15 ACTORS WHO TURNED DOWN JAMES BOND

[@DavidSmith-xs3or]

I grew up in the sixties, and I'll always remember that era for Sean Connery's Bond, The Beattles, Swingin'London and Motown.

[@sprocketsintime]

Right there with you my friend!

[@reddawg6748]

yep, me too!

[@Troy_Tempest]

Patrick McGoohan would have been awesome

[@bryanferratt6598]

Christopher Plummer even though he wasn't British, he could have been a good Bond.

[@scotiadragoon5974]

He had the style and, more importantly, the ruthlessness. The "unknown reason" why he refused a promiscuous character was the same as for Neal McDonough: devout Catholicism and a strong sense of monogamy to his wife. Even acting intimate with another woman was/is unacceptable for both, so they ended up in primarily villainous roles. McGoohan's only on-screen kiss was on "Secret Agent/ Danger Man", and the actress who was the recipient was his real-life wife.

[@BillLaBrie]

George Lazenby was surprisingly good in retrospect.

[@robertlight5227]

And Lazenby took his agent's bad advise and turned down a three picture deal.

[@redd605]

Yes then three it all away, if he hadn't, we never would of got the perfect roger Moore ,who was right for Bond in the 70s just wouldn't of worked with George in live and let die,

[@jasona9]

There is a good 2017 HULU documentary on George called BECOMING BOND. After reading Ian Fleming, George may have fit the role physically even better than Sean Connery.

[@dhm7815]

A biography of Ian Fleming told me that Fleming was thinking of David Niven when he was creating Bond.

[@hasantariq9491]

Sean Connery is Bond, James Bond. The others are excellent Bond actors

[@DaleGribbletheCat]

Agreed, there's No beating him, Roger was also good

[@petertrout7866]

I love Clint Eastwood but James Bond…no way.

[@automotiveaffairsshorts]

Many pick on Brosnan, but I very much enjoyed the Bond movies he did!

[@StimParavane]

Yes, they were good. I would have liked more.

[@Wenchework]

I agree I rather liked Brosmans and Craigs modernised Bond films and their independantly potrail of Bond

[@rolandmiller5456]

I think Patrick McGoohan And Rod Taylor as dark horses would been excellent Bond. Michael Gambon would have been a better M later on.

[@darrensmith6999]

James Mason now i can see him as Bond!

[@sprocketsintime]

Always liked James Mason!

[@JayTemple]

I can totally HEAR him as Bond.

[@musicisgoodforthesoul999]

love James Mason❤

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Brilliant actor but I'm not sure the role would fit his style.

[@tsr207]

In "Ice Station Zebra" McGoohan proved he would have excelled as a serious Bond role- however, he rightly saw the franchise for what it was and instead created the memorable "Prisioner" series which will be discussed for a very long time.....

[@sprocketsintime]

Absolutely love The Prisoner!

[@keithgraham9547]

​@sprocketsintime Can't ever find "The Prisoner" on any re-runs.

[@sprocketsintime]

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[@keithgraham9547]

@@sprocketsintime Excellent, I have Tubi.

[@sprocketsintime]

Awesome!!!

[@VERMISIMILITUDE]

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[@sprocketsintime]

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[@davidwillis3591]

I think Sean Connery was the best James Bond Roger Moore was good as a replacement but my favorite replacement was Pierce Bronson

[@danieltaylor1494]

W Craig dying in the last movie, think that Brocoli/Wilson should think outside the box here. Taking cues from Craig's tun as bond...orphans always make the best recruits. Not trying to find someone to play Bond, but someone (male, as Fleming wrote the character as a man and Brocoli/Wilson swore would always be cast as a man). Find someone to take up the 007 position. Stop trying to redo the franchise...accept what was and carry forth..bring new traits to 007.

[@stephenalanmoore7278]

@@danieltaylor1494 I believe that British actor Tom Ellis would've made a great Bond, as he has all of the right qualities for that iconic role, but since he is now in his mid forties (and Eon want to sign an actor to a multi-picture contract) he is already a bit too long in the tooth for it. They SHOULD have chosen him for 'Casino Royale' instead of Craig, but it's obviously too late now. It's a shame that Ellis never got the chance to have a crack at it, as I think he would've done a great job, but there you go.

