John Gavin
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Re: John Gavin
After having Lazenby leave the role after just one film, I think having Gavin an unknown American in the role would be the last nail in the coffin for Bond.
I often wonder how Gavin even came close to landing the Bond role?
Has anyone ever found out?
I often wonder how Gavin even came close to landing the Bond role?
Has anyone ever found out?
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stockslivevan
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Re: John Gavin
Agreed. I think anyone else, even Roger Moore, directly after Lazenby would have been a move considered my many "beyond desperate". I think Connery returning for one more film, and everyone being aware it was truly his last, was needed to make people comfortable with the transition. No one was prepared for a new Bond when YOLT came out but when DAF wasn't even released everyone knew it would be Connery's last.Captain Nash wrote:After having Lazenby leave the role after just one film, I think having Gavin an unknown American in the role would be the last nail in the coffin for Bond.
I often wonder how Gavin even came close to landing the Bond role?
Has anyone ever found out?
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James
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Re: John Gavin
Gavin signed to play Bond in DAF but David Picker, the head of UA, was unimpressed and decided to get Connery at 'any price'. Connery got a then unheard of deal and Gavin's contract was quietly bought out. Gavin played a Bondish spy in one of those OSS 117 films.
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Re: John Gavin
I don't think I knew of this.James wrote:Gavin signed to play Bond in DAF but David Picker, the head of UA, was unimpressed and decided to get Connery at 'any price'. Connery got a then unheard of deal and Gavin's contract was quietly bought out. Gavin played a Bondish spy in one of those OSS 117 films.
I don't think I even know who he is
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Re: John Gavin
Sam Loomis in Psycho is probably his best-known role.Dr. No wrote:I don't think I even know who he is
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Re: John Gavin
i'll look him up later.
I think UA made the right call just like MGM made the right call years later
I think UA made the right call just like MGM made the right call years later
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
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Re: John Gavin
Gavin was the US Ambassador to Mexico (I think) in the eighties. Ronnie gave him the job.
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stockslivevan
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Re: John Gavin
Whoa, he was actually signed?! 
I always assumed he was dropped right before the deal was signed. That officially makes him the only Bond actor not to get his own film.
I always assumed he was dropped right before the deal was signed. That officially makes him the only Bond actor not to get his own film.-
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Re: John Gavin
Gavin was Bond for a short period. According to Roger Moore's LALD book, they strongly considered Gavin again after Connery declined to return after DAF. They decided instead that they should go for a British actor and Roger, as a worldwide television star, was deemed as safe a choice as anyone. According to the Virgin Bond guide Guy Hamilton wanted another American, Burt Reynolds, to do LALD. UFO star Michael Billington was gobsmacked when they cast Roger Moore because he thought he had the role in the bag and the press had even started to report that he was the new Bond.
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