LEWIS COLLINS ON THE BOB MILLS SHOW 1997

[@joannegallagher2792]

I'm 56yrs old I fell totally in love with Lewis when I first saw him in The Cuckoo Waltz when he appeared as Bodie I fell even deeper I was heartbroken when he died I didn't even know he was ill even now with all the handsome actor's there are today not one of them have the sex appeal and screen presence that Lewis Collins had bless his heart 💖

[@heidikoch4300]

The best. For ever. Stern hätte er verdient.

[@evelynenders3144]

Lewis Collins... a great man and a great actor with a great sense of humour.

[@sunflower1968]

RIP Lewis Collins. The best Bond we never had.

[@paullittle4622]

sunflower1968 could of been the first gay James bond

[@andyelliott8027]

@@paullittle4622 GAY? Passed SAS selection, married with 3 sons...........I don't think so.

[@OldMod67]

Me and my mates said for years he should have been Bond. Glad others thoughtful same..

[@carlahansen9090]

sunflower1968 oh i agree I would've watched Bond if it was Lewis

[@peterfranks6243]

Would have been as good as Lazenby for raw toughness way before Craig

[@christinedelaney1214]

He was my first crush absolutely loved him had 2 big scrap books of him and posters of him all on my bedroom wall saw him in real life when he opened Windsor warehouse in Bradford he was so handsome used to drive my dad nuts talking about him all the time r.i.p Lewis Collins you handsome man xxx

[@justinneill5003]

What a cool dude he was. Served in the TA as a Para, even started SAS selection until senior officers decided his celebrity status would not be compatible. He was the real deal, we should have seen more of him. Hope he's up there now, still giving grief to Cowley. RIP Lewis 🙏

[@ebbanjenkins5960]

I'll commit sacrilege by saying Lewis Collins would've been the best Bond of all of them..had the good looks cool and charisma of Connery..the poise of Brosnan the tongue in cheek humour of Moore and the tough gritty realism of Craig..it's mad how little he was used in any major role R.I.P Mr Collins

[@yoya4766]

spot on, he encapsulated them all.

[@rub1tan679]

ABSOLUTELY ❗️❗️❗️👍👍🇬🇧😎

[@CosmicKnight369]

I don't think so, he was an average actor at best. He didn't have the smooth physical movement for a spy role.

[@Bertiesghost]

He would have been up there with Sean.

[@jerryoshea3116]

I certainly have never understood Daniel Craig's success!..He has never expressed right kind of style or charisma( which has always been a intrinsic part of the Bond personalityif he's t playing a tough or questionable character,he's fine& i think would have been far better suited to a Villains role! Imo ( 007 nemesis) But Lewis Collins would have done a fine Job!

[@SMSJSC]

The Professionals - for me, the best 'action' series British TV has ever produced. Collins, Shaw and Jackson - a fantastic team.

[@ianwatkins6202]

It was a fabulous show The Professionals but for me, The Sweeney was number 1😊

[@RABIDJOCK]

@@ianwatkins6202 Yep I'm a Professionals fan more that a Sweeney fan but have to say the Sweeney had better storylines and better supporting cast..

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@RABIDJOCK The Profs hardly had a support cast!

[@peterfranks6243]

To us of a certain age you WILL always be the coolest action star on television, God bless you Lewis

[@moz6616]

i hope his wife reads these great comments about this legend. so many people loved him and he was the bond that never was so cool so great so loved.

[@Richard_Gatecliffe_Photography]

A great Actor. Shame the media showed him little dignity towards the end of his life. Rest in peace Sir.

[@lyndaoneill7813]

Such a great bloke,fantastic in the professionals, he should have gone so much further.He would have been a great bond,they made a huge mistake not picking him.R.I.P. Lewis,a beautiful man 👍👍

[@TTH77]

Without doubt one of the most charismatic and coolest actors this country has ever had. Completely and totally under used after the brilliant Professionals. There's differing stories why he didn't become the next James Bond from he was too aggressive in the interview or over confident or what ever well that's pretty cool in itself, anyway the producers and makers of James Bond robbed the fans of who I think would of been one of the best James Bonds, what a waste😩😥😥 What a wonderful interview this was he was talking about the professionals being 20 years previous and now in nearly 2016 this interview was 16/17 years ago and we've lost him now where does the time go. I wasn't even a teenager when the professionals started now I've got my eye on retirement😢 very sad.

