Lewis Collins interview about Who Dares Wins with Richard Whitely

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  • @henryvagincourt4502
    @henryvagincourt4502 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    A James Bond that we all wanted in our hearts, and what a Bond he would have been.

    • @bradsswinton
      @bradsswinton ปีที่แล้ว +1

      totally..

    • @AndysEastCoastAdventures
      @AndysEastCoastAdventures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Apparently he interviewed for the part to take over after Roger Moore but Cubby Broccoli thought he was too aggressive. Shame as I think he would have been good and it would have transformed his later career as it went down hill after that. Ended up running a computer supply store in California.

    • @treadstone1970
      @treadstone1970 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@AndysEastCoastAdventuresone time when Cubby was wrong with his opinion. Makes one wonder what he would have thought of Daniel Craig.
      Collins knew he had blown it when he went in too overconfident. A great shame as he would have been a sensational 007.

  • @hayabusabart
    @hayabusabart 11 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    R.I.P Lewis Collins. Who dares Wins. Brilliant film! Brilliant actor! the king of hard men (with his own wry humor thrown in) nice bloke.
    God Bless

    • @pumbar
      @pumbar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't think a lot of people in the Arrowe Park Hotel thought he was a hard man. Bloody nice fella though.

    • @kdum8
      @kdum8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pumbar why, what happened in the hotel?

    • @pumbar
      @pumbar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kdum8 Suffice to say he got a lot of aggro...

    • @kevinknight3606
      @kevinknight3606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone said"he,d make a great james bond".,I agree.

  • @dh2838
    @dh2838 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    massively underrated star, Bond or no Bond, he should have gone on to be a megastar.

  • @JamesMMcCann
    @JamesMMcCann 10 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Best man to never play Bond.

    • @JamesMMcCann
      @JamesMMcCann 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** Wasn't that because Lewis showed up in his motorcylce leathers and Cubby didn't like it?

    • @RobRoyBoaz
      @RobRoyBoaz 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Totally agree James. Would probably have been the second best Bond. After Sean Connery of coursh. He is the besht 007 of them all. I think Mish Moneypenny would agree.

    • @maximiliandyhr3188
      @maximiliandyhr3188 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lewis kind of acting is similer to sean

    • @me-cq7wv
      @me-cq7wv 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      JamesMMcCann Who Richard Mardly

    • @davecoalwood9487
      @davecoalwood9487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Steelmonger888 like fuck. I like Craig but better than Connery?? Rub that other brain cell against the one Your're using please fella.

  • @markroberts5665
    @markroberts5665 7 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Bond material. We've been robbed over the years

    • @powerbite92
      @powerbite92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @SpeedbirdConcorde it means the chosenites hate us.

    • @SSGTStryker
      @SSGTStryker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I couldn’t agree more.

    • @UXB-p5u
      @UXB-p5u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      'Robbed' 🤔

  • @screenwriter44
    @screenwriter44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Discovered the Professionals on the web. Great show. Was never shown in the States. RIP Lewis.

    • @roberthill1586
      @roberthill1586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Legend has it that the US did not want to show the professionals as it was deemed too violent. I believe it was one of the reasons. Had the US shown the programme it would've generated a lot of money and more series would've been made.

  • @Loveisthelaw69
    @Loveisthelaw69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    RIP Lewis, thanks for gifting us with your charismatic tough guy image on screen and being true to yourself off screen.... Broccoli you denied us an awesome James Bond... Best wishes my cosmic friend...

  • @ThomasTelford
    @ThomasTelford 9 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Dam right he should have been 007 James Bond!

    • @UXB-p5u
      @UXB-p5u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was desperate to be given the role, he was never going to get it that isn't how it worked.

  • @englishkernigit8294
    @englishkernigit8294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I met him at RAF Weston on the Green where he was doing some freefall parachuting. A really nice bloke who took a bit too much of a fancy to my mum (I was a teenager) 😮

  • @ROCKINGMAN
    @ROCKINGMAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Would have loved to have seen him as James Bond. He would have brought a lot of action to the role.

  • @nicolacox270
    @nicolacox270 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of my favourite actor's. thanks for uploading this rare video rip Lewis Collins aka Bodie.

  • @weslfc1975
    @weslfc1975 11 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Lewis is the main man done all his own stunts on the show should have been 007 he would had done a great job as james bond

  • @raymonddillon3016
    @raymonddillon3016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    He was so cool. Lewis would have been an amazing James Bond.

