of clip hahaha 😂
Quoting a friend I just talked with about Sam Neill as Bond:
‘The Bond….from beyond the pond!”
Essential viewing for a bond fan.well researched.
15:11 NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CRAZY!!!! for Sean Connery that would have been Full Circle for him!
Monica Bellucci in anything is a plus....
I would say that Theodore Bikel does top Gert frobe and Michael collins (not the irish rebel leader or third man in space) because he's much more serious for an almost perfect bond film. And he would've been more closer to the fleming Goldfinger.
I heard a rumor that they where considering Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen from BlacKkKlansman as the main villain in No Time To Die.
Albert R. Broccoli and John Glen had a breakfast meeting with Cybill Shephard for her to play Octopussy. Broccoli told Glen he thought she was too old. They instead with Maud Adams (who was older). I heard this via an interview with Glen in 2020.
Maud was a good friend of Roger Moore which is probably why she got the job [and it certainly helps the chemistry between the characters]. They apparently had quite a bit of trouble casting Octopussy as Sybil Danning and Faye Dunaway were considered.
@@jamesatkinsonja As was Kathleen Turner. Dunaway as Octopussy would have been interesting, especially coming after Mommie Dearest.
I heard that Catherine Deneuve was in the running for Anya Amasova in The Spy who loved me - no offence to Barbara Bach, but how I wish Deneuve had landed the role instead of her, it might have made one of the best Bond films even better...
She allegedly was very keen and told Eon she would cut her usual $400,000 salary to $250,000. She was then told they were only going to play the lead Bond girl $80,000 maximum and she understandably wasn't happy and pulled out [which would explain why most of the Bond girls at the time were models/newcomers].
Deneuve would have been awesome, not to mention Dominique Sanda was also considered. Both would have been great.
Missed opportunity indeed.
There whant Sharon Stone for Elektra, she don't get it because of chacter turn.
Bjork was ask for title song Tomorrow Never Dies and Jan Decleir for Gupta so that also have somebody from Belgium.
There whant 100% Madonna for title song, doubt story about Whitney playing Jinx and not been ask for doing song.
If Pushkin return in Goldeneye we haven't got Valentine.
They replace Puskin with the Mishkin character [who Ouromov kills] but Puskin in that script makes no sense as the KGB was dissolved in 1993! In contrast, Valentine is perfect for the 'Yeltsin Russia' the film was set in.
The Bjork link made sense given composer David Arnold worked with her on the song 'Play Dead' [for the movie 'The young Americans'].
Great episode! Lots of gems that have not encountered before, thank you for all the hard work with these
Phyllis Davis was also considered for (and signed a contract) to play Plenty O'Toole in "Diamonds are Forever" but that role ended up going to Lana Wood. Since Davis was under contract, she reportedly still got paid and earned royalties from the movie. In addition to a few B- or C-grade movies in the 1970s, Phyllis Davis was a television regular - best known for her three seasons as Dan Tanna's (Robert Urich) secretary Beatrice Travis in Vega$ (1978-1981).
Good day to you DBF007, thanks for another great video! 👍👍👍👍
you need to be careful when you make claims about who was the first Bond.......Casino Royal was produced for TV way back in the mid 1950's with James Bond played by Barry Nelson, an American.
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Great video DBF, i didn't know a lot of these. Its so interesting to try to picture other versions of movies you know so well.
Have to disagree about Mallet, really didn’t like her performance on GF
Bowie as Zorin is the best thing I've ever heard
Yes, Bowie would’ve been magnificent
@@gregelchert752 fair enough but it would have been awesome though. Roger and David fighting on the golden gate. What a sight that would have been.
It wouldn't have mattered because the script was terrible.
@@ricardocantoral7672 it's a fun film
Apparently after David Bowie turned the role down they then offered it to Sting who also passed.
Nicely done, putting the other Bond film The Rock in there...
M Bellucci - with her Continental background - as the trophy wife of Elliott Carver would have been far more plausible indeed (Wilson & "Babs" may have been pandering to the American film market too much, arguably).
Was Joan Collins ever _seriously considered_ for a 1960s-era Bond film? (Had she appeared in one, at least as the leading Bond Gal, someone else would have been cast as the iconic Alexis M C Colbys, for she would likely have been too pricy for Aaron Spelling to hire.)
