James Brolin reveals he nearly replaced Roger…
Brolin, James Brolin.
The 84-year-old Hollywood legend revealed in a new interview with People that he nearly performed James Bond in his 40s, after Roger Moore “said he would never do another” movie in the franchise before 1983’s “Octopussy.”
“He was out, so I flew over and I met all the people,” Brolin recalled. “And I got my apartment and I started working with the stuntmen and Cubby Broccoli hired me.”
James Brolin attends the 1984 Golden Globe Awards. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Roger Moore as James Bond in “Octopussy.”
“We hadn’t signed any papers yet,” Brolin continued. “I got back to L.A. to get my stuff because I was going to be gone for a year. And I got a call saying Roger decided to do one more, and I was out.”
Moore, who died in 2017 at age 89, was the third actor to play James Bond on the massive screen, after Sean Connery and George Lazneby.
Roger Moore, Kristina Wayborn in “Octopussy.”
He made his 007 debut in 1973’s “Live and Let Die” and went on to star in “The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974), “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977), “Moonraker” (1979), “For Your Eyes Only” (1981), “Octopussy” and “A View to a eliminate” (1985). He was replaced by Timothy Dalton.
The poster for the 1983 James Bond film “Octopussy.”
Roger Moore in “Octopussy.”
Brolin would’ve been the first American James Bond had he been forged in “Octopussy.”
But when Moore modified his thoughts about leaving the position, Brolin as an alternative landed the main half of Peter McDermott in the ABC cleaning soap opera sequence “Hotel,” which ran from 1983 to 1988.
James Brolin at the Filmex Tribute To Elizabeth Taylor in Los Angeles in 1981. MediaPunch / Shutterstock
James Brolin and his spouse Barbara Streisand attend the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. WireImage
The James Bond franchise is presently without a main man after Daniel Craig shot his closing 007 film, “No Time To Die,” which got here out in 2021 and grossed $774 million at the worldwide box workplace
In February, the authentic Bond producers, Barbara Broccoli and her brother Michael G. Wilson, relinquished artistic control of the movies to Amazon MGM Studios for a reported $1 billion.
Daniel Craig as James Bond. Nicola Dove
The information was met with a flurry of criticism. The Post’s leisure critic Johnny Oleksinski even referred to as the deal “the death of an iconic brand.”
Dalton, who starred in two James Bond motion pictures, stated he was “very surprised and shocked” by the sale.
Timothy Dalton as James Bond in 1987. Getty Images
In June, it was introduced that “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond film.
The actors who have been rumored to be in competition to play the new 007 embrace Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Idris Elba, Regé-Jean Page and more.
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