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.
@scotiadragoon5974 wow, I've loved the prisoner since it first aired (I was 10!), didn't know that was his wife in real life, learn something new everyday. Thanks. 👌 be seeing you.
Yes he would, I believe his opposition to the promiscuity was due to his strict catholic beliefs, which when looking at the film industry shows a strength of character.
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.
@@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.
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.....
Got you covered my friend. Do you know about the app TUBI. It's free, and has a ton of great movies and tv shows AND.....all the Prisoner episodes are on it!!!! :)
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.
I think the answer to the question 'who will always be Bond?' depends which Bond you saw first. While I love Sean Connery's take, Roger Moore's movies were the ones endlessly rerun on TV when I was growing up. Moore was my Bond and will always be. But it will always be enjoyable watching different interpretations of the character.
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,
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.
George Lazenby was the most athletic out of all the Bonds and was brilliant in fight scenes. But he wasn't an actor. Even Roger Moore was a RADA graduate in the 1950s. Lazenby mumbled his lines dreadfully. Bond (as Lazenby) : Mmmbww bbmm wssmbbwww Diana Rigg as Comtessa Teresa Di Vicenzo made everything sound like a Shakespearean soliloquy. I (re) watched OHMSS, recently and that really struck me. OHMSS was very good, as it happens, but Rigg and Savalas really had to carry Lazenby.
He is very good as Isaac of York in Ivanhoe (1982, directed by Douglas Camfield and with Anthony Andrews in the lead) - a superb medieval adventure film that, by tradition, is always screened on Swedish TV on New Year's Day. And you can totally hear Vandamme's voice in that of the wise and considerate Isaac in many scenes! 6:23 LORD LUCAN as James Bond! 😄😄😁😁 That's an awesome surprise! The case of Lord Lucan's disappearance is one of the most famous true-crime mysteries in modern Britain and it has been endlessly written and speculated about. According to one story his body was fed to the inhabitants of a live shark tank, just like that owned by some Bond villains... 😀
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.
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.
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!
@@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 🎬 😳🫣😳🫣
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.
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.
Excellent presentation thank you for the information and for the fun that was so entertaining. I really appreciate the hard work and I had no idea those people were suggested. I couldn’t imagine most of those people as bond when who be next what’s gonna be somebody? Thanks again for the fun until next time.
Thanks so much!!! Welcome to the channel. It will be a surprise to see which direction they take Bond next. I only hope they due the character justice. This video was a lot of fun to work and surprise to see who turned it down.
As a teenager in the 60’s Sean Connery will always be my favorite Bond. I loved the wittiness of Roger Moore and I loved the dark good looks and familiarity of Pierce Brosnan from Remington Steele.
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 😄 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. 🙏
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.
I featured in two of Daniel Craig James Bond Films, "Spectre" and "No Time To Die". I think all Six Actors who played James Bond were really good! Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. Roger Moore has to be James Bond for me. The first ever James Bond Movie I saw was "Live and Let Die".
The reason Patrick McGoohan refused to do any “hanky panky” was because he was very religious in real life. He refused to do any kind of love scenes or even kiss anyone who was not his real life wife (whom he was married to for 58 years until his death).
3:39 I knew before that Cary Grant had been considered for Dr No, and North by Northwest is certainly a kind of "proto-Bond movie" in terms of narrative, style and scenography. Eve prefigures much of what the typical "Bond girl" was going to be like. I had no idea though that James Mason, from the same film, had *also* been asked to play 007! :)
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.)
I love all the Bond films, but the best actors for me are: Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig are my top picks. Can't wait for more adventures of 007.
I'm glad none of these accepted the role. Rod Taylor would have been good, and he could handle the physicality, but I'm still glad Sean Connery was the first and quintessential Bond.
