Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?

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Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?

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Richard Burton would have given it a good shot, I reckon. Gravelly-voiced, hint of menace but suave with it.

I did hear that Ewan McGregor was once considered. Not sure about that one.

For a complete left-field choice, I'd go Terry Thomas.
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Derelict BumbleSnatch would make a good Bond but by the time he's done with his Marvel contract he'll probably be too old for the part.
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Clive Owen?
Michael Caine?
Sid James?
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I'd say Tom Hardy, but I think he's too obvious.
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:59 pm Clive Owen?
Good shout. I reckon he would have been half-decent.
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Henry Cavill, maybe?

I had no idea he was British, I assumed he was a Septic until I just googled it.
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I'd forgotten we already have an existing alternative Bond...
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Colin Firth.
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 1:04 pm Colin Firth.
Kingsman is almost a Bond film, just with more anal sex.
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Going back a bit but David McCallum had the right pedigree. Scottish and had played a Commander and a spy/agent.
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gremlin wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 1:03 pm I'd forgotten we already have an existing alternative Bond...
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Lewis Collins, although Broccoli took an instant dislike to him and that was that.

Gareth Hunt would have been half decent in a slightly comic way.
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The Martian wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:53 pm Derelict BumbleSnatch
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Binky Huckaback.
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 1:03 pm Henry Cavill, maybe?

I had no idea he was British, I assumed he was a Septic until I just googled it.
Yeah I could see Henry Cavill in the role.
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I''d love to see Danny Dyer play Bond.

"Oi, i'm faaking James Bond, ya cunt"

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Greenman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:45 am I''d love to see Danny Dyer play Bond.

"Oi, i'm faaking James Bond, ya cunt"

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