[@lesliedavid1244]

Connery is my favorite followed y Daniel Craig.

[@Luisalonzo88]

Yep

[@user-xh3lz9xt4l]

Yes I agree, Connery no.1, Moore No.2 Craig no.3

[@dasdguy7606]

I could see Dominic West taking the helm. Too bad he turned it down. He's got that Connery vibe.

[@davidanderson4876]

Poor old George Lazenby. Offered a 7-picture deal after OHMSS and his dumb agent convinced him to turn it down. I thought he was great in OHMSS - and so did Quentin Tarantino. My son met him for a photo at a ComicCon event and said he was a nice bloke.

[@sprocketsintime]

Have you seen the documentary Becoming Bond? It’s on Hulu . It’s really good and he himself admits he messed it all up. Glad your son got to meet him

[@merewynyard5813]

GEORGE LAZENBY was my pick after SEAN❤from 🇦🇺

[@terrysmith-zt8ls]

Sean Connery was best, because he was first. It was quite a thing back then. Daniel Craig was more physical looking and fit the character better then the rest.

[@joew4295]

Shouldn't Patrick McGoohan be Number Six on your list? Think about it.

[@sprocketsintime]

Yes!!!! You know we totally thought that same thing after the fact!!! Total missed opportunity! 👏 you rock my friend!

[@michaelwallace1861]

I see what you did there. Well played.

[@teomac]

A very captivating comment!

[@mikepette4422]

(said in James Mason's voice) I'm Mason...James Mason. I'm very sorry. I can't possibly take this role as I'm far too debonair to be James Bond.

[@sprocketsintime]

Epic! 😂😂😂

[@andrewburton9643]

Sean Connery is James Bond

[@richardhead3062]

McGoohan had the presence and acting ability to be a great bond but his ethics would prevent him from taking that type of part. He also had a distain for Leslie Charteris character “The Saint” another series from the Lou Grade stable. There is a great picture on the wall of the well trodden long corridor at Pinewood of some of the cast of Hell Drives having tea break. Alfie Bass, Gordon Jackson, Patrick McGoohan and a young Sean Connery.

[@dwightlove3704]

Roger Moore says thank you Patrick McGoohan.

[@ADDoesIt2023]

What a great video! I love movie trivia. I didn't know about most of these actors turning down the role. I was surprised to hear they offered it to a few American actors.

[@sprocketsintime]

Thanks so much!!! I think sometimes the idea of chasing someone who is hot the industry isn't always the best choice to make..it's like impulse buying!

[@binky1612]

I love the artworks

[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you!

[@edkrzywdzinski9121]

I love your inspired assessment of Bale. So refreshing to hear. May you live long and prosper.

[@sprocketsintime]

Cheers! It is meant in fun, but thank you, you made our day!

[@edkrzywdzinski9121]

@@sprocketsintime 😄 Yeah, I kinda figured... but any mud slinged on CB still warms my heart! To make your day a bit better, I absolutely loved your background images. If I could be bothered to learn Midjourney and motivate myself to do what you did, I could only hope to create images 10% as good as those you made. So envious..🤩 3 cheers to you.. thanks again. 🙏

[@sprocketsintime]

Thanks so much! It took many tries and different types of prompts to try and get what I did. I thought about each Bond film and what was the theme like OHMSS and Blofeld's mountain lair, Diamonds are Forever and the Vegas backdrop, Goldeneye and Moscow...if there is one background In particular let me know and I'll tell you how I prompted it. Cheers.

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

Great video. Rod Taylor admitted that he wanted to "tear his hair out" every time a new Bond film was released. Such was the regret he later had over turning down the role of 007.

[@sprocketsintime]

Funny how you just never know what will be that one thing that will truly change everything for you.

[@mikepette4422]

I could actually see Peter Lawford as Bond

[@fus149hammer5]

Burton and Mason would have been good if the role became grittier. Less glamour and punch ups but more cerebral.

[@brianreynolds5920]

James Bond should always be played by a British actor. My most recent choice would have been Clive Owen although I am not sure he was ever offered the role

[@sprocketsintime]

I too thought Clive Owen was a good choice.