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lewis Collins as bond: Right, girl shagged. Check boss killed. Check. World saved. Check. Now what?
      Director: the intro is still rolling!!!

  • @davidwaterhouse2552
    @davidwaterhouse2552 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Loved Lewis! RIP ! Who Dares Wins is a great film, the world missed out on a chance to cast Lewis as 'BOND' I am sure he would have nailed it! dx

    • @bobmathews9072
      @bobmathews9072 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Apparently Brocolli didn’t think he was “urbane” enough , ie smooth & sophisticated , to play Bond . Which is a load of tripe , you can see in the early scenes where he’s “smooching” Frankie that he absolutely nailed “urbane”

  • @stevenhenry7862
    @stevenhenry7862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He actually passed Selection for 23 SAS. But then became too famous.
    From an injured British War Veteran

    • @Backs4more
      @Backs4more 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      23 is north England and Scotland, it was 21 he was joining, but only the hill phase (still a huge achievement). He got pulled from training as it was felt he was to well known to be a member.

    • @robdean704
      @robdean704 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Believe he ended up in 10 Para

    • @robdean704
      @robdean704 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah when my troop sergeant was a young Tom he did his jump training with the reserves, thought it was just typical para talk but I saw some podcast where another Para said yeah he'd been para reserve

  • @CrimsonCom
    @CrimsonCom 11 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Margaret Thatcher wore out her VHS copy of Who Dares Wins.

  • @polidori99
    @polidori99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My God wasn't Lewis a stunningly beautiful looking man. A real Adonis!

    • @kevinharker1840
      @kevinharker1840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      easy tiger!!

    • @UXB-p5u
      @UXB-p5u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 😳

    • @VoiceOfThe
      @VoiceOfThe 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Purpose built to be James Bond. Criminal he was never hired.

  • @albaproductions9602
    @albaproductions9602 10 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    This is the man who should have been Bond after Moore.

    • @paulmercer279
      @paulmercer279 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Moore should never have been Bond in the first place i think.

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like you shouldn't then.

    • @ImYourHuckleberry_29
      @ImYourHuckleberry_29 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alba Productions after Sean actually. Roger was 2 years older than Sean.

    • @peterlenham3180
      @peterlenham3180 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@paulmercer279Of course he should have been Bond, Roger was perfect.

  • @thepowerstation2702
    @thepowerstation2702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    May the great man Lewis Collins rest in Peace always. 🙏 Levent

  • @billsmith6884
    @billsmith6884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I like how he instinctively double taps when he explains shooting in the dark.

    • @UXB-p5u
      @UXB-p5u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @controlstress
    @controlstress 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Yeah, I agree. Richard Whitely would have made a great 007.

    • @allybally0021
      @allybally0021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was in the SAS you know and killed several other members in a drunken rage. A terrifying man.

  • @billybabu
    @billybabu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP sir. Thank you for sharing your God given gifts and charm!

  • @ssww1976
    @ssww1976 12 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Apparently he was a former paratrooper, serving in the Parachute Regiment's TA battalion 10 Para (now 4 Para) and it is believed he did pass the selection for 21 SAS (one of the SAS' two TA battalions) but due to his fame at the time he was not allowed to serve in the unit. This is what I've heard or read so if anyone knows otherwise please correct me. He was a very active actor and took his physical fitness seriously. Would be good to know what he's doing with himself these days.

    • @danielmoran9902
      @danielmoran9902 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We'll, not much, because he's dead.

    • @robotsonmars1989
      @robotsonmars1989 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He died the year you wrote this comment.

    • @davidwaterhouse2552
      @davidwaterhouse2552 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He was also a talented musician and singer! dx

    • @ssww1976
      @ssww1976 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robotsonmars1989 it says 11 years ago that I wrote it, and Lewis sadly died in November 2013.

    • @robotsonmars1989
      @robotsonmars1989 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ssww1976 yep maybe 18 months in it. TH-cam does ball park years. Anyway I don’t think his health was great for his last couple of years. I was a big fan . I’m a 60s kid so the professionals was bang on for me. I was in the TA the same time as he was 1980 to 84..

  • @MultiPelias
    @MultiPelias 12 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The man who ALMOST became James Bond!!!

  • @richardclarke376
    @richardclarke376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lewis frigging Collins kicks ass!!!! All the best mate !

