I saw that and the James Brolin (?!?) clips. Neill is a bit, I’m not sure, but he’s not quite right as JB, either. Maybe it’s a stiffness, or just a peculiarity about him, he strikes me as someone better suited to play a villain. Come to think of it, he might not be such a bad choice to play one in an upcoming JB film. I’d suggest a rogue ex-Double-Oh agent, but that’s practically been done to death.
I don’t know I like Neill in that short screen test. I think that might have worked.
Brolin would have been horrid. I can see him now, slipping in and out of a terrible accent. He wasn’t married to her yet of course and the OHMSS theme didn’t have lyrics but just imagine Streisand singing a Bond theme. ;d