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[Thunderfinger]

Sam Neill would have been the perfect Jonathan Cartland(European western comic for those who wonder).But as Bond,no.Dalton was the right choice.

25 years ago,Mel Gibson would have been great as Bond.
40 years ago ,Clint Eastwood would have been great.
Don

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

No Way !!

Horrible screentest !

Moving the gun when he says "Bond, James Bond" is horrible.

[stamper]

If you fancy Bond as a fat, down to earth jock who drinks Budweiser and disguise himself in a tuxedo from time to time playing with a toy gun to impress bimboes, it might have worked.

[Roebuck]

It's the lean, cruelly handsome San Neill from 'Reilly: Ace of Spy's who would have been a great 007. In that screen-test he looked way heavy and kind of disinterested. Did himself no favours by taking his shirt off.

[JimmyBond]

If Cubby wasnt around he would have gotten the part. I believe it's the Documentary on the original Living Daylights DVD that talks about it.

Personally I wasnt too thrilled with his screentest either.

[Thunderfinger]

It's the lean, cruelly handsome San Neill from 'Reilly: Ace of Spy's who would have been a great 007. In that screen-test he looked way heavy and kind of disinterested. Did himself no favours by taking his shirt off.

That

[Double-Oh Agent]

I like Timothy Dalton as Bond but a part of me wishes Sam Neill had got the part instead. Neill and Hugh Jackman are the biggest what-ifs as 007 for me. I think both would have been great.

[DavidSomerset]

Maybe they should have some Dinosaurs running around in TLD and Sam Neil aka 007 is sent by M to extinctize (is there such a word) them.
Trailer man speaks:
65 million years ago they ruled the world.
***DANGEROUS***
Now a madman wants to use them to rule the world.
***DANGEROUS***
And there is only one number you can count on..
***DANGEROUS***
You know the man, you know the number.
***DANGEROUS***
Sam Neil is Ian Fleming's James Bond 007
***DANGEROUS***
in The Living DAYLIGHTS
***DANGEROUS***
Time for the dinosaurs to be extinct again.
Coming this Summer.
***DANGEROUS***

BTW this ***DANGEROUS*** stuff is actually from the TLD THEATRICAL trailer which I saw on the DVD.

[Jackanaples]

I like Timothy Dalton as Bond but a part of me wishes Sam Neill had got the part instead. Neill and Hugh Jackman are the biggest what-ifs as 007 for me. I think both would have been great.

I know Sam Neill was bandied about as Bond, but I can't really see it. He doesn't have the "thug in a suit" quality that I require for the role. No point in it either. He already played Sidney Reilly (one of the best things on tv EVER, and directed by one Martin Campbell), a man who was in many ways a far more compelling character to Bond.

I like Hugh Jackman very much, but not for Bond. He's too much a known quantity for me I guess. I'll tell you what I'd like to see Jackman do though: a swashbuckler. I'd also love it if he won the role of John Carter of Mars in the upcoming movie.

For me the biggest what-if as 007 is James Purefoy.

[Mr_Wint]

I'm not sure about Sam Neil. He's not weak, like Brosnan, or dull, like Dalton. Instead he's closer to Connery/Moore since he really has carisma and a personality. But still, the screen test was not more than decent. I dont know why since Neil is so good in other films. Maybe one screen test is not enough.

http://www.ibiblio.o.../pictures/hfro/

[Trident]

Maybe they should have some Dinosaurs running around in TLD and Sam Neil aka 007 is sent by M to extinctize (is there such a word) them.
Trailer man speaks:
65 million years ago they ruled the world.
***DANGEROUS***
Now a madman wants to use them to rule the world.
***DANGEROUS***
And there is only one number you can count on..
***DANGEROUS***
You know the man, you know the number.
***DANGEROUS***
Sam Neil is Ian Fleming's James Bond 007
***DANGEROUS***
in The Living DAYLIGHTS
***DANGEROUS***
Time for the dinosaurs to be extinct again.
Coming this Summer.
***DANGEROUS***

BTW this ***DANGEROUS*** stuff is actually from the TLD THEATRICAL trailer which I saw on the DVD.

Oh, would have been THE LIVING DAYNOSAURS, wouldn't it?

[DavidSomerset]

They can call it "James Bond in Watching Paint Dry" and I will go to see it.

[Simon]

I think as a version of Bond, which is really what they all are, he would have given a very intelligent performance.

As a screen test, well, it is only a test. If you see how Pyke performed in her test for DAD and how it turned out in the finished film, they were markedly different and the test is by far the worse of the two.

I believe it would have been a success.

[Andy A 007]

After seeing Neil's screen test, I think he could have been a good Bond, but nowhere near Dalton.
Theres no way to tell, but I'd bet that Neil's portrayal would have been too close to Moores, which would be a disaster.

[Andrew]

Theres no way to tell, but I'd bet that Neil's portrayal would have been too close to Moores, which would be a disaster.

I don't think so. I think we would've gotten a similar performance from him as we did Dalton, serious and hard-edged.