It was MGM who were pushing for Bond in the American market at the time rather than Eon [it's telling that's not really been a factor in the Craig era given MGM's ownership has changed since then] given they were the ones insisting Denise Richards was cast and wanted a big USA name for DAD's song-hence Madonna [not to mention Sheryl Crow and Hallie Berry]. There was certainly a desire for Paris to be played by an North American as the other actresses considered were Sela Ward and Canadian Natasha Henstridge.
Joan Collins was considered for the role of Jill Masterson in Goldfinger.
When TND was made both Donald Trump [Marla Maples] and Ted Tuner [Jane Fonda] were married to American's
so Paris being American actually fits in very well in that context [and Rupert Murdoch was married to American Jerry Hall until fairly recently]. It seems that MGM [who got American singers and actress involved in most of the later Brosnan films] always intended for Paris to be American [as Sela Ward and Natasha Henstridge were also apparently in the running] while Bellucci was a Brosnan suggestion which wasn't picked up [although he allegedly making Paris Bond's ex was his idea] although Michael Madsen's casting in DAD was Brosnan's idea as they were friends.
@@jamesatkinsonja EON would later claim that Belucci had been pursued for many years. If true, she was vetoed by MGM the studio (no official explanation had ever been given for Belucci being passed over, per_ Slashfilm_ ).
@@bonghunezhou5051 I could see MGM vetoing it as they seemed to be the ones pushing for American's as the leading ladies and singing the title song. Teri Hatcher was also probably a bigger name that Bellucci at the time given Lois and Clarke.MGM also vetoed Eon bringing back Michael Apted for Die Another Day and Matthew Vaughn recently said MGM hired him to direct 'Casino Royale' only for Eon to reject him as they naturally wanted to bring back Martin Campbell as he'd helmed the previous 'restart'. I think after that Eon got MGM to back off and stop interfering.
The producers of Dr. No wanted Audrey Hepburn for Honey Ryder, but the studio wanted to cast an unknown.
Rubbish...Hepburn was way out of the Dr. No budget...
I can't imagine Audrey Hepburn playing that role at all.
It's Julie Christie who was considered for the Honey Ryder role.
What you're saying about Audrey Hepburn was back in 1961, they've planned to film Thunderball as the first Bond film with Hitchcock directing it, even have Cary Grant as considered for the Bond role, but Hitchcock didn't received the request that came from Fleming, so Fleming sold the rights of his books to Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman instead.
And that Thunderball 1961 film didn't came to fruition.
11:25 I do wonder when that offer was made because Glenda Jackson became an UKMP in 1992 and retired from acting to concentrate on politics. Funny enough without knowing this I suggested Glenda Jackson or Vanessa Redgrave for a female M for the Dalton era last year!
and as for Helena Bonham Carter being a Villain I would go for that since I did like her Performance as Belatrix Lastrange in the Harry Potter Films!
TBH she should have been the Bond leading lady in Spectre. Leave Craig as the tough hardman from Casino and QoS and make her into an eccentric, hilarious and loveable character ala Tracy.
@@spaceodds1985 It's telling the only character that sort of matches that description in the Craig era is Paloma in NTTD and that's mostly as the writer of the Cuba sequence didn't work on any of the other films, so it works as a 'hit and run' but having a main character like that would feel out of place in that era.
I think that's probably why they linked her to the part [similar to how Andrew Scott and Christophe Waltz have been typecast as villains], although it seems like the Bond links were just tabloid talk as Danny Boyle's script has a male villain.
Fun Fact:
Elvis' then-wife Priscilla Presley
(well-known to me as Jane Spencer
in the *"Naked Gun"* trilogy with
comedian legend Leslie Nielsen)
was considered to play Stacy Sutton
in *"A VIEW TO A KILL",* before they went with Tanya Roberts; best known for the 1984 film adaptation of *"SHEENA",* *"Charlie's Angels",* and *"That '70s Show".*
Imagine if the classic 1985 Bond film was different with Timothy Dalton (beginning his three-film contract here) as James Bond, Priscilla Presley as Stacy Sutton, and David Bowie as Max Zorin.
