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Lewis Collins has no picture on imdb = failure

posted 12 years ago by hudson-run-a-bypass
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just watched HDW loved it

Lewis Collins career never kicked on after this did it really

[–] seanwhelan2310 (575) 3 months ago

Originally, he did sign a three picture deal with producer Euan Lloyd, one of these films was to be "Wild Geese 2" alongside Richard Burton (who died before filming even began), however he was replaced by American actor Scott Glenn. Some claim that Collins was recast because he starred in an unrelated European knockoff action film Codename Wild Geese which annoyed Lloyd, other say that American distributers wanted an American actor

[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 3 months ago

Lewis Collins was one of my childhood heroes. It's a real shame what happened to his career. He missed out on Bond because by his own admission he was 'too aggressive' in a meeting with Cubby Broccoli.