[@leejamieson4434]

I totally agree he would of been the best bond such a waste of an actor and far better than Martin Shaw I love the professionals I was seven when I watched it and I'm forty six now and still watching it, timeless

[@richardclarke376]

talk about Gone Too Soon. RIP Lewis.

[@philmellor4885]

EssexV6...Yep...its hard to comprehend that the Bond producers persevered with a geriatric Moore when they could of gone with Collins. Fucking baffling.

[@richardjohnson6944]

He could have made loads of action films

[@bozotheclown169]

@James Henderson according to imdb LCollins was 5ft 11 which wouldve been fine. DCraig is listed as 5ft 10 (but is probably shorter)..but maybe back then a Bond just shy of 6ft was a deal breaker for Cubby?

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

God Bless Lewis Collins! RIP ! I grew up watching him, the best 'BOND' we never had! dx

[@DavidCunningham-dj5ck]

Lewis Collins was a true alpha male in every sense. A talented actor criminally under utilized. He is missed.

[@TerryDonoghue-t4d]

It does seem sad that Lewis career seemed to taper off after the professionals but he peaked in that show as one of the UK’s most popular and greatest ever actors in terms of ratings. He did really well. He died the day my youngest son was born. RIP.

[@sugarnads]

I used to love the absolutely determined way he ran in the show.

[@RioBow]

Absolutely heartbroken that this man didnt become James Bond. If ever a actor was James Bond it was Lewis Collins.

[@JamesSmith-qs4hx]

I hear they are going to give it to a black....

[@ruantengyi]

Cubby Broccoli was to blame for this as he found Collins very aggressive for the role. Sadly, the world wasn’t ready for a dark and sinister 007.

[@RioBow]

@@ruantengyi By the 1980s Broccoli had lost his judgment big time he had lost his touch by then.

[@lynnehothersall1060]

Never forgotten ❤ lewis collins my hero and favorite English actor .underated and would have been a great bond but we had bodie and lewis was perfect as him .

[@yoya4766]

He must have carried so much pain. To lose out on being a drummer with the 'tatty group'' aka The Beatles, and the Bond role. Two of the biggest phenomena of the 20th century. Lewis had it all, good looks, music ability, martial arts, acting, and a sweet unassuming man. RIP legend. Gone but never forgotten.

[@simonfarrell6585]

I love him in "who dares wins" the scene on his motorbike visiting his wife in secret, the music, such a great film & an underated actor, R.I.P Lewis

[@richardclarke376]

I like the music in that film and especially the last 10 minutes

[@DieGrinsekatze]

yes, it was so moving. i still love that movie 😥

[@paulhirst999]

RIP Lewis. Still watch the Professionals when i can on ITV4.Love it

[@brianmunich553]

Still on all these years later thankfully I've seen them all lots of times and even with all the channels today I still rather watch that and its tv from before my time

[@minstrelofMir]

Thank you for some of the best tv when i was young,,didant know you even passed the SAS after the show,you were the real deal,fare play,,,RIP Lewis

[@kittykatty3577]

I remember this as my first seeing him after a few years on from the professionals I watched with my mam and dad on itv repeats. So cool and so gorgeous. Still watching on itv4. Miss him a whole lot. So cool.xxx

[@euanelliott3613]

He would have been the best Bond since Connery. As Bodie he was cool, tough, suave and all action. I recently watched him in Who Dares Wins, he played Peter Skellern, an SAS soldier who goes undercover to foil a terrorist plot, and he was brilliant. Thank you Lewis Collins, for countless hours of great entertainment. You really were great.

[@andyanderson3567]

Great shame he was never given the opportunity to play Bond. I'd imagine he would have smashed it !

[@ruantengyi]

@@andyanderson3567 Cubby Broccoli was to blame for this as he found Collins too aggressive for the role. :(

[@PointlessSillyName]

According to everyone who ever met him (sadly I'm not one), Lewis Collins was one of the nicest people you could ever encounter.

[@tonmisty]

This man should have been a much bigger star, very under used as an actor and would have been brilliant as Bond. Suprised he didn't make it big in movies.

[@BellogsTheChicken]

I think he turned it down

[@tonmisty]

@@BellogsTheChicken No he didn't. He actually auditioned for Bond but he was thought to be too aggressive for the role.

[@ruantengyi]

@@tonmisty Cubby Broccoli was to blame for this as he found Collins too aggressive for the role. At that time, the world wasn’t ready for a dark, tough and sinister Bond like Dalton and Craig. :(

[@captainpharaoh]

He was also an SAS leader in the movie "The Final Option." He actually passed the test for SAS, but they turned him down because of his celebrity. One tough dude.