I think Sissy Spacek would be an interesting choice for the role of Stacey Sutton. I know Sissy from Carrie, and I think that, if Sissy got the part, her screams would be 3x times louder than Tanya Roberts
Good video DBF as always Tania mallet would’ve been really interesting to see.
I think Mark Strong would be great as Blofeld
I also recall Domino as black.
Don't you mean Solitaire?
Actually she was French heritage in the books at least.
And Jacklyn Smith, one of the original Charlie’s Angels on the Tv series, turned down the role of Holly Goodhead in Moonraker. It’s in a actress’ biography.
I heard that she turned it down because of her contractual obligations to Charlie's Angels as the show was about to start its 3rd Season.
@@patwaters-actormoviereviewer It does fit that Eon were paying attention to that show as Tanya Roberts [Stacy Sutton] was one of the 'angels' for the final season.
Fun Fact #2:
Persis Khambatta (best known for her role as Lt. Ilia in 1979's *"STAR TREK: The Motion Picture")* was one of several actresses (which even includes Barbara Carrera, who played Fatima Blush in the rival Bond film: *"Never Say Never Again")* considered for the
titular role of Octopussy, before it went to Maud Adams.
Clive Owen was also in the running for Casino Royale.. I'd love Henry Cavill as Bond, but I think he's too old now 😢
Cavill is only 40, so.lighten up....apart from Connery & Lazenby a Craig, the others were 40+...If the producers move their arse and made the films everyb2-3 years then 40nis no issue
There were also reports that he turned down the gig because he was not offered profit participation in the movies. But Owen himself told GQ in 2007 that he was never offered the role in the first place: “I didn't turn it down,” he insisted. “I was never offered it.
Cavill is too old at this point. The next actor should be in his early 30's at most.
Memorable actors who were considered to play James Bond:
Patrick McGoohan for *"Dr. No"*
(1962); but he declined as he felt the role was too promiscuous.
Rod Taylor for *"Dr. No"* (1962);
but he declined as he felt the role was beneath him. Yes, really!
Michael Caine for *"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"* (1969);
but he turned it down as he didn't
want to be typecast in spy films,
having previously starred in the three Harry Palmer films (1965-1967).
Terence Stamp for *"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"* (1969);
but his ideas for future films were felt too radical for producer Harry Saltzman.
Adam West, Clint Eastwood &
Burt Reynolds for *"Diamonds*
*Are Forever"* (1971); all declined the role as they felt Bond must be British
or portrayed by a British actor.
Michael Gambon for *"Diamonds*
*Are Forever"* (1971); but he
declined as he felt that he didn't
have good enough looks for the role.
Christopher Lambert for
*"The Living Daylights"* (1987);
John Glen's first choice for the
role, but his French accent
prevented him from being chosen.
(Ironically, Maryam d'Abo who played
Kara Milovy in the film was considered
to star as Jane Porter in *"GREYSTOKE:*
*The Legend of TARZAN, Lord of the*
*Apes"* (1984) which starred Lambert
in the lead role and was directed by her future husband Hugh Hudson.)
Mel Gibson for *"The Living Daylights"* (1987); while MGM wanted him, he was rejected by producer "Cubby" Broccoli for not being British.
Paul McGann for *"GoldenEye"*
(1995); was given an audition
and impressed the producers,
but MGM still insisted on Pierce Brosnan
for the role.
Liam Neeson for *"GoldenEye"*
(1995); but he declined the role,
claiming that he was not
interested to star in action films
at the time. However, in reality,
his girlfriend & future wife
Natasha Richardson wouldn't have married him if he took the role.
If this is known already, then we apologise: concerning the tension between Brosnan and Hatchet. . .before shooting was over the two gradually warmed up to each other.
I think it was overblown, particularly with the tabloids at the time. There was a suggestion they killed off Paris as the actors weren't getting on which is nonsense [as she always was a sacrificial lamb]. It is true TND was a quite fractious shoot which Brosnan described a 'like pulling teeth' and even Judi Dench had a row with the director.
@@jamesatkinsonja There you have it. The press made a mess many contest. Cheers.
