Bond audition photos

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• Napoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  Great stuff! Mind you, those other actors seem to be chosen to show how Lazenby wasn't so bad after all... they're awful.
  
  The other thread about Bond's best women has some great, rarely seen photos too. -{

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• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  Interesting stuff, a good read. -{

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• Blackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  I'm glad you enjoyed it, and pleased I was able to contribute something to the forum without stirring up any trouble (so far!)
  
  By the way, I have to agree with Napoleon. The other dudes are absolutely dreadful! They all come across as trying too damned hard! All except for George Lazenby who seems relaxed, confident, and slightly bemused. Compared to those posers, Lazenby is practically Sean Connery!

  Thunderpussy wrote:

  Interesting stuff, a good read. -{

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• Youknowthename Carver Media GroupPosts: 501MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  Ha, amazing ! How could they possibly have considered any of those guys except for Lazenby ?
• Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  Who ARE the other actors? And who is the actress?
• Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  I just found out:
  Robert Campbell, Antony Rogers, Hans De Vries, George Lazenby and John Richardson.
  But who is the woman?
• David Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  I've replied to this elsewhere, but while Lazenby was undeniably brilliant in the finished film, I wonder whether this isn't prejudicing the view of these black and white still lifes?
  
  Okay, some of the others do look amazingly dubious, particularly as replacements for the Sean Connery model - Richardson looks unbelievably skinny, De Fries stocky and nothing special, and Rodgers, erm, 'unusual'.
  
  But Robert Campbell has a really good Bondian look and certainly - on appearance alone - wouldn't have upset me had he been cast and not Lazenby. Indeed, with the arse Lazenby became and problems he gave EON, I wonder if the filmakers regretted not casting Campbell after all....:o
• Napoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent

  June 2011

  Yeah, fair enough, though Campbell doesn't get a great shot really, you don't get a total impression of him. But yeah, he looks good enough, haircut a bit manky in some shots, but he has a Brosnan feel about him. And Lazenby, in the final shot, looks pretty old for his 29 years, could pass for 50! All have that male model, empty poseur look of 1960s ads.

  "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
  
  Roger Moore 1927-2017