George lazenby in a thunderball remake

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• Napoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent

  September 2010

  I think you're alone in this, Denzil! Of course, McClory could only get another Bond film made with a big star name like Connery. Lazenby, rightly or wrongly, was on the general public's 'Worst Bond actor' list around this time and was never a big star name. Anyway, in the late 80s Lazenby would have been too old, and it would have been too soon after NSNA for McClory to pull off.

  "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
  
  Roger Moore 1927-2017
• LOO7K OUT United KingdomPosts: 474MI6 Agent

  September 2010

  Napoleon Plural wrote:

  I think you're alone in this, Denzil! Of course, McClory could only get another Bond film made with a big star name like Connery. Lazenby, rightly or wrongly, was on the general public's 'Worst Bond actor' list around this time and was never a big star name. Anyway, in the late 80s Lazenby would have been too old, and it would have been too soon after NSNA for McClory to pull off.

  
  Agreed, the early 80's was the last time he could have played James Bond IMO.
  How he looked in the UNCLE film would have been perfect for what could have been his 8th and final film.
  
  McClory would never have got a 2nd film made, I do understand his point of view in some ways, but Warhead 2000 was just a pipe dream really.
  
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