To be fair, Hatcher was pregnant at the time of filming.
@@jammontgomery2320 The story goes she was late one morning and Brosnan wasn't happy...but when he found out she was pregnant [and had been delayed by morning sickness] he immediately apologised.
Fun Fact:
Before we had Wai Lin (played by
Michelle Yeoh) in *"Tomorrow Never*
*Dies",* Bond's leading girl in the
initial script was to be Sidney Winch,
an American salvage boat captain
who's the niece of Elliot Harmsway
(Carver's original name in the script)
and had no idea that he was a villain.
Sidney would've been played by
Natasha Henstridge, who's best
known from the first three *"SPECIES"*
films in 1995, 1998, & 2004 and
John Carpenter's *"GHOST OF MARS"*
in 2001.
Nice idea for a video as 'alternative casting' for Bond is a fascinating subject
SO glad Jane Fonda was NOT a Bond girl. YUCK!! And although Christopher Lee was GREAT in The Man With the Golden Gun, there's something about that villainy voice of Jack Palance that would have be awesome too. He DID make a good Dracula in that movie, though.
Ok Man imagine this
Risico (1993)
With this actores played villains
Emilio Estevez
Morgan Freeman
Jonathan Banks
????
😂😂
Mark Strong should have been Blofeld instead of Waltz. I think he would have been much better in the role of a half Greek, half Polish super villain.
7:44 Wow. I would've preferred her actually. Not really a fan of Carole Bouquet tbh, she also was too young against Roger Moore at the time.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite Bond channels.
Rdo taylor was a choice for OHMSS... but him said no and regret this all his life
There are some I wish happened, others I'm glad that it didn't. I always wished Teri Hatcher was never in a Bond movie. Her acting was never that great, but neither were some other Bond girls, however, they had an exotic feel about them that got past that. Teri didn't have that...in my opinion anyway. David Bowie would have killed it. And I'm surprised they concentrated on a certain look for the villain of Moonraker, Drax. Because in the book they made such a point about his red hair. Thanks for the video!! I love this stuff!!
I always felt like Lonsdale was doing his best James Mason impersonation in Moonraker. He's nothing like that in the French stuff I've seen him in.
Raquel Welch as Domino?! Hell Yes
Bridget Bardot and Jane Fonda as Tracy and Tiffany… Hell No
Also a then unknown Faye Dunaway was considered for Domino. She was then later considered for the role of Octopussy. I absolutely love looking at trivia casting and one casting rumour that always left me pondering is Kim Basinger, who was considered for both Dr Goodhead in Moonraker and Melina in FYEO. It is known that Sharon Stone was considered for Elektra in TWINE, but rumour has it a decade earlier she was the runner to play Pam Bouvier in LTK. Another actor who was considered for Elektra in 98/99 was the then unknown Vera Farmiga, who was again considered for the role of Vesper Lynd in 05/06.
As for M, IMO both Dench and Jackson were wrong for the part, surprised the producers didn’t consider Helen Mirren.
However the one casting rumour that always left me pondering what if and laughing was for Dalton’s unmade third Bond film ‘Property of A Lady’ Catherine Zeta Jones was on call to play the henchwoman, and either Elizabeth Hurley as the main Bond girl. However what always made me laugh and ponder is that Lucy Liu and Sandra Bullock was supposedly up for the main Bond girl and the producers also entertained thoughts of giving the role to Julia Roberts… don’t know if these are true or not but either of these three would have been better than Hurley.
I heard about the Bowie rumour, but also Rutger Hauer was supposedly considered for Zorin as was surprisingly Spaghetti Western legend Lee Van Cleef. Heard about the Pacino rumour, some say he was supposed to have been revealed as Blofeld?!?! Speaking of Blofeld rumour has it the producers considered gender swapping the character and casting Meryl Streep… would that have worked?!
As for NTTD thank heavens Bonham Carter was not the villian, always wanted to see her as a Bond leading lady for a fifty something 007. Would be nice and hilarious to see Bond fall for an eccentric and funny persona like what Bonham Carter has.