    • @randysauvage677
      @randysauvage677 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately he sadly died a whole 8 years before you wrote this in 2013.

  • @markrayner8915
    @markrayner8915 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Apparently Chubby Broccoli thought he was to macho to make a good Bond? As in too tough!! He would of been perfect in my opinion. He would of been a mega star on both sides of the pond then. Was still a great actor and well liked by most who met him. RIP Lewis

    • @VoiceOfThe
      @VoiceOfThe 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Absolute travesty he wasn’t hired. You only have to rewatch the scene in the bar when he first seduces Frankie to know he’s got the game and charm to play Bond.
      He literally IS Bond personified.

  • @lesliegibson
    @lesliegibson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    RIP Lewis x as a kid I jumped around the back of couch with my plastic gun playing the roll of Bodie, he was always the lady charmer more than Doyle..

  • @blastfromthepast8344
    @blastfromthepast8344 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Living in the YTV region in 1982 I clearly remember seeing this interview on Calendar. I have a feeling that the female newsreader was named Miriam. Saw the film shortly thereafter and loved it. I visited The Union Chapel in Islington a few weeks ago - where some of Who Dares Wins was shot - and it was surreal. Still looks the same! RIP Lewis Collins, I used to wear an army jacket and tell everyone my middle name was Lewis. It isn't.

    • @HirstyGod
      @HirstyGod 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marilyn Webb I think.

    • @Spartanm333
      @Spartanm333 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes Marilyn Webb. Went on to form a production company and be an independent producer when YTV was mullered by an inept executive team. At one point you couldn't raise an electrician or plumber because they were 'on location' at an executives home doing guvvy jobs on the company clock. In a cost cutting exercise, they put an accountant on every department and offered payments to staff to leave to reduce headcount - up to £30K was paid to each person to tear up their contract and pension in 1984. The creative talent and experienced staff said yes thanks and walked out the door including Marilyn, straight to the BBC or abroad. Richard Whitely was gifted £250K to make sure he stayed but it was the beginning of the end. You would walk in on a Monday morning and a whole team had gone.1800 staff either left or were made redundant and the company eventually shut down. Now the studios are a shell production company. What an incredible example of ineptitude and greed. A thriving community and beacon of excellence in Leeds laid to ruin. Sir Paul Fox. former CE must have been gutted that the company he built and developed into a world wide concern was sold down the river by faceless executives who then moved on to the next cash cow. NHS I believe.

  • @PortobelloRd
    @PortobelloRd 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Broccoli robbed us!

  • @SuperJackweed
    @SuperJackweed 11 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    he would have done a better job than Timothy Dalton as James Bond. He certainly could have done no worse.

  • @bobblehat6603
    @bobblehat6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In this interview, as on This is Your Life, Lewis Collins looks just like Dredger, a hugely popular comic strip character in the ’70s, as he appeared in the story The Man Who Died Twice (17 April, 1976). He’s dressed exactly the same, has the same hairstyle, and even wears the same medallion. Incidentally, this attire, including the medallion, is similar to what he wears in the opening credits of The Cuckoo Waltz, It's All Greek to Me (10 January 1977). Lewis Collins would’ve made a great Bond but I think he really wanted to be Dredger and, in a sense, his wish came true. Dredger was a character in a comic strip about a pair of agents of British counter-terrorist unit DI6, published in Action from 14 February 1976 until 12 November 1977. Lewis Collins played Bodie, a character (who looks and behaves like Dredger) in The Professionals, a TV series about a pair of agents of British counter-terrorist unit CI5, first broadcast on 30 December 1977.

  • @goldeneyefleming
    @goldeneyefleming 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    we love Collins thanks for you videos

  • @Nixter1974007
    @Nixter1974007 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Very Sadly missed. RIP Bodie aka Peter Skellen..

  • @IanDocherty335
    @IanDocherty335 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew Richard Whitely was in Who Dares Wins.....You learn something new every day!

  • @MaritaHerrera-ui5nf
    @MaritaHerrera-ui5nf ปีที่แล้ว

    Lo amo . Lewis Collins eternamente el mejor y más bello de los hombres.❤

  • @charleschuckfinley3304
    @charleschuckfinley3304 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    R.I.P Richard and Lewis...

  • @micksmith3179
    @micksmith3179 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    RIP Lewis,

  • @ManCave1972
    @ManCave1972 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is 80s all over: awesome movie, charismatic movie star, Richard Whitely, the clothing. All of it rocks.

