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Theory #2 : Laz was gonna be a recurring character in several films , kinda like Q.
Laz thought the 10k he got from Bruce was a gift but Chow said it was his money thus he did 3 films for Harvest.
EDIT: Just looked it up. It appears Lazenby was going to play the guru of Lee's character (In the original version, Hai-Tien rather than Billy Lo).
The Year of the Horse, final episode of the 1978-79 season. It was a two-hour episode, filmed in Singapore.
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/how-the-ex-spies-fared-in-hawaii-five-o-season-11/
Why on Earth would Lee dedicate yrs on Game of Death (and several weeks on filming) then all of a sudden pull the plug , if anything he'd finish Game first.
Hey, he does a better job than I would!!
Totally agree with you.
The tough Bonds seem to be the ones, at least for me.
"subjects who forever shaped pop culture." ? Interesting. You have to wonder how this will pan out. Is Bond the subject? If so it would be Connery who they would focus on, surely.
If it were the actor, then Lazenby didn't shape pop culture. He left Bond behind because he felt pop culture would kill Bond.
The story obviously isn't as simple as previously thought.
Seems Lazenby was in a no win situation. Fancy having your agent have final say in Your career decisions!
Another classic "true or false" claim is Peter Hunt not talking to Lazenby during the filming! There are photos showing the two men together on set, on location, so I assume they spoke. Hard to believe they never spoke! Perhaps Lazenby knew he wasn't mature enough for the part so that was a factor in his decision to leave the role?
Just a guess, perhaps the producers weren't that bothered if Lazenby came back and Lazenby didn't care much about coming back. Said in hindsight, George was destined to make one film and that's all.
I find this hard to believe. A 7 films contract would be around 14 years of production time. I can't believe EON would have looked that far ahead. I suspect someone has grossly exaggerated that claim to make out Lazenby was more popular with the producers. Clearly he wasn't! Given the claims of his unprofessionalism on set I would suggest it's impossible to imagine Broccoli/Saltzman wanting to rehire George for six more films. That's the stuff of fantasy. Roger Moore had an option to do Moonraker and all subsequent Bond films. From Moonraker he negotiated per film. He was a more established and professional actor than Lazenby but he didn't get a seven picture deal. Why would Lazenby get such a deal? Makes no sense.