weird piece of 007 trivia

[Ken Gargett]

had no idea about this but recently saw a report where a real life "celebrity" was apparently seriously considered for the role of 007 at the beginning. i reckon i could have guessed for a week and still not got it right.

apparently the producers seriously considered casting lord lucan as bond.

i guess they would have had to move to roger moore a few years earlier than planned.

[MIKA27]

had no idea about this but recently saw a report where a real life "celebrity" was apparently seriously considered for the role of 007 at the beginning. i reckon i could have guessed for a week and still not got it right.

apparently the producers seriously considered casting lord lucan as bond.

i guess they would have had to move to roger moore a few years earlier than planned.

Wow - Who would have thought LORD LUCAN

[Ken Gargett]

Wow - Who would have thought LORD LUCAN

nice photo effort!

[PapaDisco]

Wow, that's a weird story (the real life part). Somewhere in the middle of the Wikipedia entry it says that he declined the offer to screen test for Bond, but had done a screen test for another movie prior and hadn't gotten the part.

[JohnS]

I just read his life story from that link Mika posted. Incredible! What a character!

[Fuzz AI]

I'd read about Lord Lucan, but knew nothing about the Bond link, just the murder mystery and disappearance.

[ayepatz]

"He developed a taste for gambling and, skilled at backgammon and bridge, became an early member of the Clermont Club. Although his losses often exceeded his winnings, he left his job at a London-based merchant bank and became a professional gambler."

Maybe not quite so skilled as he thought?

I love wikipedia.