I agree, I felt that a lot of what Craig did Dalton did first.
Dick Van Dyke: First American James Bond?
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I agree, I felt that a lot of what Craig did Dalton did first.
Brolin, at least, was actually hired.James Brolin and Ashton Kutcher as well.....
Yeah, I remember hearing about all those. And Michelle Yeoh has only become more expensive due to her Oscar wins.
And seeing as Bond is a British spy played by British actors, if the franchise wants an American actor, it makes sense if it were a spinoff based on a Bond counterpart rather than Bond himself.
While I can’t square Van Dyke’s usual nice friendly TV persona (or his version of a British accent) with Bond, if you just look at his features and imagine that face but cold and focused — yeah, I could see it. He does have the “angularity” (as Colin Salmon did, when his name seemed to make the rounds as a possibility); it’s just that he’d have to carry himself in a manner we’re not used to seeing him in.
I'm trying to think if I've ever seen Van Dyke play a hard-edged character or a villain. I think his Columbo appearance may have fit the bill.
After giving it some thought, I think that Van Dyke - if he could master the accent - could have made a credible Bond; however, I'm one of the people who think that Bond should be played by a British - or at least a Commonwealth - actor. Personally I think - after recently re-watching the Return of the Pink Panther - that Christopher Plummer could have made a good Bond.
I said it before in the 'James Bond' thread that if one wants to get an idea of what a Burt Reynolds 'James Bond' would have been like, look no further than this scene from the 1969 movie 'Impasse'.
