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Most James Bond Movies Actor10/22/2021
Actor who played James Bond: Sean Connery. As the saying goes: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. By the third 007 film, the swanky spy wasn’t broke and neither was his trusty Rolex Submariner.Enter Roger Moore to take the franchise in a new, more lightweight direction.Throughout his seven-film tenure, the longest of any ‘official’ James Bond star (Connery’s 1983 Bond effort Never Say Never Again was an independent production), Moore had a habit of holding out on saying yes to another film for as long as possible, a clever way of ensuring he got the biggest possible salary.Whenever Moore threatened to walk away, there was a flurry of auditions involving pretty much any actor in their 30s or 40s who looked good in a tuxedo and could handle the physical action.Among those who auditioned during the Moore era were Michael Jayston (who’d played a different secret agent in short-lived 70s BBC series Quiller ), Lewis Collins from The Professionals (he claimed the producers found his style too aggressive), Ian Ogilvy (who’d filled Moore’s old Simon Templar role in Return Of The Saint ) and Patrick Mower, currently to be seen as Rodney in Emmerdale.
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