It would have been great to see Lawford, Burton, Grant, Mason, McGoohan, Taylor, Bingham, West, Eastwood, Gambon, Reynolds and Finch as other 00's in the briefing scene from "Thunderball".
i heard that pierce brosnan had been offered it when he was committed to a t.v. series. they wouldn't let him out of his contract, and it was several years later before he was both free for the role and the current bond retired from the role.
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 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.
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.
The best Bonds for me where 1, Sean Connery 2, Pierce Bronson and 3, Daniel Craig. I just hope the next actor to take on the role will be just as good but I am hoping it's Henry Cavill
I realize this video is about actors who were actually offered the part of Bond, and turned it down; but it reminded me of someone who was under consideration at one time: Clive Owen. I think he would have made a great Bond. But I guess the role was not really offered to him.
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.
@@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😉
As I understand things (obviously, I might be misinformed) they tried to get Roger Moore to play 007 earlier, but he was tied up in his contract for The Saint, so he had to decline. Isn't Christian Bale British, anyway?
This is true, about Roger.....and yes we totally know Bale is British....the American Psycho reference is to the movie he did, called American Psycho where he played a total narcissist dirtbag.... so we were poking fun at that film.
That is spot on...100% correct. Cary was already so well known, He would have overshadowed the character. It's like Dean Martin as Matt Helm...you never think of him as Matt Helm, you think, that's Dean Martin.
Richard Johnson would look perfect to cast James Bond. If you look at his photos from the 1950s and 1960s, his looks does match the character’s description in the book
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.....
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.
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!
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
Although all the Bond actors have been pretty great, what do you all think about AI potentially taking over for actors? For instance, imagine AI bringing the next Bond to life in the likeness of any actor. I experimented with this idea and created a concept trailer for a new Bond movie starring an AI-generated Daniel Craig. Based on the results, it feels like we’re getting close to making a full movie with AI! Curious to hear your thoughts.
This is a great post and question, as I have felt for more than 20 years that, eventually, AI would become so good that eventually they would have it so that any actor from any era of time would be available for your future film. Example: Say you want John Wayne in your next western...his estate would offer, you want John Wayne young, middle age, etc...and they would have put every image, word spoken, into a digital data base and like how things are today, put your script in and you're on your way....this way the family still benefits and you can have John Wayne in your movie...obviously provided you stay in the confines of the guidelines set by his estate. Interesting for something like film restoration but I think it might be like Peter Cushing being put back into Star Wars...all you can focus on is the fact you know he's dead and it's digital...so is it really worth it? Just an opinion by me nothing more.
I think Patrick McGoohan, being a strict Roman Catholic, wouldn’t do romantic scenes. Good for him, being true to his faith. Good for Adam West and Burt Reynolds too.
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.
Cary Grant would have NAILED IT!!! Richard Burton wouldn't have been bad, either!! By the By Cary doesn't have an "E" in his name. I'm flattered, though..
Wonder why the producers even considered Americans in the role of a British character. Next would be doing a feature on actors who applied for the role of Bond but was turned down. jack Lord was one such actor. He was turned down because he demanded a percentage of the profits, an unheard demand back then. Of all the actors presented in this video, I vote Patrick Mcgoohan and Rod Taylor as the most likely candidates. Never heard of Clint Eastwood being made the offer. As he rightly pointed out, the role should go to someone British, something the producers somehow felt less concerned about. When doing the first Bond, "Dr. No", they approached Roger Moore as Bond. He could not assume the role because he was already committed to doing the now iconic "The Saint" series.
Producers are notorious for chasing fads, trends, etc...someone becomes "hot" they try to capitalize on it. It's interesting to note that the Bond producers were Americans, but common sense tells you, Bond has to be British end of story.
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I grew up during the Roger Moore’s era but my favourite Bond is Daniel Craig
Many pick on Brosnan, but I very much enjoyed the Bond movies he did!
Yes, they were good. I would have liked more.
I agree I rather liked Brosmans and Craigs modernised Bond films and their independantly potrail of Bond
A biography of Ian Fleming told me that Fleming was thinking of David Niven when he was creating Bond.
