Does Burt Reynolds Regret Passing On James Bond? | WWHL

[@misstiffanee7589]

Burt is serving the best tea. He is so smooth and makes you want to ask more questions. luv it!

[@justme8837]

I love his sense of humor

[@cuppajoe1]

He made bad movie role choices, had poor management, and behaved as if life was a lark and would always remain that way. I gather that he now sees the error of his ways. At least he is honest and still has a great sense of humor about himself. He has looked physically frail for at least 10 years. But he’s still standing and appears to have all of his marbles.

[@WilliamsDad1989]

Burt's actually always been quite humble about who he was. Look back at some of his 70's and 80's interviews. No one was more deprecating about Burt than Burt was. Watch some of the Johnny Carson ones. Carson constantly mocked Burt and made fun of him. And of course, Burt took it graciously. They were great friends. And as for his frailness, really the last 6 or 7 years. That's when he had heart surgery and things really started taking their toll on him from that point. Never really recovered.

[@tranurse]

He was a guy from South Florida who had to start over several times. His football career ended because of an injury, when he was 19 or 20. I think he just always figured he could start over again. I have a certain fondness for him, because he was a fellow FSU alumnus, who never waived in his devotion to our school, and he was always, unapologetically himself.

[@Someonesaidthis]

Burt passing up some of the best movies ever..

[@chriscornelius2518]

I could definitely see Burt doing the Jack Nicholson part in Terms of endearment.

[@coldwinter5710]

The part was actually written specifically with him in mind! The same writer he worked with in Starting Over. What the hell was he thinking turning it down?! OMG! He had terrible people working on his behalf. He would've been even better than Jack, and Jack was fabulous. Such a bummer!

[@davidthieroff9452]

Not just turning it down but turning it down to do Stroker Ace! Ouch.

[@RBrown803]

RIP Burt :-(

[@williamhenderson8371]

By the end you can tell Burt is reassessing his career choices and he doesn’t appear to happy with his decisions. LOL

[@MichelMawon4982]

wow! I could totally see Burt in many of those roles.

[@evas9735]

I think I just fell a bit more in love with Burt here 😜

[@cf4880]

He is a good sport and very funny, likeable.

[@gilbertchavira6269]

The script for Any which way but loose, was left at the Studio for Burt. Clint Eastwood saw it and read it and decided to make the movie.

[@mclal]

wow those are alot of classic movies right there!!

[@coldwinter5710]

He would've been a PERFECT James Bond! Even better than Roger Moore and Roger Moore was great! But Burt...ohhh! So much sexier and agile. Damn! You watch him in the movie Rough Cut and you will see exactly why they asked him and why he should've said yes. A decade of Bond movies with Burt would've been pure theatre bliss. What a loss for him and us...😫

[@lyndareed563]

I still see Burt’s good looks even though he’s been sick with different surgeries! I still would rather seem him than Marlon Brando ! Burt was a real mans man with a great sense of humor! Burt is still the man ! I felt like the guy interviewing him was kinda throwing digs at him. Oh well he was probably jealous of Burt too .... most men would be jealous!

[@CycolacFan]

Not so much interviewing Burt as screaming questions at him and letting him answer during breathes...

[@itsmia5902]

That was soooooo funny!

[@tajc.8925]

Damn Burt still a class act.

[@Scorchy666]

The way he treated Loni is unforgivable.

[@jamesmorgan3212]

If remember right he did Stroker Ace because he promised Hal Needham he would. He said his career never fully recovered.

[@scotttrucano584]

Burts memory was fading or he didn't want to admit it, but he turned down Terms of Endearment to do Stroker Ace.

[@deancj1]

Good choice. 😆😆😆

[@selfiekroos1777]

This interviewer is too harsh.

[@noitsnotme3549]

Marlon was such a diva! ❤️

[@bOmBAsTiK]

He was intimidated by young Burt...

[@davidthieroff9452]

Yep, Burt was compared to Brando a lot and Brando was probably insecure about that.

[@loungejay8555]

I'm sure Burt would have played those parts well, but I'm glad he didn't get them because the actors that did get them were perfect for those roles.

[@gzz8551]

Honestly, why did they ask the man to go on the show? He clearly can’t even act like he wants to be there.

[@deancj1]

He passed because he had to make stroker Ace and Sharkey's machine.

[@frankie3987]

He turned down for the "original James Bond"? Doesn't make sense, he was never considered as Bond in 1961, he wasn't even a well known actor then. Andy is referring to around 1970 when director Guy Hamilton wanted Reynolds for Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. Reynolds was never formally offered the role of Bond but said he could never play it because he could not top Sean Connery.

[@kendralucas9809]

Thank goodness this happened!

