Cary Grant

DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
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I know before they cast Sean Connery in Dr.No, they wanted Cary Grant to be Bond, y'all think he would be good in a bond film even if he was younger ?
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    For many, just watch North by Northwest and you'll get an idea
    of how a Cary Grant Bond would have looked. :007)
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I saw myself as the first Blond Bond, but someone else already got that Role.....
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sadly I always thought my drop dead gorgeous, stunning good looks held me
    Back from getting the role. :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    ....Many Years ago 8-)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    No, No I still think it. :p :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    :))
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,516Chief of Staff
    Cary Grant said he'd only do one Bond film, and that clearly wasn't going to work for the longevity of the series...I think Grant was closer to what Fleming envisaged but I doubt we'd still have Bond today if he had done it...
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,672MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    For many, just watch North by Northwest and you'll get an idea
    of how a Cary Grant Bond would have looked. :007)

    Yes, I see it as an honorary Bond film though I gather Fleming wasn't very impressed with it after seeing it in the cinema. Dear knows what he'd have made of the Roger Moore era of Bond films!!! :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    He'd be off for a walk round Shatterhand's garden of death. :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,672MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    He'd be off for a walk round Shatterhand's garden of death. :))

    Brilliant! I think you are right you know! God knows some times I feel like joining him there...strictly for a chat... :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Although sometimes the author is not the best judge on who should play
    The character he created. After all Fleming also didn't like Connery at first.
    Thankfully he changed his mind. :))
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    He would have been too old for 1962, but his portrayal of the spy in Notorious is, to me, the closest anyone got to the literary Bond.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,672MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    He would have been too old for 1962, but his portrayal of the spy in Notorious is, to me, the closest anyone got to the literary Bond.

    That's one I need to buy then! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,218Chief of Staff
    Hm, I don't know re Grant being too old in 62.... too old for a long series perhaps but not for a one-off- which would not have suited Broccoli & Saltzman, of course!
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,672MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Hm, I don't know re Grant being too old in 62.... too old for a long series perhaps but not for a one-off- which would not have suited Broccoli & Saltzman, of course!

    I think he would only do one or two films at most and his asking fee would have taken care of the budget quite easily, never mind actually making the film. Of course this was not what the producers wanted at all, although interestingly Cary Grant was the best man at Cubby's wedding to Dana.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,218Chief of Staff
    Grant would have agreed to one film as Bond (and you're right re the budget!). James Mason would have agreed to two. S&B had a series in mind, of course.
  • 72897289 Beau DesertPosts: 1,691MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    He would have been too old for 1962, but his portrayal of the spy in Notorious is, to me, the closest anyone got to the literary Bond.

    Good observation!

    The character of Devlin in "Notorious" is very much like Craig's "Casino Royale" Bond. If Fleming was ever interested in Cary Grant as Bond I suspect it would have been because of his "star power" and prestige. I did read he would have liked Hitchcock to direct a Bond film, but Hitch had no interest.

    Given Bond's womanizing in "Dr. No", I suspect "big name" film directors in 1961 would have toned that down.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Talking of Hitchcock, he said that The 39 Steps was his Take on a Bond Film -{
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Charade is my favourite almost-a-Bond film. B-)
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Charade is my favourite almost-a-Bond film. B-)
    Charade was amazing
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,218Chief of Staff
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Talking of Hitchcock, he said that The 39 Steps was his Take on a Bond Film -{

    I think you mean North by Northwest- Hitch's 39 Steps was in 1935.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Ah, I stand corrected -{ :)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Oh, I love !!!!!! A bit of Correction ! :))

    ( too much pain, not enough discipline ! ) - High Anxiety :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    My Hitchcock Knowledge is sadly lacking :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Funnily enough, High Anxiety pokes fun at many Hitchcock films. :))
    ( worth a watch, if you get the chance -{ )
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,218Chief of Staff
    Fleming gives North By Northwest a mention in TB, perhaps a hint that he would have liked Hitchcock to direct the film of that book.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I read somewhere that Fleming had actually Cary Grant from Notorius in mind to create Bond. The timing is definitely right, as the movie was released in 1946, and most likely Fleming was already toying with ideas for his character.
    Also Notorious and Casino Royale share a key element: the spy falling in love with a double agent. I don't think that's a coincidence.

    Grant was in his early 40s in Notorious, and would have been perfect for Bond. In 1962 he was way too old (as Roger Moore in AVTAK no less!).

    Does anyone else think that OHMSS Lazenby looks remarkably like young Cary Grant?
  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    Cary would have made a good Bond. He is one of my favorite actors. His performances in NBNW and Charade proved to me he could do a Bond film - handling the serious as well as the witty scenes with such panache. Speaking of Charade, I think Stanley Donen would have made a good Bond film director and Henry Mancini would have provided a great score.
  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    CmdrAtticus wrote:
    Cary would have made a good Bond. He is one of my favorite actors. His performances in NBNW and Charade proved to me he could do a Bond film - handling the serious as well as the witty scenes with such panache. Speaking of Charade, I think Stanley Donen would have made a good Bond film director and Henry Mancini would have provided a great score.
    100% agree! Charade was a comedy/thriller type of film. Idk at the time if Connery would have done a bond film like that but it would have been great to see it and Audrey Hepburn as a bond girl imo :)
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