I think Niven would be been splendid. More in line with the Roger Moore version.
No one can beat Sean Connery he was the best and a true 007 Bong no one cane take his place😍
Absoulutely....Connery was and will always be The James Bond
Patrick McGoohan would have been awesome
Christopher Plummer even though he wasn't British, he could have been a good Bond.
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.
@@scotiadragoon5974 He also was against excessive violence, he said once.
@scotiadragoon5974 wow, I've loved the prisoner since it first aired (I was 10!), didn't know that was his wife in real life, learn something new everyday. Thanks. 👌 be seeing you.
Yes he would, I believe his opposition to the promiscuity was due to his strict catholic beliefs, which when looking at the film industry shows a strength of character.
I grew up in the sixties, and I'll always remember that era for Sean Connery's Bond, The Beattles, Swingin'London and Motown.
Right there with you my friend!
I think Sean Connery was the best James Bond Roger Moore was good as a replacement but my favorite replacement was Pierce Bronson
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.
@@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.
Connery is my favorite followed y Daniel Craig.
Yep
Yes I agree, Connery no.1, Moore No.2 Craig no.3
I love Clint Eastwood but James Bond…no way.
Props to the 3 american actors who said the role should be a Brit
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.....
Absolutely love The Prisoner!
@sprocketsintime Can't ever find "The Prisoner" on any re-runs.
Got you covered my friend. Do you know about the app TUBI. It's free, and has a ton of great movies and tv shows AND.....all the Prisoner episodes are on it!!!! :)
@@sprocketsintime Excellent, I have Tubi.
Awesome!!!
Sean defined what the character would be like on screen, everything that came after came from him.
Sean Connery is Bond, James Bond. The others are excellent Bond actors
Agreed, there's No beating him, Roger was also good
I think Patrick McGoohan And Rod Taylor as dark horses would been excellent Bond. Michael Gambon would have been a better M later on.
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.
Funny how you just never know what will be that one thing that will truly change everything for you.
I love the artworks
Thank you!
I think the answer to the question 'who will always be Bond?' depends which Bond you saw first. While I love Sean Connery's take, Roger Moore's movies were the ones endlessly rerun on TV when I was growing up. Moore was my Bond and will always be. But it will always be enjoyable watching different interpretations of the character.
Roger is the Bond I grew up with too.
George Lazenby was surprisingly good in retrospect.
And Lazenby took his agent's bad advise and turned down a three picture deal.
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,
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.
Yes he was. I met Lazenby in Los Angeles in 2018 and complemented him on the film, really one of my favorites. He held the role well.
George Lazenby was the most athletic out of all the Bonds and was brilliant in fight scenes. But he wasn't an actor. Even Roger Moore was a RADA graduate in the 1950s. Lazenby mumbled his lines dreadfully.
Bond (as Lazenby) : Mmmbww bbmm wssmbbwww
Diana Rigg as Comtessa Teresa Di Vicenzo made everything sound like a Shakespearean soliloquy. I (re) watched OHMSS, recently and that really struck me. OHMSS was very good, as it happens, but Rigg and Savalas really had to carry Lazenby.
Absolutely fantastic channel!!! Thank you for putting so much time & effort into this Bonds who never serially were retrospective!!!!⭐️
Thank you and welcome to the channel. Let us know if there’s a topic you would like to see covered or featured!
The ones that really surprise me are Clint Eastwood Burt Reynolds and Adam West.. Although they look the part.. Bond has to be British end of
James Mason now i can see him as Bond!
Always liked James Mason!
I can totally HEAR him as Bond.
love James Mason❤
Brilliant actor but I'm not sure the role would fit his style.
He is very good as Isaac of York in Ivanhoe (1982, directed by Douglas Camfield and with Anthony Andrews in the lead) - a superb medieval adventure film that, by tradition, is always screened on Swedish TV on New Year's Day. And you can totally hear Vandamme's voice in that of the wise and considerate Isaac in many scenes!