[@SSGLew]

Connery is the definitive Bond. I actually place Dalton ahead of Pierce. Roger was simply Simon pretending to be Bond IMHO. Craig and George were both good in the role, with George having the best story arc as well as the best Bond Girl, Dame Diana Rigg.

[@handy-fy1bn]

Connery established the role and will always be the iconic Bond. That said, I have a soft spot for the cheeky Roger Moore's Bond.

[@jasona9]

@@handy-fy1bn agree! My Dad took us to see LIVE AND LET DIE at the Drive-In Theatre 🚘. My first Bond film 🎥! I was probably 6 or 7…oh the 🐊 crocodile scene 🎬 😳🫣😳🫣

[@sprocketsintime]

Live and Let Die was also my first Bond movie...but saw it on Channel 100....before HBO was a thing.

[@jasona9]

@@sprocketsintime OMG Channel 100! 😂🤣😂 we had that too!

[@peterlai6503]

Sean is the best without him is difficult to build success of the following bond movies !

[@moviesgalore9947]

Mason should have played a villain he would have been great.

[@janetaldrich7747]

Young Michael Gambon looks like David Thewlis in that photo.

[@sprocketsintime]

YES!!!!! I totally see it!

[@scottstallings5029]

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[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you so much! Totally just made my day!

[@Pelican_Brief]

very nice pictures

[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DaveMoore]

Where did you find the pictures?

[@sprocketsintime]

We created the images on MidJourney

[@DaveMoore]

@@sprocketsintime thanks. The stealth ship one is awesome. Now I know why a google search doesnt find it lol

[@xplank]

I enjoyed Dalton as Bond, I didn’t think he was give a far crack at it, the scripts weren’t as good as they could have been, and coming out of the silliness as slap stick of the last few Moore films, I don’t think the audience was ready for a more edgy bond

[@NCIStracephone]

You are so right. I have both films and he definitely would have been a smooth one. It was more than just the script.

[@ajitk4627]

Pierce Brosnan got my vote. He was suave, debonair and good looking.

[@bwanasefunjege3096]

Fantastic. Well done and yes Sean

[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you!

[@lalaeuro]

Richard Burton would have been great! Adam West would have benn... very odd! And yes, Sean Connery was the original, but I liked Pierce Brosnan the most, even more than Daniel Craig.

[@davidsauls9542]

Sam Neill is who I always wanted as Bond.

[@joenewton2021]

Sean Connery and Daniel Craig

[@Centauri27]

Very interesting! I'm surprised at the number of American actors they approached. An American Bond just wouldn't feel right. (Btw, I did enjoy Dean Martin's "Matt Helm" movies as a child.)

[@sprocketsintime]

Same here. They are a total guilty pleasure. Dean just kinda waltzes through them but that's what you love about Dean.

[@that_thing_I_do]

You're right.Watch the telefilm Casino Royale with Barry Nelson. All wrong.

[@Sz-ie9ik]

Sean is Bond

[@darren2514fv]

It seems that they are looking at younger actors who are in their late 20s/early 30s ie Tom Holland the film version of the video game Unchartered could have been Tom Holland's Bond audition Richard Burton, James Mason and Michael Gambon would have been more suited for the role of M and both Stewart Granger and James Mason were both shortlisted for the role of Drax in Moonraker but both were not offered the Drax role because of Moonraker being a UK/France co-production (under the 1965-1979 agreement) which meant that Michael Lonsdale took the part of Drax

[@sprocketsintime]

agreed they would have been better for M. I would have loved to see what kind of Drax James Mason would have been!

[@lovenlightman]

James mason looks:like James bond Mcgoohan fits as well Playing bond would have made most actors very famous

[@jasona9]

7:00 I certainly think Adam West had the physical traits to be James Bond, yet it is hard for me to imagine him in the role. I believe he later stated that turning down the role of a '00' was a mistake....He was a great actor and still my favorite BATMAN

[@sprocketsintime]

My favorite Batman as well. Adam West was personally a great guy! I got to work with him in 1988 on a film and he was such a hoot

[@jasona9]

@@sprocketsintime that is a great story! I always thought he was a good actor and was sorry he couldn’t do more diverse roles due to not being able to shake his ‘caped crusader’ 📺 image.