[@uneasy9090]

Without a doubt the coolest guy in the 80s and 90s RIP Mr Collins 🙏

[@geoffjoffy]

Lewis should have done more interviews. He comes across very well as himself.

[@Lucy-rc7vk]

Oh my first crush!!! Posters all over my bedroom walls and kissed them all every bedtime. Met him once opening an Alfa romeo car showroom in Surrey. Had his one eyed German shepherd dog in the car, managed to get 2 kisses off him, OMG I was in heaven that day!!!

[@rohansrider]

He would have been 51 here, still looks great. I am so glad we did not see photos of him before he died, as we did with poor Patrick Swayzee; that was terrible, at least we can remember this handsome man the way he was. Loved the series.

[@jerrysummers5971]

We did I've seen them.😐

[@kittykatty3577]

Ahh I miss him such a handsome man and such an underrated star for the time. If he’d been Bond many more women would have watched. Love him.xxx

[@richardclarke376]

Brilliant guy. Was not a PC suck up. Ended his days running a computer shop in LA, and God Bless him! What a guy!

[@johnastreet]

Very underrated and should have gone a lot further. R.I.P

[@jchisholm1968]

It was an extremely Sad day yesterday when I found out he had passed away. RIP Lewis Collins!

[@mrp3930]

Still watch the professionals even now when it’s on. Watched as a kid and it’s still just as good.

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

RIP...too badass to be chosen for James Bond

[@videocurios]

What a brilliant Mans's man the world doesn't seem right without him

[@nfelvis68]

Nice comment. BTW u can now buy the blu ray versions of The Professionals which are superb.

[@maximiliandyhr2575]

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[@nigelfannon8571]

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[@maximiliandyhr2575]

+Nigel Fannon thanks

[@maximiliandyhr2575]

Thanks do you know How many seasons ore boxes there is

[@CeeOlleab388]

He could have been the perfect Bond --RIP Lewis Collins you still gave us great performances and lovely memories of those times.

[@fiveredpears]

Such sad news about Lewis Collins, he was so cool as Bodie. He was a hero to myself and millions of young boys.

[@supersonic1246]

... absolutely ...

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@supersonic1246 And the presenters of Top Gear.

[@mymusicfootage]

RIP, very sad news, i loved watching The Professionals when i was growing up.

[@Rikitocker]

Bodie was my fave character as a kid ... I even named my dog Bodie! ;-)

[@DieGrinsekatze]

i bought a vintage Capri just because of him

[@rumbleofdrums]

RIP the man who should have been Bond. It's the Bond franchise's loss.

[@rumbleofdrums]

If you've never seen the film 'Who Dares Wins' watch it. It's one of those movies which never ages.

[@rumbleofdrums]

rumbleofdrums Lewis Collins actually went through SAS training and passed SAS selection before filming Who Dares Wins

[@SeriousSpyBond]

rumbleofdrums Agreed, mate. He would've been awesome as Bond! And yes, Who Dares Wins is still one hell of a movie!

[@tonychuter4830]

So sad they never thought of bringing the professionals back great show so sad Lewis Collins has passed away great guy a talent missed he had so much to give RIP SIR you are and always will be a professional...

[@BungleBare]

Sky did bring it back. Around 1998, if I remember correctly. It was called CI5: The New Professionals, and starred Edward Woodward in an equivalent role to Gordon Jackson’s. It was …. ….. disappointing.

[@gerryd7027]

What a legend states had starsky and hutch we had proffesionals. Still watch the re runs but remember as a kid getting all excited when they came on tv RIP Bodie what a guy 😎👍

[@explorer806]

What a legend. We miss you Lew.

[@phil04100]

rip lewis mate, a local legend from birkenhead! we will miss you.

[@rohansrider]

Smiles with his eyes. Good trait.

[@cnikkac]

always watch his eyes

[@normathomas8276]

Rosalind Mercer georgous looking man

[@jheathish]

such a gorgeous man!! love him, not many like him that's for sure....

[@rajnirvan3336]

Legendary actor Lewis Collins. RIP

[@annwillett7489]

Sooo handsome yes he would of been an awesome James Bond RIP Lewis 💕

[@yoya4766]

Thanks to YT his wife and kids can see how the public loved him. In life he may not have realised how long people's memories are.