6:23 LORD LUCAN as James Bond! 😄😄😁😁 That's an awesome surprise! The case of Lord Lucan's disappearance is one of the most famous true-crime mysteries in modern Britain and it has been endlessly written and speculated about. According to one story his body was fed to the inhabitants of a live shark tank, just like that owned by some Bond villains... 😀
I like Piers Bronson as 007 in all Bonds series ❤
I could see Dominic West taking the helm. Too bad he turned it down. He's got that Connery vibe.
Sean Connery & Pierce Brosnan
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.
Roger Moore says thank you Patrick McGoohan.
Brosnan was the love child of Connery and Moore with the attributes of both as well as the most handsome, perfect Bond.
Agree, he was the most handsome of them all and a really good actor. I saw him already in "Remington Steele".
Sean Connery is James Bond
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.
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!
Shouldn't Patrick McGoohan be Number Six on your list? Think about it.
Yes!!!! You know we totally thought that same thing after the fact!!! Total missed opportunity! 👏 you rock my friend!
I see what you did there.
Well played.
A very captivating comment!
Thank you! This was a lot of fun to watch. My favorite still stands above the rest. And then,second,MY second fave. #1-Sean Connery..#2-Daniel Craig.
Thanks so much! It was fun to discover all the details. Welcome to the channel!
Sean is the best without him is difficult to build success of the following bond movies !
very nice pictures
Thank you! Cheers!
Where did you find the pictures?
We created the images on MidJourney
@@sprocketsintime thanks. The stealth ship one is awesome. Now I know why a google search doesnt find it lol
I could actually see Peter Lawford as Bond
Very best information about old bond movie actor
Good info to know.
Thanks for watching!
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.
@@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 🎬 😳🫣😳🫣
Live and Let Die was also my first Bond movie...but saw it on Channel 100....before HBO was a thing.
@@sprocketsintime OMG Channel 100! 😂🤣😂 we had that too!
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.
Craig has 'means business' look.
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.
Excellent presentation thank you for the information and for the fun that was so entertaining. I really appreciate the hard work and I had no idea those people were suggested. I couldn’t imagine most of those people as bond when who be next what’s gonna be somebody? Thanks again for the fun until next time.
Thanks so much!!! Welcome to the channel. It will be a surprise to see which direction they take Bond next. I only hope they due the character justice. This video was a lot of fun to work and surprise to see who turned it down.
As a teenager in the 60’s Sean Connery will always be my favorite Bond. I loved the wittiness of Roger Moore and I loved the dark good looks and familiarity of Pierce Brosnan from Remington Steele.
Agreed!!! Well stated
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
I too thought Clive Owen was a good choice.
I love your inspired assessment of Bale. So refreshing to hear.
May you live long and prosper.
Cheers! It is meant in fun, but thank you, you made our day!
@@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. 🙏
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.
great piece thanks A "brooding" McGoohan oh yes! Lazenby was better than many thought.
(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.
Epic! 😂😂😂
Young Michael Gambon looks like David Thewlis in that photo.
YES!!!!! I totally see it!
Sam Neill is who I always wanted as Bond.
Piece Bronson and Daniel Craig for me the best Bonds
I featured in two of Daniel Craig James Bond Films, "Spectre" and "No Time To Die".
I think all Six Actors who played James Bond were really good! Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. Roger Moore has to be James Bond for me.
The first ever James Bond Movie I saw was "Live and Let Die".
Live and Let Die was my first Bond film also!
Sean Connery and Daniel Craig
The reason Patrick McGoohan refused to do any “hanky panky” was because he was very religious in real life. He refused to do any kind of love scenes or even kiss anyone who was not his real life wife (whom he was married to for 58 years until his death).
Mason should have played a villain he would have been great.
Agree
What’s the name of the music... at 10:23?
Hey thanks for your question. It's a track we created for this video, called, "Follow Me to Your Death."