  • @Highrule1032
    @Highrule1032 13 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Love Lewis Collins!! xx Such a fit, good-looking guy - and a really nice man by all accounts. Shame he didn't get the Bond job. I don't think Timothy Dalton did any better than he would have done - and he must have been sick to see that Pierce Brosnan (who had a couple of lines in one of The Professionals episodes) later went on to play a highly-publicised Bond. Shame on you, Broccoli. :o(

    • @ferguspadian6909
      @ferguspadian6909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that pierce brosnan went on to be more box office than roger moore & tim dalton , pls do your proper research if you want attention old chap

    • @robotsonmars1989
      @robotsonmars1989 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ferguspadian6909 Yep Brosnan was a good Bond just the plots got a bit ridiculous for him. Dalton was poor.Lewis Collins would definitely have been better than him.

  • @GriefTourist
    @GriefTourist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw Who Dares Wins with school pals on release , although it's seen as propaganda and low grade I've watched it regularly since. Takes me back to happier more carefree days before life became nothing but confusion and pain!

  • @leonshackleford9585
    @leonshackleford9585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Actor Lewis Collins from CI5 Professionals & SAS Who Dare Wins.
    R.I.P Lewis Collins

  • @sj460162
    @sj460162 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great guy..and one of my favourite movies..

  • @limeyosu2000
    @limeyosu2000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    he used to parachute jump for fun, I think with the army too. He was def fit enough at the time shame he didn't get the role would have changed his life. Lewis died a few years ago.

    • @colin.robert.newman.456
      @colin.robert.newman.456 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not a few years ago - Lewis Collins died only a little over a year ago (27th November 2013 to be precise)

    • @deepankaradhikari2410
      @deepankaradhikari2410 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mate, you know that Lewin Collins passed the SAS selection. Regiment was hesitated to take him because of his status as a celebrity.

    • @belfastchild2643
      @belfastchild2643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      one or two of the psi,s also said that currently on attachment to 21st. ) he compromised & joined 4 para i believe...

    • @Spartanm333
      @Spartanm333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think the fact that he had worked as a hair dresser's assistant in Liverpool helped. He would have been a target for sure and that's the last thing SAS want. They want covert invisible men.

  • @MrsPeel2305
    @MrsPeel2305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He should have been James Bond.

  • @Mishima505
    @Mishima505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best post-pub movie ever!

  • @ThomasBell-v1o
    @ThomasBell-v1o 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lewis Collins. The best James bond we never had, after number one Roger Moore

  • @rogerprice7704
    @rogerprice7704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great film which introduced the SAS to the world audience… obviously the real event was incredible on the news such precision and daring a regiment that operates outside of the usual constraints

  • @carlobalzer3238
    @carlobalzer3238 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant actor brilliant film classic

  • @brianjones1151
    @brianjones1151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lewis should have been Bond !!

  • @soupdragon12345
    @soupdragon12345 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great film, I'm woudering if they had actual SAS guys help with filming ? Lewis Collins said something in the interview ? not sure if he was saying yes in a round about way?

    • @countrysamurai
      @countrysamurai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +soupdragon12345 From what I understand..many of the mates in masks are in the Regiment. That is why they were wearing masks so much.
      Great flic.....

    • @gulfrelay2249
      @gulfrelay2249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Collins passed Selection.not badged,too recognizable for covert ops.

    • @reloda
      @reloda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think they were SAS, for a couple of reasons: SAS would have had to spend ages training any extras/stuntmen to accurately portray regiment procedure (much of which was dangerous, highly-skilled helicopter and height based activity), time that would have taken them away for active availability. The regiment are obviously very proud and protective of their reputation and, as they were involved in an 'advisory capacity' would only have done so if they had editorial control over SAS operational content, they would hardly be expected to allow representation of certain skills that they had spent years perfecting be carried out by outsiders with only a few weeks training. Probably the most cost-effective solution would have been to let the SAS perform much of the actual raid footage themselves. This, of course, is all speculation

    • @racingspoon
      @racingspoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gulfrelay2249 no. He passed hills phase and then was asked to withdraw for the reason you gave. He may well have gone onto pass but he didn’t.

  • @kevinbalfour1728
    @kevinbalfour1728 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rest In Peace Lewis Collins. You gave me years of entertaining viewing watching The Professionals and with Who Dares Wins. It's a fantastic movie and very close to the real thing.