[@sprocketsintime]

Agreed, sadly he was at a very low point in his career as the film we were working on was very low budget and he needed the money, he was on set for three days for $1,500. (fifteen hundred dollars) but he was so available and humble.

[@zb1066]

Sean Connery was my favorite. Although I'm surprised no one asked Michael Caine...

[@sprocketsintime]

I wonder if they passed on Michael because of playing Spy Harry Palmer in Ipcress File, Funeral In Berlin, and Billion Dollar Brain

[@user-qg4wg5yy7e]

I agree, he was perfectly cast as Harry Palmer. Not sure Bond would have been such a good fit

[@nmarks]

Richard Burton as Bond would have been great. He was superb in Where Eagles Dare. Daniel Craig reminds me of him.

[@lunarmodule6419]

Absolutely

[@alanguages]

Clive Owen really should have been offered the role of James Bond. Even in the Pink Panther with Steve Martin he was 006, and needed one more to make it to the big time.

[@dorickopinto575]

Being diplomatic I think all the Bond actors had their moments ...everyone is different and therefore injects their own personality into a role. That said I am hoping when a new 007 actor is finally chosen the producers have the films bring back some of the fun (gadgets & witty dialogue) from the older films as Daniel Craig's more recent Bond films have been super-serious. I would like to see the devil-may-care witty and charming super-spy return ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂

[@rickycooke7098]

Sean and Roger were the 2 best at playing the character Bond, the others actors played the character well but not great.... Would love to see their style brought back, Hollywood needs to remember we as a audience want to be entertained, bring back the old style Bond... I have to say my least favorite was Daniel Craig , in all fairness I did grow up in the Sean, Roger era so I would be partial to that style.....

[@johnmorris7262]

Good Show!! 🇬🇧

[@lfd_eng9219]

Connery was the first and probably the best...at least in the first films (Dr. No through Thunderball)...but then you could sense his boredom with the character. Daniel Craig provided an edge that I truly appreciated and was great in Casino Royale through Skyfall...and I place him a close second (Spectre had some good moments...but No Time To Die failed). Roger Moore was my introduction...and while I loved the campiness of his tenure, it fell flat on the last two films...For Your Eyes Only and Live And Let Die were his best...he places third. I prefer Dalton's Bond in License to Kill slightly over Brosnan's Bond in Goldeneye (the best films for these two)...Dalton was a bit over acted, but didn't rely on gadgets as much, more of a spy...but the scripts were the scripts. And Lazenby was so wooden...I hate that he ruined the film featuring the best Bond Girl...Dame Diana Rigg. Eva Green is 1B...Diana 1A. Glad no Americans have played Bond, and they shouldn't...but I guess we agree that a Scottish Lad was the best. Next up? Maybe Harry Potter? Or how about one of the Dr. Who portrayers? Well done Sprockets!

[@sprocketsintime]

Wow thanks so much! Those are great ideas! As we love Dr. Who and Harry Potter.

[@tudyk21]

It doesn't make sense to me that an American would be offered the role of Bond. It Eastwood or Renolds would have attempted and Enlish accent, it would have been the death of the franchise! 😂 Cary Grant may have been able. But, to make an American an MI6 agent probably wouldn't have worked with fans. JMO. Edit: And those American actors thought the same.

[@lesliethyagarajan]

brilliant

[@user-ng4wq1js7k]

I loved Roger Moore as James Bond!!!!❤❤

[@seanswinton6242]

For me, Roger Moore was my first Bond film I remember watching in its entirety "Live And Let Die" to be precise. That also had the first James Bond sing I liked. I was 6 years old. I became a Paul McCartney fan and didn't realize he was a Beatle, in spite of growing up listening to them. Silly me liked The Monkees more and thought the Rolling Stones were better. I grew up, thank goodness! I came to love the Beatles and Stones, the learned the Monkees were an assembled band for TV.

[@ianbruce4314]

Connery was best bond followed by Pierce Brosan...

[@johnashton4776]

Where did you get the artwork from?

[@sprocketsintime]

It was created in Midjourney.

[@statesmanuel]

MOst of those early picks were just too old for this action part.

