Legend or reality about actors who have been contacted by Eon

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• Q and M IrelandPosts: 171MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  i laugh everytime, i hear about Liam Neeson and Goldeneye, apparantly he turned it down because he was not interested in action films and look at him now with one of the most profitable action franchises with Taken!!! haha
• Peppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  As always when a new Bond is being cast a lot of names are being thrown around and of course the producers invite some actors for screen tests. However, to my knowledge, only James Brolin (DAF) and Pierce Brosnan (TLD) were actually contracted to play Bond. Brolin was replaced by Connery, but had his contract paid in full. And Brosnan was replaced by Dalton when CGS picked up the option on Remington Steel.

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• Le Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  Peppermill wrote:

  As always when a new Bond is being cast a lot of names are being thrown around and of course the producers invite some actors for screen tests. However, to my knowledge, only James Brolin (DAF) and Pierce Brosnan (TLD) were actually contracted to play Bond. Brolin was replaced by Connery, but had his contract paid in full. And Brosnan was replaced by Dalton when CGS picked up the option on Remington Steel.

  
  Quick correction: John Gavin was contracted for DAF, not James Brolin.

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• Q and M IrelandPosts: 171MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  did james brolin not screen-test for Octopussy?
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhkUWMJoccQ
• Bodie Posts: 211MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  Brolin did screentest for Octopussy. The other screentest I have seen was Sam Neill for TLD and I think he would have done a great job.
  
  I read an interview where Lewis Collins who said he had an interview with Cubby Broccoli but blew it so never made it to a screentest.
• Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  IMO there is always the one they already have in mind and who eventually gets the job (you know their names), a group of lesser known ones who they also test to see if something comes up (James brolin, Sam Neill,John Richardson,...), and then there´s a bunch of rumours that they probably start themselves of well known names who will never ever be James Bond and they know it (Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson).
• Peppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent

  October 2012

  Le Samourai wrote:

  Peppermill wrote:

  As always when a new Bond is being cast a lot of names are being thrown around and of course the producers invite some actors for screen tests. However, to my knowledge, only James Brolin (DAF) and Pierce Brosnan (TLD) were actually contracted to play Bond. Brolin was replaced by Connery, but had his contract paid in full. And Brosnan was replaced by Dalton when CGS picked up the option on Remington Steel.

  
  Quick correction: John Gavin was contracted for DAF, not James Brolin.

  
  Oops, you are correct of course, had the right person in mind, just the wrong name.

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