  • @yethboth7873
    @yethboth7873 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lewis Collins did audition for the part of James Bond but sadly Cubby Brocolli didn't like his audition as he came across as being 'too aggressive' thus he was sadly rejected for the part. Also, in real life Lewis Collins was in the Army Reserve Parachute Regiment in the late 1970's/early 1980's.

    • @colinstewart7123
      @colinstewart7123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He did pass the hills phase of SAS Selection but couldn't progress because he was too recognisable. 😻

  • @Filmbuf-g2k
    @Filmbuf-g2k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Grew up in the 70s watching Sean Connery Bond films on the tv as they took ages to come on the TV back then , i was 14 in 1983 and i sneaked in to cinema to watch Never say never again and my dad took me to see Octopussy....i temember thinking at the time ..I hope Lewis Collins (me and my pals all wanted to be Bodie ) ..gets to play Bond, sadly this was as close as we got,but a great film....first rented on VHS when it came out tape 😂 along with American Werewolf in London... back in the day...watched both many times since ..

    • @VoiceOfThe
      @VoiceOfThe 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Your comment resonated. I was born 1974 and grew up watching the Bond films of that time. Saw Who Dares Wins as a kid and remember thinking and hoping at the time the same as you - Lewis Collins would make a perfect James Bond.
      An absolute travesty it never happened.

  • @darrenbrailsford6809
    @darrenbrailsford6809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lewis Collins should have been bond. He’d have been brilliant.

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Roger Moore signed a four picture deal as Bond, that expired after Moonraker. They started looking elsewhere for actors, enter Lewis Collins who was deemed to be too aggressive by Bond producer Cubby Broccoli, so they paid the past his prime Roger Moore to stay on for three more movie's.
    Collins would have been perfect in For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View To A Kill

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Huge Bond fan (of a certain age) my entire life, and I can remember seeing A View To A Kill in the cinema and thinking, Jesus will he ever pack it in, the missed opportunity Collins had haunted him for the rest of his life

    • @screenwriter44
      @screenwriter44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Roger Moore was really the Saint and a marginal Bond. Lewis Collins would have been as good as Connery

    • @peterfranks6243
      @peterfranks6243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@screenwriter44 definitely

  • @lewismoore9505
    @lewismoore9505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was named after him rip sir

  • @gerryd7027
    @gerryd7027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legend RIP 🙏

  • @deathlarsen7502
    @deathlarsen7502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He would have been a legit James bond

  • @peterc3143
    @peterc3143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He would have made a great James Bond

  • @alexandrariquelmejimenez4978
    @alexandrariquelmejimenez4978 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Es una muy buena película como todo lo que hizo

  • @zaynevanday142
    @zaynevanday142 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lewis Colins was part of 21 TA Artists Rifles SAS he did and passed selection but because of his high profile he wasn’t able to go any further correct me if I’m wrong

  • @yellowbelly8402
    @yellowbelly8402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He would done a great Dan Dare SCIFI Movie also,he had the eyebrows for that role I always thought.

  • @johnberkley1721
    @johnberkley1721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree lewis sould and would have been a amazing bond but only if he could have played it like he did in who dares wins, i think he would have been ahead of his time for the 80's

  • @lynnehothersall1060
    @lynnehothersall1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love love love 💘 lewis collins 💙

  • @strangeunusualphotography2786
    @strangeunusualphotography2786 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lewis Collins. Passed the actual selection course for 23 SAS, one of the SAS' two Territorial Army battalions, only to be turned away from the unit because of his celebrity status. He was considered for James bond but was believed to be too thuggish

  • @capturedlondon
    @capturedlondon หลายเดือนก่อน

    The man that should have been Bond - ‘Twice Nightly Whiteley’ RIP to both of these guys (you’ve spelt his name wrong in the title)

  • @lynnehothersall1060
    @lynnehothersall1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love lewis and I think he was a lovely person my regret is never meeting him hes my fav.english actor and he was very good looking but love the scouse down to earth cheeky big cuddly Teddy bear 🧸 🐻 gonzo loving soft lewis

  • @scottgeen3062
    @scottgeen3062 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Got to meet Martin shaw in New Zealand nice guy

  • @DaysLikeThese65
    @DaysLikeThese65 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lewis was wonderful and an inspiration. He hides his scouse accent remarkably well ;-) Could have played JB007 (better than Piers Brosnan) but still not as icy as Daniel Craig. RIP Body...