[@fus149hammer5]

Well Connery was already bald and wearing a head rug before he got the role.

[@deejay5362]

What’s the name of the music... at 10:23?

[@sprocketsintime]

Hey thanks for your question. It's a track we created for this video, called, "Follow Me to Your Death."

[@Floorguy1000]

Best: Connery Roger Moore.. a terrific and iconic Simon Templar....but not as Bond. Would have been great to have a high production standard Saint movie with Moore. Best Person who Said No: Patrick McGoohan He had the charm, personality, and physicality. I'm sorry they never did a full blown, high budget John Drake movie. (...and no, "Koroshi" doesn't count)

[@sprocketsintime]

Would have loved to see a John Drake film with McGoohan! Did you like Val Kilmer in The Saint?

[@Floorguy1000]

@@sprocketsintime It was certainly different in attitude than the original George Sanders Saint movies , or the Roger Moore tv series. Imo, Moore was the perfect charmer for Simon Templar...and his Bond was definitely similar to Templar. I think there was a reason there was never a Saint II with Kilmer. Have not yet seen the 2017 Saint, which had Moore and his tv successor Ian Olgivy in the movie.

[@georgesmith4509]

great piece thanks A "brooding" McGoohan oh yes! Lazenby was better than many thought.

[@CAndrewNelson]

I enjoyed all six actors who were officially cast as Bond, but I would have dearly loved to see Patrick McGoohan in the role. He would have been brilliant, perhaps even the best. I do, however, understand his reasoning for turning down the part. He was a dedicated husband and a devout Catholic. As a married actor myself, I would not want to play a role where I would be called upon to have to kiss a woman who is not my wife, let alone bed multiple women. I can play a killer in a film or TV series because I'm not really killing anyone on set. However, if I kiss a woman on set, I'm really kissing someone who isn't my wife. That's not something I am comfortable doing. Apart from that aspect, McGoohan would have been so good in the role.

[@JonathanGarcia-pr9eo]

Lawford for me.

[@tudyk21]

13:46 Agreed!

[@user-xd7jl1ku7c]

My dad always said Patrick mghoon would have been a great bond as he was great in danger man 😅

[@martinrivera4493]

BROSNAN was / is my fave

[@xnsimmonsx]

Would loved to see Adam West as Bond.

[@sprocketsintime]

Something very interesting is that while both Adam West and Burt Reynolds turned it down....in the movie "Hooper" Adam is playing a spy like James Bond and Burt is his stuntman...irony.

[@fredlast4547]

One name you missed; Jon Finch

[@sprocketsintime]

Nope, Jon Finch is there. He’s number 12 on the list 10:15

[@rodrigorincongarcia771]

Ididn't expect so many american actors.

[@sprocketsintime]

Yes it is surprising since the character is a British spy. It seems the producers were thinking if the actor was popular then anyone could play Bond.

[@yvettelingwood2458]

Lord Lucan as bond?Aaaahhh…..

[@shankarraj3433]

I like Sean Connery as J A M E S B O N D 0 0 7

[@saeedmadani7949]

By far the best Actor was Sean Connery for the Bond 007 character.

[@uweb.7586]

Sean Connery is and remains the best, the eternal James Bond. No one killed their opponents with such dry humor and wonderful cynicism.

[@seanmcdonald5859]

Daniel is by the fae the best TRUE Bond because Bond is a thoroughly unpleasant and unlikeable arse and Daniel plays that brilliantly: he is dour, cynical, brutal, sexist and barely under control . . .hell, he even tries to outright murder Blofeld whilst knowing he is under intense observation. Dalton and Beosnan, whilst very capable and respected actors, were handsome leading men given the task of portraying a borderline sociopath and whilst both portrayed Bond as cynical and jaded, neither had the sheer physical presence of Craigs Bond or the ability to portray the physical brutality of Bond. Craig's Bond is the one we see where the job takes its toll both physically and emotionally.

[@merewynyard5813]

❤SEAN CONNERY BEST BOND FOR EVER...Maybe Richard Burton or James Mason would have been ok, thats my opinion😮

[@pyoung168]

Totally agree wrt to C. Bale…I haven’t liked a single film I’ve had the displeasure of seeing hi in. Not even the Batman stuff he did.

