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To: Kaslin
In the late '50s there was a James Bond comic strip in the UK that became wildly popular. So Bond was a household name there before the films came out. The comic strip Bond looked like this:

Supposedly Connery had an edge in the casting becasue he resembled the look of that very popular comic strip James Bond.

8 posted on 11/04/2020 9:53:20 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: pepsi_junkie
Supposedly Connery had an edge in the casting becasue he resembled the look of that very popular comic strip James Bond.

The part had been offered to Patrick McGoohan, who turned it down.
13 posted on 11/04/2020 10:27:13 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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