The 'property of a lady' rumours don't really match with where those actors were in that period given Zeta Jones and Liu were virtual unknows to a worldwide audience until the mid-late 90's [Zeta Jones was only just starting in UK TV when it was supposed to be made for example], Bullock's big break was 93's demolition man and Hurley was only a minor part in Passenger 57 in 92. Ultimately I don't think they got very far on casting for it.
Helen Mirren would have been 50 in 1995 and probably too young-interestingly she's the same age as Timothy Dalton [Dench was 61 and Jackson 59].
@@jamesatkinsonjaExactly. Zeta Jones was unknown to international audiences, and Liu was completely unknown… perfect time to cast them. As for Bullock she had already starred in the ill fated TV spin off of Working Girl where she played the main character (Melenie Griffth played the main character in the film) before she starred in Demolition Man. Won’t be surprised if producer Joel Silver first came across her due to the unmade Bond film (correct me if I’m wrong) since Silver was in negotiations with Cubby Broccoli to buy Danjaq (a deal which ultimately never got through)
@@spaceodds1985 Bullock apparently got the Demolition man role from a recommendation by producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura [as she replaced Lori Petty a few days into filming]. If they were doing open auditions they could well have found Zeta Jones and Liu but we'll never know sadly unless some pre-production notes get leaked [Dalton said they were looking for directors-presumably before casting-before it fell apart].
Lucy Liu was about to be a Bond girl?? That would've been interesting. Around that time she ended up in Charlie's Angels interestingly. Sharon Stone would've been a great choice for Elektra...
@@crashfan9997 not in 1993
3:14 I read somewhere that Raquel Welch was actually signed for Domino but Cubby owed the producer of Fantastic Voyage [Richard D. Zanuck] a favour and let her go to do that instead. She was also wanted for Tiffany Case in 'Diamonds are forever' but Connery's salary eating up the budget meant Jill St. John, originally cast as Plenty, got the part.
I thought St John got the role due to her acquaintance with lawyer/influencer Sidney Korshak who helped a hell of a lot of strings for Cubby to get permission to film in Las Vegas and asked Cubby to cast her as a favour.
@@spaceodds1985 That is why she was cast but initially she was going to be Plenty before she was promoted to Tiffany. There was certainly a lot less money available for casting after Connery's fee [also presumably why Charles Grey was cast as Blofeld] and given Korshak's help giving her a bigger role made a lot of sense.
I don't know where to write this, so why not here.
I just realized that Tony Robbins, looks like the brother of RIchard Kiel (the guy who plays Jaws). Am I the only one who sees this? I wrote this because Tony Robbins keeps showing up in the commercials.
I identify Theodore bikel playing Jewish or European characters.
If James Bond would be a german series, Joachim Fuchsberger or Heinz Drache would have been first Bond
So, despite the 'concerns' over race backlash etc, Bond does bed Rosie Carver and is seen in one scene kissing her, so...
Also, Michael Lonsdale is an American expat living in France... not exactly a French actor.
Christopher Lee would've nailed it I think during world war 2 he was a real agent
it was probably too close to the truth
in the 70's the women from ABBA both looked like bond girls
voor zover ik weet is het Brigitte Bardot not Bridget en het is Helena Bonham Carter .... en dan kom je ook nog met Whitney Houston, dan is Diana Ross als Rosie Carver nog geloofwaardiger.
btw could you consider doing a listing episode of the countries james bond has not yet been in and give your ranking/comment which of these could be great new bond locations based on your view. Perhaps the Bond production team will stumble upon the video before the new locations/plot is set...
I would have loved a David Bowie villain. Such a great and talented guy!
Oof - Jane Fonda and Diana Ross back to back - can only think how much better they might have been than St John and Seymour.
Vin Diesel is perfect roll as Blofeld
Yeah he could fit as I think Blofeld should be bald.
@@teijaflink2226 Because Vin Diesel is look like Telly Savalas with a muscle but I considered Jason Statham as a new modern Blofeld he Will be a deadliest and scary Blofeld.
Cary Grant, Robert Taylor and Tom Selleck are among the actors who turned down the role of JB.
I love all your Bond reviews, etc. I just want to point out though that the past tense of “cast” is “cast” not “casted”.
Never liked Walken scene chewing in View. Bowie would have made the film much better.
