Has every Bond actor done these?

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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    I've said this before- you may not like his Bond, but you can't help liking him.

    Even I can agree with that! :))
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Sadly much as I love Sir Roger. :x ( grew up watching the man )
    And love him as the saint, Lord Brett Sinclair, etc. He'll always be
    Bottom of my list of actors for playing Bond. ( if that makes sense ) :))
    Perhaps he was the right man at the time, to keep the franchise going
    But his portrayal of 007 bears no connection with the Bond of the books.
    Yet, when someone else makes these same points, I can't help rush to
    His defence and point out all the good things he's done. :)) we Bond fans
    Can be pretty mixed up ! :))

    Very well said. -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Perhaps he was the right man at the time, to keep the franchise going

    He was, no doubt in my mind. Who could have been? John Gavin? they would have killed the franchise there and then. They were wise (Cubby was, Saltzman didn't want Moore) to cast him. Well known to audiences but very different from Connery.
    But his portrayal of 007 bears no connection with the Bond of the books.

    When they tried (LALD and TMWTGG still have some Connery-esque scenes) it felt forced with Moore.

    Your two points together make the whole picture: audiences needed at that point a new 007 with no connection with the Bond of the books. That was Connery, and they couldn't have Connery (they tried with Lazenby and failed).
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