Good Show!! 🇬🇧
Where did you get the artwork from?
It was created in Midjourney.
Burton and Mason would have been good if the role became grittier. Less glamour and punch ups but more cerebral.
I read somewhere that Peter O'Toole was initially considered as a possible James Bond interpreter by Ian Fleming
3:39 I knew before that Cary Grant had been considered for Dr No, and North by Northwest is certainly a kind of "proto-Bond movie" in terms of narrative, style and scenography. Eve prefigures much of what the typical "Bond girl" was going to be like. I had no idea though that James Mason, from the same film, had *also* been asked to play 007! :)
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.)
Same here. They are a total guilty pleasure. Dean just kinda waltzes through them but that's what you love about Dean.
You're right.Watch the telefilm Casino Royale with Barry Nelson. All wrong.
Pluto TV Movie Channel is showing the James Bond Movies on it in December now.
Yes! I just caught the tail end of Skyfall last night! Love Pluto and Tubi
My Favourite was the very smoothest of them all.. with a great sence of humour the one and only Roger Moore 👌
I love all the Bond films, but the best actors for me are: Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig are my top picks. Can't wait for more adventures of 007.
I'm glad none of these accepted the role. Rod Taylor would have been good, and he could handle the physicality, but I'm still glad Sean Connery was the first and quintessential Bond.
Surprisingly shicked me how many had said No for Dr. No.....
It would have been great to see Lawford, Burton, Grant, Mason, McGoohan, Taylor, Bingham, West, Eastwood, Gambon, Reynolds and Finch as other 00's in the briefing scene from "Thunderball".
That would have been awesome
James mason looks:like James bond Mcgoohan fits as well
Playing bond would have made most actors very famous
Lawford certainly looks like the Bond of the novels
Right!
Pierce Brosnan got my vote. He was suave, debonair and good looking.
i heard that pierce brosnan had been offered it when he was committed to a t.v. series. they wouldn't let him out of his contract, and it was several years later before he was both free for the role and the current bond retired from the role.
Yes when he was on Remington Steel
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
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
@@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.
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.
Till some years ago, I would have chosen Jude Law and Clive Owen as consistant James Bond interpreters
Clive Owen would have been a good candidate at one point for sure.
The best Bonds for me where 1, Sean Connery 2, Pierce Bronson and 3, Daniel Craig. I just hope the next actor to take on the role will be just as good but I am hoping it's Henry Cavill
Dominic West looks the most like who Ian Flemming described Bond looking like Hoagy Carmichael in the books.
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I realize this video is about actors who were actually offered the part of Bond, and turned it down; but it reminded me of someone who was under consideration at one time: Clive Owen. I think he would have made a great Bond. But I guess the role was not really offered to him.
Yes agree Clive Owen would have been a great Bond
I heard they asked Mel Gibson for Goldeneye but he turned it down.
That would not surprise me.
Is it me or is this guy freaking brutally and sarcastickly hilarious with his comments 😂😂😂 he really had me laughing.
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.
@@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😉
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@@sprocketsintimeThe way you described Adam West's love scenes if he was Bond would be like his fight scenes from Batman was funny.
As I understand things (obviously, I might be misinformed) they tried to get Roger Moore to play 007 earlier, but he was tied up in his contract for The Saint, so he had to decline.
Isn't Christian Bale British, anyway?
This is true, about Roger.....and yes we totally know Bale is British....the American Psycho reference is to the movie he did, called American Psycho where he played a total narcissist dirtbag.... so we were poking fun at that film.
Burton would have been brilliant 👏
My dad always said Patrick mghoon would have been a great bond as he was great in danger man 😅
By far the best Actor was Sean Connery for the Bond 007 character.
My favorite Bond will always be Sir Roger Moore.
Gary Grant would have made a great spy movie but wouldnt have become the iconic character it became. Gary Grant was allready too iconic as himself.