I have read that when EON was having trouble with Living Daylights, Roger Moore offered to come back and was turned down by Cubby. Also, Christopher Reeve was approached by Cubby with a million dollar offer and Christopher Reeve turned it down, which would have been interesting and could have reignited his career post Superman IV.
Also, Simon MacCorkindale was approached to play Bond at one point and wasn't cast, but it would've been interesting as he looked like a younger Roger Moore to an extent and could've kept the lightheartedness that had been associated with the Moore era to an extent
Given Roger seemed to regret doing 'View' thinking he was too old so I don't think he was being serious [and he did do the '25th anniversary' show tying into Daylights]. Allegedly when Cubby called him to say he was being replaced as Bond after 'View' he replied 'I agree, it's time'.
@@jamesatkinsonja I think that is all true. But I can see Roger offering his services. But in the end, it was good for the franchise Dalton got the role for The Living Daylights as it gave way to the most underrated movie in the franchise in Licence to Kill.
@@b.d.cooper8671 If he did, it was probably 'tongue in check' [when he visited the 'Goldeneye' set he joked 'Don't worry Pierce, I'm not coming back'!]. Given he felt he was too old for 'View' [and seemed to have a negative experience given he didn't get on with Grace Jones or Tanya Roberts] doing Daylights at 60 would be worse. Interestingly, he said he didn't actually watch Dalton's films at the time because if he didn't like them, he would be honest [like his negative views on Die Another Day and Quantum of Solace] and didn't want to be seen putting Dalton down [he also never watched 'Never say never again' for the same reason]. I think I recall him saying in one of his books that he did eventually see Daylights and liked it.
@@jamesatkinsonja I know he wasn't afraid to be brutally honest and I think it was smart. I know I read on tvtropes (take it with a grain of salt) that he liked Daylights and I think he would've liked Licence as well. But I don't think he was too keen on the Craig era as he bashed the No Time to Die poster and about the only positive things he would say is he was glad to see Barbara Broccoli was the executive producer.
@@b.d.cooper8671 I remember in Rogers book he said he was trying to produce a project post Bond which never saw the light of day so when he started taking acting jobs again [after a 5 year gap] the press said he was 'coming out of retirement! Given Moore died in May 2017 and Craig only said he was doing Bond 25 in August that year, he never got to see a poster or anything from the project. I know he was positive on Casino and Skyfall and there is a nice bit in a posthumous book where he talks about going to see Spectre [even including his ticket sub!].
Rod Steiger in a blonde wig would have been hysterical. This re cast of Bond is a new list.
Brolin would have been dreadful. Grateful we were spared that!
Love your content! One thing however: how can you, as
a Dutch, pronounce the great Gert Fröbe‘s name that badly?
Actually I do know the way to pronounce it, but kind of fell to the trap of going for the English way while speaking English!
@@DutchBondFan No worries! Keep up the good work!
Great idea for a BOnd video.
I was thinking a while back....What if Rachel Wlech was cast as one of the Bond Girls?? Would hve been SO RIGHT :)) though Ursula Andrewss i think wa on the same level looks wise...maybe a little more suited as she is European....scheduling :)) That's walmost always it for "missed opportunities".....
There ahve been so many "major league world-class beauties" that SHAOULD HAVE been cast as Bond Girls but for rht oddest reasons weren't asked. E.g. Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Gina Lolabrigeda, Catherine Denuve, An Margaret, Marylyn Monroe? :)
In more recent Bond films....they could easily have asked "iconic Supermodels" but didn't. Don't know why. "Schedulling"?? Why not Cindy Cawford, Christie Brinkley, Linda Evangelista, Karen Mulder, Fene Simonsen...etc....they're or were out there...they SO belong in Bond fims...a "shwcase" for "the most beautiful women in the world"...
They did ask Catherine Denuve for 'Spy Who loved me' but only offered her $80,000 when her normal rate was $400,000.
Interesting, with the exception of the mispronunciations.
Next for your eyes only book
Good guess. Just finished reading it an hour ago!
Jeroen might I ask, how come you didn’t upload any videos for weeks?
Posted a post about it on my community tab on the channel!
Aww - Diana Ross would have been great as Solitare.