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AVTAK is a traditional formulaic Bond. No acting required. They just needed a very charismatic leading man to reel off the oneliners. Connery or Brosnan would have been fine.
Dalton and Craig need more not less. There would have been nothing for them to get their teeth into. Thats why their respective first film were perfect for them. There was meat on the bone for them.
I concur, no one other than Moore is supposed to mantle AVTAK. Brosnan could perhaps do it, if the movie was done in 1993 or 2004. He was too young by 1985.
I never thought of Connery in AVTAK. Intriguing!
Whichever way you wash it - whether you like it or not - I'm afraid this is true.
Sir Rog was bankable for Bond (his flicks always made a good profit), so both Broccoli and MGM/UA were only too happy to have him back in the role three times after the huge box-office bonanza that was MR. Other actors were tested before both FYEO and OP, I believe, but the reasons for which have never been claimed as anything other than in case Moore didn't want to do another and/ or to gee his up agent and settle for the money being offered. Producers and studios always want bankable success, especially on big Hollywood productions where so much money's at stake, so it's always a gamble changing the actor for a role like Bond.
Thankfully, it's arguably always gone more or less right - even if the public didn't really warm to either Lazenby and Dalton, their efforts were profitable ventures...
For Your Eyes Only- John Glen admitted to being intimated with the idea of both directing his first film and having to establish a new actor as Bond. He probably had flashbacks of Peter Hunt and OHMSS. He admitted in the interview he was very glad EON went the safe route and stuck with Moore. He said it made his job much easier.
Octopussy- Obviously it was NSNA that was the determining factor. EON had a much better chance with Moore vs. Connery as opposed to Brolin vs. Connery. Thankyou Sir Roger for sparing us that dreadful casting ^:)^
A View To A Kill- OP ended up being a huge hit, especially in the US, and as a previous poster said I think EON was on a high after they beat NSNA. Afterall Moore's salary for AVTAK was byfar his biggest.
All-in-all I would've loved to have seen Dalton debut in a more serious AVTAK. Ofcourse the script would've been changed to suit him. From what I understand the original script for TLD was much more comical and was only changed after Dalton signed on. The same would've been so for AVTAK.
That's not a bad scenario, tlr.
And before that Broccoli considered Dalton for the role for OHMSS(or for DAF, depending on the source.)
And give more screen time to Alison Doody. I've read that Dalton screentested with Fiona Fullerton with him as Bond and her as Tatiana Romanova.
Truth. AVTAK was the most by-the-numbers/tick-the-box entry up to that point in the series. A Dalton AVTAK would only've worked with a massive script overhaul prior to shooting. I came up with an "alternate universe" AVTAK story idea retailored for Dalton in the following thread:
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/74908#Comment_74908
I think Fullerton might have been testing actors for OP (I think she's shown in the Brolin tests on the UE DVD), and given the role of Paula in AVTAK becasue of her tests with Brolin. Much like D'Abo only being used for the screentests of potential Bonds for TLD, but because of those tests, she was cast as Kara in TLD.
And yes to your suggestion of Doody, promote her to secondary Bond Girl. Yes, I can piture the poster now, Dalton in the centre, with Fullerton and Doody either side.
All I need is some spare Plutonium of my time machine...
Me too. :D
I honestly don't think, it had to do with Moore - most at this point surely found, he had reached an appropriate age to retire ( :( ) Daltion was just not a charismatic enough lead for Bond IMO...
Well I heard they wanted Dalton as far back as OHMSS. That would've been great, 1969 to 1995.
Obviously there was no chance in hell that would have happened because the Bond movies were the best, most profitable movies out there.
From the man himself, he was too young
CR in 1969 could've worked better than OHMSS I think. If they added gadgets and traditional bond elements to keep people happy, and if they had some FRWL/TB type blofeld parts. But yeah, as much as I would've liked it, Dalton probably was too young.
Imagine though, if Dalton had been bond for that long. What if he did brosnans era too??? 1969-2002.... As much as I like brosnan this would've been awesome.
You like AVTAK, especially in your Top Ten?! That's amazing, so do I! I didn't think anyone else really liked AVTAK. It's in my Top Ten as well, I can't understand the backlash it gets!
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That made me chuckle
There is SOME acting in View - namely when Moore confronts Zorin after the "horse race" and...err...in Hal's office ("you're being used Mr Hal", "don't bother Stacey...he's a psychopath")
I love AVTAK too !! :)>-
Aah! Alison Doody. Not only Jenny Flex but also the woman from this scene:
In relation to AVTAK there's also this:
Damn, the connections Brosnan had to Bond before he was even in the role are really quite errie.
Same here, the "old" factor of Roger gets lost as the movie becomes better. I guess you focus more on the plot and Bond himself than what age the actor is.
Oh agreed! AVTAK just has something, I can't put my finger on it, but it just does. I may never know what that something is, but there's no denying the greatness of AVTAK!
What you experience is the pleasure of watching a movie so good that 1000 words cannot describe it.
Hit the nail on the head, my friend! Bravo!
Another option would be if Brosnan became Bond in '87 with a more popcorn-esque TLD.
Get. Out.
Which one's Pierce?
I take that as a sign that you really hate Dalton!
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No, he loves him. I hope you are being sarcastic.
Of course, Brady. I was just kidding.