To explain the title, what this thread is about is to evaluate the Bond actors and see if they might have been good or even plausible as 007 in the Bond movie that came before their era and after their era, which would exclude Connery on the before and Craig on the after. Here are the points for discussion:
-Sean Connery in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
-Sean Connery in Live and Let Die
-George Lazenby in You Only Live Twice
-George Lazenby in Diamonds Are Forever
-Roger Moore in Diamonds Are Forever
-Roger Moore in The Living Daylights
-Timothy Dalton in A View to a Kill
-Timothy Dalton in GoldenEye
-Pierce Brosnan in License to Kill
-Pierce Brosnan in Casino Royale
-Daniel Craig in Die Another Day
Just like my threads on Bond Movie A vs. B and Bond Villain A vs. B, I'll cycle through these points every few days until they are all used up, and then we'll go from there. Some of these points have already been discussed in other threads, such as Lazenby in DAF, Dalton in GE, or Moore in TLD, so it'll be easy to form opinions on these dead horses, hahaha. By the way, many thanks to
@Master_Dahark and
@Getafix for the threads about Roger in DAF and TLD and Dalton in GE for inspiring this thread. Thanks guys!
All right, first point for discussion:
Sean Connery in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Comments
It's hard to tell. His performance in YOLT showed you how bored he was. If he liked the script and actually put in a good effort, it may have been great. In my opinion, I don't think Connery could have done it.
Lazenby was the better option.
Here's why:
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3067/would-goldeneye-have-been-a-success-with-dalton/p1
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2774/avtak-too-soon-for-dalton
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2657/would-you-forgo-the-brosnan-era-to-add-to-the-dalton-era/p10#Item_294
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1294/roger-moore-as-james-bond-1962-1985#Item_12
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/563/sean-connery-as-james-bond-1962-1985/p1
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/342/roger-moore...in-diamonds-are-forever-or-the-living-daylights/p3#Item_69
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1487/what-if............-roger-moore-was-the-first-bond-or-sean-connery-had-stayed-on#Item_22
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/398/if-brosnan-had-taken-the-role-in-1986-as-planned...-would-his-era-have-been-similar-to-daltons/p2#Item_40
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1283/moore-was-45-in-lald-how-long-did-eon-expect-himbond-to-last/p3#Item_84
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/104/could-brosnan-have-convinced-you-as-007-in-cr-and-qos-/p2#Item_50
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1950/switch-the-bond-actors-to-different-films#Item_21
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2368/dalton-in-fyeo.-could-it-have-worked-i-say-absolutely/p2#Item_40
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2127/the-james-bond-debate-thread-130/p3
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