    • @pumbar
      @pumbar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's up with a Scouse accent?

    • @kenjones5645
      @kenjones5645 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mate, Daniel Craig is a crap Bond

    • @normathomas8276
      @normathomas8276 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Harrison not all scousers have the thick nasal accent and he's was from birkenhead which isn't Liverpool its over the water his accent is pretty much standard for were he's from

  • @wirralchap
    @wirralchap 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He would of made a Great James Bond

  • @BanIslam-j6p
    @BanIslam-j6p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Back when Britain was British

  • @gandlar5489
    @gandlar5489 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who dates wins was a great movie!

  • @angelray45
    @angelray45 14 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    stupid Broccoli. You denied us all Lew Collins as the greatest Bond.

  • @pilgrum23
    @pilgrum23 ปีที่แล้ว

    He did visit the sas depo few times

  • @jeanmalcolm8372
    @jeanmalcolm8372 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lewis was a great actor

  • @nfelvis68
    @nfelvis68 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless you Marilyn Webb...where are you now?

    • @andyelliott8027
      @andyelliott8027 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nfelvis68 Marilyn Webb died in 2014 aged 66 .

  • @nixonsmateruby1
    @nixonsmateruby1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved the professionals when I were lad.

  • @allybally0021
    @allybally0021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Apparently Richard Whitely turned down the role of James Bond. He totally looked the part.

  • @phantom_not_chopper
    @phantom_not_chopper 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wasn't Whitely MI6?

  • @1963frankd
    @1963frankd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Basically was giving up some of the important scenes of the film

  • @oriel229
    @oriel229 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone know why they threw him out of the reserve SAS?

  • @12345GAOTau
    @12345GAOTau 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool......

  • @bodiedoyletheprofessionals6796
    @bodiedoyletheprofessionals6796 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never got to be Bond, but acted alongside Piers Brosnan as an extra on The Professionals.

  • @Retroscoop
    @Retroscoop 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saturday Night Fever in England.... Oh no, that golden chain !

  • @leonshackleford9585
    @leonshackleford9585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He would of been a Brilliant James Bond Actor as well after meeting Cubby Broccoli

  • @blackmetal-dw3vv
    @blackmetal-dw3vv 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My son is named after Lewis Collins

  • @MsJamiewatt1
    @MsJamiewatt1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lewes would have made a great bond

  • @OrangeLW
    @OrangeLW 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Liverpoolscottish, just wondering - do you have any personal vendetta against the man?

  • @Jeffybonbon
    @Jeffybonbon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Both Passed now

  • @peckerdecker
    @peckerdecker 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    it would have been AMAZING to see Mr Collins as james bond
    forget that Daniella craig
    i want to see a real man/ an alpha ,male as James bond
    thanks for this video

  • @dancata7644
    @dancata7644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh yeah .. he should have played bond after roger. Also clive owen should have played bond too. Both these remarkable actors did not get a chance.

  • @marklaing9485
    @marklaing9485 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍻🍻🍻the Man 🤗could do comedy 😝the Man could do drama 🫢the Man could do anything 😇

  • @allisonday893
    @allisonday893 ปีที่แล้ว

    God he was gorgeous and such a sexy voice

  • @jimbojetset2106
    @jimbojetset2106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Colonel Mustard!

  • @Steinstra-vj7wl
    @Steinstra-vj7wl ปีที่แล้ว

    So...how he died ?

  • @Spartanm333
    @Spartanm333 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The ironic thing here is that Richard Whitely was a British Agent, albeit intelligence rather than a James Bond action figure. He does seen rather enthusiastic throughout the interview. Always good to have someone within the media channels and the nerdy buffoonery he projected gave good cover. Off camera, he was quiet and most often thoughtful and serious. Lewis Collins would have made a good Bond but he took himself a little too seriously... needed a touch of the Michael Caine really, relax, tell a joke, be normal in interviews.

    • @normathomas8276
      @normathomas8276 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spartanm333 wasn't it just a story unproven that he was an intelligence agent

  • @leedstown
    @leedstown 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He passed the selection test for 23 sas but got told he could not be accepted because he was too famous

  • @Stickleback
    @Stickleback 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lewis Collins and Sean Connery in a film about the S.B.S, or something along those lines, it has epic written all over it, what a shame.

  • @JackJack-zq6hz
    @JackJack-zq6hz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This man should have been James bond