Clint Eastwood rightly rejected James Bond role

Oneindia ^ | 02.11.10

[Perdogg]

Legendary actor Clint Eastwood has revealed that he has no regrets about turning down the role of James Bond, as he believes the 007 agent should be played by a British actor.

Buzz up!Eastwood, 79, who had been approached by Bond bosses after Sean Connery quit the franchise, insists that he made the right decision, as he did not want the surperspy to be portrayed by an American.

“I thought James Bond should be British. I am of British descent but by that same token, I thought that it should be more of the culture there and also, it was not my thing,” the Daily Express quoted him as saying.

[Perdogg]

Connery was good through Thunderball. After that he sleptwalked his through Goldfinger and You only Live Twice. He hated playing Bond and by Goldfinger you could tell.

[Joe 6-pack]

Not a fan of the ladies, are you Trebek?

[Lancey Howard]

[SevenofNine]

I love that SNL skit that greatest skit beside Darrell Hammond doing take on Chris Matterew show LOL!

[a fool in paradise]

Who loves ya, babushka?

[GSP.FAN]

The first couple he did Live and let die and Golden gun he had not gone faggy ,they are ok ..
From then on yes Bond gay bond...

[SJSAMPLE]

But even with the bad accent, which most Americans wouldn’t know enough to distinguish, he was FANTASTIC in that role.

The bad-ness of the accent wasn’t widely known until a small contingent began publicizing it, but it failed to diminish the role.

[GSP.FAN]

They are Spanish with a Italian directer....

[Joe 6-pack]

They were some classics...I always liked Connery's final jeopardy answers...

[a fool in paradise]

The first James Bond:

[JoeProBono]

If nominated I won't accept

[Armedanddangerous]

Lazenby has an australian accent, but let’s face it, outside of the UK, few moviegoers would know the difference

[ltc8k6]

He was the best Bond, and that was the best Bond movie, imo.

[Armedanddangerous]

Martin Campbell is the best Bond director of all time.

He gets the character, and that’s how you make good 007.

[monkapotamus]

Did you ever see this?

[SevenofNine]

I get digital channel Monk called THIS TV in late night I think two late Friday nights ago I saw that movie

[eekitsagreek]

Peter Lawford was actually the first choice to play Bond. He turned it down. No doubt the biggest mistake in his career.

[american colleen]

Huge western fan here -- but despite not having a huge love for spaghetti westerns, I must say 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' is my favorite western of all time. Eastwood was great but how fantastic was Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef?? I also thought "Duck You Sucker" aka "A Fistful of Dollars" was surprisingly good although I would have rather seen Eli Wallach in the role that Rod Steiger played. "For a Few Dollars More" was good too... maybe the spaghetti westerns that I like are all made by Sergio Leone come to think of it.

I'm glad Eastwood turned down the Bond movies... he is great in all the roles he played but I can't see him as Bond.

FYI, the remake of 3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe was very good if you haven't seen it.

[SkyDancer]

The premise was the setting was the American west. The reason they were called spaghetti westerns was because they were produced by an Italian ....in Spain .....

[maggief]

Love those clips!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/12768/saturday-night-live-celebrity-jeopardy-—cruise-sandler-and-connery

http://www.hulu.com/watch/60457/saturday-night-live-celebrity-jeopardy-cosby-osbourne-connery