[@wheelmanstan]

hard to imagine an American playing bond, but Burt could have done well I'm sure as long as they let him embrace that thing us Americans have, that bravado haha, if they made him tone it down it wouldn't have worked, imagine having the characters make it clear that he's the new replacement American agent and they're a little annoyed with his way of doing things would have added good humor to the film/s

[@davidthieroff9452]

James Brolin came VERY close to playing him in Octopussy.

[@meliachild]

Hollywood treasure.

[@rigsby1454]

Says something that he passed on these but was still Burt Fucking Reynolds

[@walkerlyons3148]

Image A 1970 Super Friends movie after the Adam west batman ends with Burt replacing west as Batman/Bruce Wayne Robert Redford as Superman Natalie Wood As Wonder Woman Frank Sinatra As Darksied Kurt Russel As Robin Geogre Lazenby as Aquaman And Charlton Heston As Martian Manhunter

[@YAH-1]

Burt, still alive??

[@reginah6711]

YoYo32071 lol that's what I said

[@jayhi5479]

Stop!

[@YAH-1]

Thomas Joint, you woke 👀.. you know what I mean..

[@NelsonStJames]

Not after today.

[@garrison6863]

He turned down those parts and he did Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run? Pretty Woman would have been perfect for him. But glad he was not in Cuckoo's Nest or Terms of Endearment. He could not have done what Nicholson did.

[@seanjoyce7039]

Agree about CUCKOO'S NEST, disagree about ENDEARMENT...that role literally was written for him and I think he would have killed it. Gere got PRETTY WOMAN after Reynolds turned it down just like he got AMERICAN GIGOLO when Travolta passed on it.

[@davidthieroff9452]

Disagree. He was born to play Garrett Breedlove. It was written for him.

[@shimmerlite5820]

You're shady Andy..🤣🤣🤣

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Very....

[@davidgoble4182]

watched the last movie star it was great. it was he was saying good bye

[@MarkWilliam-2001]

Wtf kind of a segment is this?

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Burt would'a been dope in both Nicholson films and Han Solo. Not as Michael Corleone though, maybe Sonny's part.

[@WilliamsDad1989]

I think he could of handled the role of Michael. Personally, I don't think Pacino brought a lot to it. Any scene he and Cazales are in together, Cazales owned the scene. Just like in Dog Day Afternoon.

[@770WT]

Brando probably preferred one of Italian heritage to be Michael Corleone .

[@abigailsockeye1586]

dude croaked

[@MpaYn]

He could've not make a James Bond. Yes, englandish does it better. He would've not been a good Hones solo. He made great choices.

[@glenngatlen8179]

I read he had bad health problems and pain killer addiction

[@randysuggs842]

But he does smokie and the bandit? I think he turned the rolls down because he knew he couldn't act that well.

[@thomascampr]

Randy Suggs Starwars and die hard was not acting .

[@LeeEricsson]

He could pull off all those roles except maybe the Godfather

[@damien1781]

Star Wars wouldn’t take much effort so relax

[@nazur72]

He would be a good han solo actually.

[@WilliamsDad1989]

@@LeeEricsson I think he could of handled the role of Michael. Personally, I don't think Pacino brought a lot to it. Any scene he and Cazales are in together, Cazales owned the scene. Just like in Dog Day Afternoon.

[@debrabutler7452]

Burt Reynolds didn't pass on all those great parts, his ego did. Now look at him.

[@larrythomas6543]

yeah, he got old just like you did

[@47imagine]

Why torture an actor this way, Andy? Granted, Burt Reynolds has always been a jerk. But still, geez.

[@markm9710]

He would have been a better actor than Harrison Ford in Star wars.

[@georgedroy]

Mark M I would pay to see Norm Macdonald do Burt Reynolds auditioning for Han Solo

[@sampahumeoli]

he was doing a lot of women so is forgiven :)

[@1yearyounger]

I love Burt, but most of those movies would have been worse with him tbh....

[@avantill]

I can't watch Cohen, He gets Me Dizzy with His Weird Eyes !

[@lacouerfairy]

Pretty Woman was a crappy movie so I don't blame him for passing.

[@manantial773]

It is not and it is a classic, also he blaim himsefl.

[@Scorchy666]

Wrong. Its a perfectly structured screenplay. It might seem simple and crappy on the surface, but excellent storytelling. That's why it's so fondly remembered.

[@erikadowdy686]

He looks pretty bad. I m sorry to say that I’m pretty sure he’s not going to last much longer. Doesn’t look it

[@itsmia5902]

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[@damien1781]

Really Erika???

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[@itsmia5902]

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[@uncreativelynamedchannel5887]

+Middle Man You called it.

[@PeterHatch-mx7zc]

Hes dead let thed fuc sleep

[@plateplayer7618]

Smokey and the Bandit is the James bond of America.

[@brianegendorf2023]

When they mentioned Star Wars, I thought, "Vader and the Bandit"...