[@Loveisthelaw69]

RIP Lewis.... Thanks for playing those wonderful roles in who Dares Wins and the Professionals etc.... A real tough guy actor and apparently passing the SAS reserves induction.... Your missed...

[@jackiesurridge8178]

I a hundred percent agree, The Professionals was the best ever action show. Even to today nothing beats it.. Lewis Collins you were and will always be my hero, RIP

[@rockysablue]

Lewis Collins. My heartfelt respect for you. RIP.

[@JohnDoe-rn6pz]

God bless him a Great British actor will not be forgotten

[@jakubkrcma]

Endless greatness

[@melvinch]

Lewis Collins would have made a marvelous James Bond if given the chance.

[@marcusmorrison3292]

Epic series that one never tires from watching. It also enables us to see England in its prime before it turning into a migration camp.

[@jamesjameson4566]

It's gotten worse, much worse

[@danielp2947]

R.i.P. He was the Hero of my childhood

[@supersonic1246]

... of mine too ... !

[@TheEntertainmentsOnMe]

Both legends

[@h.a6177]

R. I. P.... Lewis Collins great British actor.. 👍😎

[@jamesunsworth6865]

At least Martin Shaw, had the good manners, to make it up With Lewis Collins, before he passed away. What a tragic waste of Acting Talent, and lovely, down to earth personality. He was an ex TA Paratrooper as well, I think that he even passed “selection” for 23 SAS, but, his TV bosses, put a stop to it. RIP Lewis. Lesson, life is way to short for grudges, ( real, or imagined) and hatred is such a negative emotion. Take Note, James Bolam. Although it’s too late for you. When people indulge in this behaviour, don’t they realise that they are demeaned as a person.

[@rob5944]

James Bolam? Did they have a row?

[@BungleBare]

@@rob5944 James Bolam had a similar fall-out with his Likely Lads co-star, the now sadly departed Rodney Bewes.

[@rob5944]

@@BungleBare really, I wonder what these people argue about? Two of my old mates fell out over an electrical job and I was in the middle listening to them sniping about the other. I moved but am still in touch and used to drink with one then the other lol. One you quit working with someone often you lose touch because you've nothing in common anymore. 😟

[@sarahholland2600]

@@BungleBare What was it about? I mean Bolam had a v good career after the Likely Lads: whereas Rodney was relegated to non famous theatre stuff.

[@mozfan737]

I fancied bodie in the 70s I viewed him as a proper man R.I.P handsome man xx

[@Mustaine1ify]

The Professionals was my favourite show when I was a kid RIP Lewis Top guy

[@haydoncooper3744]

Lewis would have been a great Bond.Died way too soon and didn’t deserve to die when he did.Still love watching The Professionals to this day. He was a true great. Rest In Peace Lewis you will be remembered.❤️

[@solarstream4]

RIP Lewis great-actor

[@marknicol9443]

Love Lewis Collins r.i.p u we're amazing actor ..(bodie) legend xx

[@bonniescott6470]

Sad he passed away loved him 💜🙏

[@nzrdb6]

Such a shame Shaw was a snob about the role he'll be best remembered by

[@CM-dw3gh]

Did shaw not want to work with lewis?

[@kimmarievan-ever6599]

@@CM-dw3gh no it was just he didn't want the professionals repeated on tv as he is now a 'serious' actor dontcha kno... too full of his bloody own self importance.. all the money Lewis could have got from those re runs too.. Lewis was so versatile. A great comedic timing in his previous hit show The Cuckoo Waltz with Diane Keen and David Roper where he played a womanising lodger who flirted with Keen as the married woman. And yes like others think he should easily have been 007. Much better than Moore and Dalton. He actually passed sas training. .would have been great..in all his interviews and his this is your life programme he was very unassuming..down to earth and so well loved.. how he never became a big star i dont know and he would have been great in a professionals reboot doing Jacksons role. RIP big man you are missed

[@genesis1765]

@@kimmarievan-ever6599 Lewis was a gent. they all got rerun contracts the main 3 actors. because the contracts needed all 3 to sign for reruns to occur at a certain rate Shaw would basically put the contract on the side somewhere. what happened one time was Jackson's widow told Lewis to try to get Shaw to sign his contract. Lewis phoned up Shaw and basically told him to sign so a widow could get payments from her husbands work. Shaw signed and payments started to come in.