[@elvisfenlon2154]

To be fair, I don't think you're supposed to "like" 'American Psycho' lol. I thought he was brilliant in 'Empire of the Sun', extraordinary, haunting performance. (BTW, if you did "like" 'American Psycho', I'd be very worried indeed, lol 🤔)

[@sprocketsintime]

On point 100% I agree, don't think you're supposed to like his character in AP. And he was 100% great in Empire of the Sun. We were just having fun with his reputation of being difficult and sometimes demanding. Thank for the comment!

[@eddieq2189]

What about Tom Hardy he's a british actor who in My opinión would be a very Good Bond well an update one anyway

[@scottstallings5029]

R0GER WAS THE BEST B0ND EVER!❤😊

[@michalisterpandros6017]

Pierce Brosnan is the best. For me Craig looks too Russian. I believe his bond is a Russian double agent related to general ouromov

[@JoeMcCallum-y5s]

Connery will always be Bond ,he said “Bond,James Bond” with menace if you look at the rest of them they all say Bond James Bond as if the can’t believe they got the gig…I always wait for them to say,yeah I know,I can’t believe I’m playing him 😂😂

[@sprocketsintime]

100% Joe!!! I always felt the same way!

[@lunarmodule6419]

Fun thx

[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you!

[@lovejen01]

We wanted Pierce anyway.😂😂😂

[@hilarioph]

6:48 My goodness poor guy. He has been missing until now?

[@sprocketsintime]

Crazy isn't it? What do you think happened to him?

[@duncanidaho2130]

Lazenby is the best Bond. Btw... love the background paintings.

[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@janetaldrich7747]

I love Liam Needon, but not as Bond

[@leethomas2155]

Craig Connery (Dr No - Thunderball) Dalton Lazenby Moore Connery (YOLT & DAF) Brosnan

[@that_thing_I_do]

Fame chooses you as well as your audience .That is why Connery is the best Bond. With Brosnan, I kept waiting for Stephanie Zimbalist to come save him like the TV series. They gave poor Roger a cartoon series.Even Connery said it. Craig advised the next Bond not to give us Sh*t.Too bad he didn't follow his own advice with that turd No Time to Die. What an ego to suggest he was the last Bond.

[@sprocketsintime]

All so true! I hated No Time To Die..... really Bond killed by Freddie Mercury? Sean would have stomped him in the pre-title sequence.

[@Sz-ie9ik]

Tom Hardy would be a good 007

[@stephenalanmoore7278]

Like Daniel Craig before him, I believe Tom Hardy is far too short for Bond's dinner jacket at just 5'9 and would be much better suited to playing a villain instead. What's more, Hardy is almost fifty and, so therefore, he's now way too old to take on the part anyway.

[@sprocketsintime]

Agreed Stephen I think he totally nailed it with playing the Kray Twins. love Legend

[@stephenalanmoore7278]

@@sprocketsintime I have 'Legend' on DVD, too. I agree with you that Tom Hardy did a great job playing the notorious Kray Twins.

[@dorissanchez7519]

Is it me or is this guy freaking brutally and sarcastickly hilarious with his comments 😂😂😂 he really had me laughing.

[@sprocketsintime]

Thank you! Just trying to have some fun with it and mean no disrespect. Some folks think I’m incorrectly calling Bale an American but am referring to the film American Psycho.

[@dorissanchez7519]

@@sprocketsintime I mean in all reality why do you think that Bales pshicopath performance in American Pshico was so outstanding is because in real life the man is quite pshicopathic himself😉

[@sprocketsintime]

100% :)

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

​@@sprocketsintimeThe way you described Adam West's love scenes if he was Bond would be like his fight scenes from Batman was funny.

[@treadinglightly-gg9cc]

True, Christian Bale is just the worst.

[@williamjohnson3093]

I think Cary Grant, David Niven, and James Mason would’ve been good 007s.

[@sprocketsintime]

Would have been interesting to see their takes on the role for sure!

[@robertsanders5355]

Definitely Cary Grant if it were made in the 1940's, just look at his roles in "North by Northwest" which Fleming borrowed the aircraft scene for, "Charade" and "To catch a thief" all James Bond style movies.

