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Which Non-British actor could or could have played Bond?

Sammm04Sammm04
edited January 2013 in Bond Movies Posts: 479
for me it could have been James Brolin and Clint Eastwood

I'm not sure about now but you guys can figure that out.
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  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited January 2013 Posts: 12,837
    Hmm, my picks would be George Lazenby and Pierce Brosnan.
  • bondsumbondsum
    edited January 2013 Posts: 3,333
    I think you'll find there's already been two non-Brits play Bond... George Lazenby and Pierce Brosnan.

    PS. Well done, @thelivingroyale you just beat me to the draw with that answer
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,257
    This isn't news. Moved to Bond actors.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    Jean Dujardin definitely has the look- I finally got around to watching The Artist and I had Bond on the brain everytime they showed him.
    Unfortunately I hear he doesn't really speak english, but I could be wrong on that
  • Sammm04Sammm04
    Posts: 479
    DarthDimi wrote:
    This isn't news. Moved to Bond actors.
    oops sorry about that, I just posted it without looking.

  • Sammm04Sammm04
    Posts: 479
    bondsum wrote:
    I think you'll find there's already been two non-Brits play Bond... George Lazenby and Pierce Brosnan.

    PS. Well done, @thelivingroyale you just beat me to the draw with that answer

    Ok then, but Brosnan lived in England for a long time as a child, but yeah I forgot about Lazenby, so this is now called, Which Non-Actor from a country that was once a part of the British empire could or could have played Bond?

  • forgotmyusernameforgotmyusername
    Posts: 2,782
    Clint eastwood ...before you say naah checkout his look in Cogan's Bluff.
  • bondsumbondsum
    edited January 2013 Posts: 3,333
    Rock Hudson... he's not British. I'd stick him on the list. Also check out his Blindfold movie and notice how Taken 2 and quite a lot of movies have borrowed elements from that picture.
  • garage24doorgarage24door
    Posts: 3
    Richard Chamberlain, in his heydays in the '70s
  • Goldeneye95Goldeneye95
    Posts: 546
    Clint Eastwood back in the 1960's.
  • garage24doorgarage24door
    Posts: 3
    Mads Mikkelsen
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited January 2013 Posts: 28,694
    Humphrey Bogart, with none other than Lauren Bacall as his rightful Bond girl.
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  • PositiveTouchPositiveTouch
    Posts: 67
    Sam Neill!

  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Cary Grant.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Clint Eastwood as Bond FFS !

    'A Fistful of nonsense'

    I always thought Richard Gere and I see no reason to change that thinking. Maybe Clooney even, or James Stewart. Also, Henry Fonda is worth a mention. I'd even go as far to include Ray Liotta in this
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Gregory Peck, Rock Hudson, James Garner.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    Damn I was just about to say Peck-- good call!
  • Jones_The_BondJones_The_Bond
    Posts: 344
    It's a tricky one. I'm sure there's any number of Americans who could have done a sterling job as Bond (provided, I think we mostly agree here, that the character be played with a British accent). I'm just relieved that the Second Coming of Sean (much as I dislike DAF) saved us all from John Gavin. Or as Alfred Hitchcock called him, 'The Stiff.'

    I love Cary Grant, but since he was born and brought up in Bristol, I don't think he quite counts for the purposes of this thread.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited January 2013 Posts: 4,537
    Steve Mc Queen. Style: Daniel Craig
    Brad Davis. American. Style: Sean Connery/Daniel Craig. The guy go to yuse drugs in the month after he playing in Midnight express 14 years later he died because of this. If there accept he be American and he haven't yused drugs mabey have Bond where we get now Dalton or Brosnan. His birth year whas 4 years older then Brosnan and 5 years younger then Dalton.
    Sam Neill. Style: Sean Connery/Dalton
    Ryan Gosling. American, born in Canada. Style: Daniel Craig or Connery

    Dutch:

    Fedja van Huêt. Some people mabey remember from the older forums i sugest him Sean Connery - Diamonds Are Forever style.
    Raymond Thiry. Style: Daniel Craig/Dalton/Brosnan/Sam Neill/Steve Mc Queen


    Richard Gere Bond possible be more like Brosnan Bond in the meaning of Die Another Day style.



  • lahainelahaine
    Posts: 161
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    Jean Dujardin definitely has the look- I finally got around to watching The Artist and I had Bond on the brain everytime they showed him.
    Unfortunately I hear he doesn't really speak english, but I could be wrong on that

    He has done a french version of Bond in France you should check out called Oss 117 and its a piss takeon Connery's Bond films.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    lahaine wrote:
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    Jean Dujardin definitely has the look- I finally got around to watching The Artist and I had Bond on the brain everytime they showed him.
    Unfortunately I hear he doesn't really speak english, but I could be wrong on that

    He has done a french version of Bond in France you should check out called Oss 117 and its a piss takeon Connery's Bond films.

    I have wanted to watch those for a long time now. Can't find them, obviously.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Aren't they on Ebay? Almost everything is on Ebay.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited January 2013 Posts: 4,813
    Take into account that he's purposely hamming it up in this pic- but that's a potential GREAT Bond right there!

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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Humphrey Bogart, with none other than Lauren Bacall as his rightful Bond girl.
    I'm inclined to agree because I love Bogart-- but the trouble is he'd be about 63 years old in Dr. No!


    Plus he's like 3 feet tall ;)
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited January 2013 Posts: 4,813
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    I'm inclined to agree because I love Bogart-- but the trouble is he'd be about 63 years old in Dr. No!
    *edit- scratch that. Dead. :| :| :|
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    I'm inclined to agree because I love Bogart-- but the trouble is he'd be about 63 years old in Dr. No!
    *edit- scratch that. Dead. :| :| :|
    Yeah, he was dead before Bond even came to the big screen, in 1957 at only 57 years old. But I viewed this more as a hypothetical question where their age didn't really matter that much. Still, I can dream.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    Posts: 4,412
    Apparently Goran Visnjic.
    Campbell and the producers were meant to be more an impressed with his screentest and for a time he was the favorite before Daniel got back in the mix.
  • Agent005Agent005
    Posts: 562
    Well, there's always John Gavin. He was on contract for DAF, but they bought him out when Connery agreed to come back.

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Agent005 wrote:
    Well, there's always John Gavin. He was on contract for DAF, but they bought him out when Connery agreed to come back.

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    No way he would've had the presence to carry a film like it is needed in this franchise.
  • Agent005Agent005
    Posts: 562
    Cubby seemed to think he was capable. That's quite the endorsement in my book...
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Agent005 wrote:
    Cubby seemed to think he was capable. That's quite the endorsement in my book...

    Perfect opening for the Brosnan haters:

    "Well, Cubby's last deed for EON was hiring Pierce, so apparently his judgement isn't so good." 8-|
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