[@TheGreenjacketbilly]

@@genesis1765 wrong....Shaw never signed and Jacksons widow struggled for years. Shaw is so far up his own a**e hence Collins refusal to comment..he wasnt very happy. The 2 of them eventually had dinner and made peace not long before Collins passed away.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Most younger people will remember him from Judge John Deed, if at all.

[@ci5mates]

Thanks Angelfish and friends, great interview

[@dj4myparty]

Seriously coolest actor ever and starred in the Bill later. He's one of the most loved actors on tv

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Great guy .made my childhood.Saturday night's were brill.

[@duster15670]

He would have made the most perfect James Bond...Wasn't in the audition long as they wanted another Sean Connery at the time but what short sightedness was that!!

[@anthonydiggle2926]

Lewis Collins certainly should have had the lead role in "The New Professionals". Edward Woodward did an excellent job, but if Lewis was at the helm it would of had the continuity factor like Patrick Macnee's involvement in "The New Avengers". I think more people would of watched the show and thus it would have more than one series.

[@thursoberwick1948]

I watched the reboot recently. The first episode is atrocious but the others strangely watchable. Woodward and Doig are the best things in it.

[@joanhammond1217]

Wow - Lewis was still gorgeous, wasn't he?

[@MrRazzy34]

R,I,P Lewis Collins I salute you Sir

[@adamcollins915]

Collins still looked good in 1997 & could have still been Bond if he had got the part after Moore.

[@hayabusabart]

R.I.P Lewis Collins. A great action hero with a hard image and a good sense of humor thrown in. The guy was like that in real life too Best film for me was "who dares wins" SAS Peter Skellern AWESOME! R.I.P

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

Very shocked to hear of Lewis Collin's passing.

[@johnperardua4596]

Loved Lewis Collins one of my childhood idols. RIP Lad.

[@ethantough946]

Why didn't The Professionals get bigger? It is the best cop thing I've ever watched! R.I.P Lewis Collins

[@biroldjoshan3745]

Lewis Collins... another legend... rip

[@keithlestrange4249]

Miss him a lot RIP Lewis

[@sajidbutt2530]

Me too Keith...

[@GOFFMEISTER]

Great actor.

[@stu632]

He was the better of the duo in the professionals and Shaw comes across as a nob, esp when he didn't even bother going to LC's This is your life.

[@leedobson]

TA Para too, what a cool guy he was, and a hero to 70's/80's boys

[@WolfHeichele]

He would have made a great James Bond at that age ... dammn

[@septembervirgo3723]

Martin Shaw a serious actor, what a bloody laugh. At best he was mediocre. Bloody ponce with a floor mop on his head. Loved Lewis, he was every girls dream in the late 1970’s. Handsome and charming but tough as well. I wrote to him when he was appearing in a play at Chesterfield because the Sheffield date got cancelled and he sent me a gorgeous signed photograph. RIP Lewis xx 💜

[@SuzyQ334]

I so agree with you about Martin Shaw. I liked him in his TV shows after the Professionals - Judge John Deed and George Gently. But like so many "actors" in interviews he comes across as a pretentious prat who thinks he's too good for TV. Lewis came across as a lovely bloke and I agree with everyone else who reckons he was the best Bond we never had. RIP Lewis Collins.

[@mdee64]

God bless.

[@julianaylor4351]

Without the chemistry of the three stars The Professionals would not have worked, it would come over as ludicrous. RIP Lewis Collins.

[@Bondek1996]

Legend. Professionals, Who Dares Wins and passed SAS selection. His Bond would've been great.

[@justingriffiths01]

RIP Lewis. Bodie shall live forever though.

[@alancooper7497]

Taken way too early from us.

[@nialwestwood]

Great down to earth guy, very sad he passed on. He was the catalyst for Jason Statham-RIP

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Always loved Bodie and Doyle, I think they were 9/10ths the reason as to why the viewers watched The Professionals.

[@airaction2257]

They wouldn't have Lewis as James Bond but had Timothy Dalton what a joke, Lewis was perfect for the part,and shaw was just a snob,Lewis was far more popular,R.I.P Lewis you are a Legend and thanks for your great performances in the Professionals, i grew up with that show and you were the Man, God Bless.

[@ant2312]

could the audio be any lower?

[@caeserromero3013]

They filmed a bit of a car chase scene for that late 90's revival series on the trading estate where I worked at the time in Egham Surrey....

[@BellogsTheChicken]

I miss these days of tv

[@brox68]

Sad news...a great actor......R.I.P Lewis.