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Sam Neill as James Bond instead of Timothy Dalton

posted 8 years ago by kottovic
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Although he's a bit short I think he would have been a perfect 007.

I think it went down the toilet after Roger Moore.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 6 years ago

Wasn't he actually considered?

[–] LordBAElish (2015) 5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V15wNflslc

Yes. Here's his screen test

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 3 years ago

He'd have been a very good James Bond instead of Timothy Dalton, who seemed a little too serious for the time, but was great! Perhaps Sam Neil would have been bigger commercially.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 3 years ago

I think Dalton actually did a great job as well. He just got dealt a bad hand.

[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

He lacks that "womanizer" feeling which is part of Bond.