That is spot on...100% correct. Cary was already so well known, He would have overshadowed the character. It's like Dean Martin as Matt Helm...you never think of him as Matt Helm, you think, that's Dean Martin.
Richard Johnson would look perfect to cast James Bond. If you look at his photos from the 1950s and 1960s, his looks does match the character’s description in the book
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.....
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.
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!
Wow thanks so much! Those are great ideas! As we love Dr. Who and Harry Potter.
Sean is Bond
Richard Burton, wow!
Awesome
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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
agreed they would have been better for M. I would have loved to see what kind of Drax James Mason would have been!
brilliant
Hard to believe that Sean Connery was the 6th choice to play James bond at the beginning.
And Ian Fleming didn’t like him at first
Although all the Bond actors have been pretty great, what do you all think about AI potentially taking over for actors? For instance, imagine AI bringing the next Bond to life in the likeness of any actor. I experimented with this idea and created a concept trailer for a new Bond movie starring an AI-generated Daniel Craig. Based on the results, it feels like we’re getting close to making a full movie with AI! Curious to hear your thoughts.
This is a great post and question, as I have felt for more than 20 years that, eventually, AI would become so good that eventually they would have it so that any actor from any era of time would be available for your future film. Example: Say you want John Wayne in your next western...his estate would offer, you want John Wayne young, middle age, etc...and they would have put every image, word spoken, into a digital data base and like how things are today, put your script in and you're on your way....this way the family still benefits and you can have John Wayne in your movie...obviously provided you stay in the confines of the guidelines set by his estate. Interesting for something like film restoration but I think it might be like Peter Cushing being put back into Star Wars...all you can focus on is the fact you know he's dead and it's digital...so is it really worth it? Just an opinion by me nothing more.
BROSNAN was / is my fave
Sean Connery was my favorite. Although I'm surprised no one asked Michael Caine...
I wonder if they passed on Michael because of playing Spy Harry Palmer in Ipcress File, Funeral In Berlin, and Billion Dollar Brain
I agree, he was perfectly cast as Harry Palmer. Not sure Bond would have been such a good fit
I think Patrick McGoohan, being a strict Roman Catholic, wouldn’t do romantic scenes. Good for him, being true to his faith. Good for Adam West and Burt Reynolds too.
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.
Richard Burton as Bond would have been great. He was superb in Where Eagles Dare. Daniel Craig reminds me of him.
Absolutely
Roger Moore and Bronson for me
Cary Grant would have NAILED IT!!! Richard Burton wouldn't have been bad, either!! By the By Cary doesn't have an "E" in his name. I'm flattered, though..
Yeah that was one of those, "DOH" moments after the fact typing too fast and then going, awww mannn!!!" Agreed for sure about Grant and Burton
Christopher Lee was a real life Bond before he became head vampire.
I just wished Christopher Lee had gotten a better Bond film.
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Yeah, me too. Great theme tune though.
Oh yeah, one of the best Bond tunes for sure!
Wonder why the producers even considered Americans in the role of a British character. Next would be doing a feature on actors who applied for the role of Bond but was turned down. jack Lord was one such actor. He was turned down because he demanded a percentage of the profits, an unheard demand back then. Of all the actors presented in this video, I vote Patrick Mcgoohan and Rod Taylor as the most likely candidates. Never heard of Clint Eastwood being made the offer. As he rightly pointed out, the role should go to someone British, something the producers somehow felt less concerned about. When doing the first Bond, "Dr. No", they approached Roger Moore as Bond. He could not assume the role because he was already committed to doing the now iconic "The Saint" series.
Producers are notorious for chasing fads, trends, etc...someone becomes "hot" they try to capitalize on it. It's interesting to note that the Bond producers were Americans, but common sense tells you, Bond has to be British end of story.
I grew up during the Roger Moore’s era but my favourite Bond is Daniel Craig
ME too, I really enjoyed Daniel Craig as well.
Sean Connery is by far the best