Sam Neill details the mortifying screen test he did to replace Roger Moore as 007 and what the legendary English actor later told him about the idea.
You probably know Sam Neill from his star turns in Jurassic Park or Hunt For The Wilderpeople, but the New Zealand actor and Aussie favourite was almost cast as the world's most famous spy: James Bond.He says Roger Moore told him 'you should have been Bond'As film fans are whipped into a frenzy today with the release of the first trailer for the 25th instalment in the Bond franchise — titled No Time To Die — Neill details how he was almost thrust into the role.
"It was one of the most mortifying times of my life, because I really didn't want to play James Bond."It was the mid 1980s and Roger Moore had wrapped on his seventh and final Bond film, A View To A Kill. Neill was already known for films like The Final Conflict — a sequel to the hit horror movie The Omen — and starring alongside Mel Gibson in the war drama, Attack Force Z, when he was put forward to take on the job of agent 007.
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