It's 1969, and we have a new James Bond!

WilyBadger

Ok, so this one's a little different from most. But what would've happened had Timothy Dalton played Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"? He was apparently offered the part, but since he was only 22, he thought he was too young. How might this have changed the franchise?

On another note, what if Lazenby had stayed on? Apparently he was offered the role in "Diamonds Are Forever". Had he remained Bond, would he have become more popular?

For the record, btw, I think that movie was one of the five best in the series, and I actually liked Lazenby, so there! :p
 

ColeMercury

Well, if Lazenby had been in "Diamonds Are Forever" he'd probably be viewed more favourably simply because his time in the Bond role wouldn't be sandwiched between two Sean Connery films - it'd make him more legitimate, basically, rather than a pretender on Connery's throne.

If Dalton had played Bond then, he'd probably be slammed for it even more than Lazenby was. "Not only is this guy replacing Sean Connery, but he's fifteen years younger than him! What a horrible decision! I don't even need to see the movie to know it's crap!"
 

Bill Garvin

WilyBadger said:
On another note, what if Lazenby had stayed on? Apparently he was offered the role in "Diamonds Are Forever". Had he remained Bond, would he have become more popular? For the record, btw, I think that movie was one of the five best in the series, and I actually liked Lazenby, so there! :p
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I saw OHMS for the first time in many years a few weeks ago and I was surprised by what a good move it was (I agree, certainly high up in the top five) and what a good performance Lazenby turned in. He was taking the role over so he faltered a little bit true, but nothing too bad. I think that, had he managed to carry on, he would have done very well.

The word I heard (may be utterly wet) was that he went down with I'm-the-star-itis and pretty much upset everybody on set. He even offended Diana Rigg which I understand is very hard to do. The version I heard was that the verdict in production circles was that he was professionally perfect for the role but personally impossible, the production staff would simply walk rather than deal with him.

If somebody had smacked him down hard and made him realize he was part of a team, we might have been spared the Roger Moore years
 
Jape

Jape

Bill Garvin said:
If somebody had smacked him down hard and made him realize he was part of a team, we might have been spared the Roger Moore years
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If only Broccolli had the luxury of hindsight :cool:

There's a lot of interesting possible Bonds in the 60s/70s. The real-life Duke of Extreme, Sir Randolph Fiennes (sp?) was up for it but supposedly had "a face like a farmer" :D. Also extremly strange possibility was John Cleese! :eek:

That's an Alt-Route that would have wobbled on the line between brilliance and horrid mistake
 
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