[@johnshepherd9676]

Especially David Niven. He was a real commando.

[@PaulVandersypen]

@@sprocketsintime Ian Fleming wanted David Niven for Dr. No, but producers thought Niven was too old to start a franchise. Fleming also wanted his cousin Christopher Lee to play Bond, but again, producers said no.

[@ianhill4585]

David Niven was in the first Casino Royale comedy version , playing Bond I believe,( I haven't seen it for a while).

[@HMB-rv8ez]

Roger Moore & Sean Connery two best James Bond👍

[@jasona9]

Roger Moore was a great Bond, but in his autobiography, he called Sean the best 'James Bond'.

[@johnbarrile2095]

You do know that Christian Bale is British, right?

[@sprocketsintime]

Yes 100%...the reference is to his role in "American Psycho"

[@LukeLovesRose]

Rod taylor wouldve been so great as Bond. Disney mustve paid him a pretty penny. A pretty Many Penny. Ha! No, seriously, Sean is and always will be Bond

[@Samp50]

Timothy Dalton was the worst. Sean Conory was the best .

[@slamtilt01]

I’m sure they could Deep Fake Sean Connery into another Bond movie 🎥 🍿.

[@sprocketsintime]

I believe they will eventually do that for future films. Families will have established estates to use their images for entertainment

[@johnbowyer6902]

It has to be a white British actor to play bond. The character and demeanour of Bond would be watered-down if someone other than a British actor played this part.😊

[@fus149hammer5]

I've no problem with white commonwealth such as Lazenby or even Brosnan the irish but a yank? Definitely not!

[@aquaevitae]

I think, that Sean Connery is the only right James Bond. All the others are replacement Bonds, and out of all replacement Bonds i think Roger Moore is the best. Out of all these potential James Bond candidates who never made it, i think Adam West would have been really good James Bond.

[@milawless69]

Connery and Bronson

[@HughLamb-rd5yt]

Connery, every time,for the best James Bond.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

It's just a shame that Connery was only half interested most if the time.

[@steveb4012]

Bond Ranking: Connery Craig, Brosnan, Dalton, Lazenby, Moore. Loved Roger but i hated that his era was turned into a comedy show. Not what Ian Fleming intended.

[@sprocketsintime]

100% agree!!! I grew up with Roger Moore but never felt he was truly the lethal spy Ian Fleming intended. Moonraker is a guilty pleasure, but it's just one long commercial for every product placement possible.

[@steveb4012]

@sprocketsintime The Spy who Loved Me is my pick, guess it's because I met Richard Kiel, lovely man.

[@sprocketsintime]

Hey Steve! That's so cool!!! Always like Richard Kiel. I've met a few celebs over the years, most gracious and pleasant was Janet Leigh. And did work with Adam West in 1988 on a low budget movie.

[@steveb4012]

@sprocketsintime Wow, big Batman fans in this house and one of my teenage sons is a HUGE fan, his bedroom is filled with Bat stuff.!

[@sprocketsintime]

Well I can tell you, Adam West was a very kind and genuine talent and the movie we had him on was WAY beneath his talents, but times were hard for him, but he was a joy to be around and he treated me very well.

[@laff000]

Richard Burton would have been an interesting Bond. But whoever is next after Daniel Craig won't be a good one. Barbara Broccoli keeps hinting that the next Bond will be some woke stupid version that will piss off most fans. If that happens you won't see me watching it.

[@sprocketsintime]

I agree and absolutely reject that woke agenda garbage

[@fus149hammer5]

​@sprocketsintime 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 She should look at how unpopular Dr Who is now. If they really want to kill Bond the money machine that's the way to do it.

[@sprocketsintime]

Agreed, go woke and ruin a 50 plus year franchise.

[@MrSteeljazz]

“Move along, Batboy!” 😂 My, my, verily the claws do come out. While I don’t think Bale would have made a good bond, he did a surprisingly good Bruce Wayne. Then he had to go and ruin it all by opening his big mouth to thank Satan. Reprehensible.

[@sprocketsintime]

😂😂 thank you! It’s just sarcastic fun. But can’t deny when someone is talented but I agree about the satan thing!