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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • dewiparrydewiparry
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    If there's duplicate Bonds, we must be on the wrong timeline.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    I do wonder if the producers have one person in mind, like EON did with Craig and willing to wait for that person, or if they're more open minded like the producers were with TLD?
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    echo wrote: »
    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.

    They could have waited for him or adjusted the shooting schedule.
  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,701
    echo wrote: »
    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.

    I think Dalton was on their radar first but Brosnan was offered the contract first.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 9,323
    007ClassicBondFan wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.

    I think Dalton was on their radar first but Brosnan was offered the contract first.

    It's Ironic that the "buddies turned enemies" device was reused for both their starting movies.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,914
    echo wrote: »
    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.

    Did he? I thought it was nailed on in 94 mate. I don't Pierce even reshot his screentest
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited October 21 Posts: 3,373
    Yes, it looks like there was no need to re-do it. In Nobody Does It Better, Jeff Kleeman of MGM/UA said that while EON wanted Dalton to keep the role for what became GF, Tim 'was never in the picture' as far as the studio was concerned: 'The thing that was making us excited about making a Bond movie didn't include him.' Kleeman said that Cubby, BB and MGW argued Dalton's case and 'It got pretty heated. We were at loggerheads. Then Cubby, who had a walking stick, raised it and lightly tapped it on the ground. Everybody stopped and turned to Cubby. Cubby said 'Lets go with Pierce' and that was that.'
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 7,018
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.

    They could have waited for him or adjusted the shooting schedule.

    No. It was a different time with a much clearer delineation between film and TV. Brosnan was stuck in his TV contract, and Cubby didn't want his Bond concurrently on TV.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 19,427
    Plus I think Eon were contractually obliged to produce a film within a certain timeframe at that point: they couldn’t hang around. As well as delays meaning serious money when you’ve booked studio space, travel around the world etc. Dalton was hired so close to production started that he’s the only Bond to have worn off-the-rail suits as there was no time to have them made for him.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    edited 7:26am Posts: 2,479
    echo wrote: »
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    I don't think they were especially open-minded with TLD. Brosnan had it in the bag, until he didn't.

    They could have waited for him or adjusted the shooting schedule.

    No. It was a different time with a much clearer delineation between film and TV. Brosnan was stuck in his TV contract, and Cubby didn't want his Bond concurrently on TV.

    Excuses. They did it with Willis and it wasn't the end of the world.

    Cubby just didn't care. Remember they hired Lazenby and didn't bother watching a movie of his. Spoilers, there wasn't one.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan
    edited 8:04am Posts: 869
    mtm wrote: »
    Plus I think Eon were contractually obliged to produce a film within a certain timeframe at that point: they couldn’t hang around. As well as delays meaning serious money when you’ve booked studio space, travel around the world etc. Dalton was hired so close to production started that he’s the only Bond to have worn off-the-rail suits as there was no time to have them made for him.

    Apparently, the real reason was Dalton just didn't like wearing tailored clothes.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 8:40am Posts: 19,427
    Where did you read that, out of interest?
    I believe one of his dinner suits came from his previous movie, Brenda Starr, which suggests being done in a hurry.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan
    edited 9:37am Posts: 869
    mtm wrote: »
    Where did you read that, out of interest?
    I believe one of his dinner suits came from his previous movie, Brenda Starr, which suggests being done in a hurry.

    Emma Porteous, the costume designer, was interviewed for this book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Tailors-Love-Evolution-Menswear-Through/dp/1629337145. I'm afraid I can't find an online PDF.

    The dinner suit was made for Brenda Starr, but wasn't used in that film.

    Incidentally, that isn't the first time clothes, which were made for other productions, were recycled for the Bond films. A couple of Connery's suits and his tweed jacket from GF, were originally made for Woman of Straw.
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