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Originally Posted by corvette
Previously, Dalton had been offered the role of James Bond twice. In 1968, he was asked to play Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Sean Connery having decided that You Only Live Twice (1967) would be his last Bond film. Dalton turned the offer down, feeling he was too young for the role and because of what he felt was an imposing legacy left behind by Connery; the role finally went to George Lazenby. During the late 1970s, he was approached again, but he did not favour the direction the movies were taking. As he explained, his idea of Bond was different.[1]. Dalton was also asked to star in Octopussy (1983) in 1982, but again turned down the role.
how could you turn the role of bond down?
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Hard to say the accuracy of that stuff corvette - there were major legal issues in the background (unconnected with Dalton) and it is possible one side of that legal issue offered Dalton the role a few times - then another load of legalities between distributors. Where there's money.....
