Sam Neill and Julian Glover Were Almost James Bond

by Bob Sassone Apr 26th 2006 // 11:01AM

Filed under: Action, Casting, Fandom, James Bond

There is a long, interesting post over at TV Guide's FlickChick, recapping the history of the James Bond franchise. Who almost became Bond, who played Bond when, who turned down the role and why. I already knew that Barry Nelson was the first person to play Bond (he played "Jimmy Bond," in a 1954 episode of Climax) and that Timothy Dalton was asked to play Bond many years before he got the role in the late '80s, but I didn't know that Patrick "Number Six" McGoohan turned down the role, or that both Sam Neill and Julian Glover auditioned to play 007 before Dalton came into the picture. Richard Johnson and Sid James almost became Bond too, but I've never heard of either of them.

I was asked to play 007 too, back in the early '80s, when Moore was going to be replaced, but I had a biology paper due and had to turn them down.

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Tags: 007, agent 007, barry nelson, bond james bond, broccoli, daniel craig, george lazenby, ian fleming, moneypenny, pierce brosnan, roger moore, sean connery, SeanConnery, timothy dalton

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