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"An Alternate James Bond" by Andrew Beane
 Author
says: what if Pierce Brosnan had been locked into contractual
obligations to the TV Series Remington Steele? Please note that the opinions
expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
In 1994,
at a press conference in London, England on this day
actor Sam Neill announced that he had accepted the role of James Bond in the
upcoming film GoldenEye, the seventeenth installment of the popular spy
films.
Sam Neill stars in GoldeneyeNeill,
who says he has long wanted to portray the suave superspy, was chosen to
replace Pierce Brosnan as the latter was trapped in a contract for the
production the delay-proned television movie Night Watch.
The James Bond 007 franchise has been in legal limbo for five years, with
MGM's parent company Qintex battling Danjaq for the rights to air future
Bond films internationally. This, coupled with Timothy Dalton?s
horribly-received stint as the MI6 agent in The Living Daylights and License
To Kill, had threatened to retire the series altogether. After the
production of The Property of a Lady was delayed for four years, Dalton
resigned from his contract to star in a third film in April.
Pierce Brosnan was favored to take the role, which he had been prevented
from doing in 1987's The Living Daylights due to his contractual obligations
to the television series Remington Steele. There was also minor concern over
the use of an Irish actor to portray the traditionally British character,
despite the fact that Scottish, Welsh and Australian men had played the
role. Neill himself is from New Zealand.
Sam Neill, 47, is best known for his roles in The Hunt For Red October
(1990), The Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), and last summer's
blockbuster Jurassic Park. He also starred in the television mini-series
Amerika, about a Soviet-dominated United States in the future. Neill has
been an actor and director since 1975, and says that notable British actor
James Mason was his mentor.
Goldeneye, the first Bond film since the end of the Cold War, is set for
release in 1995, and is expected to take place primarily in former-Soviet
Russia.
Author
says reference from Wikipedia explains~ Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
(007): An MI6 Agent assigned to stop the Janus crime syndicate from
acquiring "GoldenEye," a clandestine satellite weapon designed and launched
by the Soviets during the Cold War. Before Pierce Brosnan was cast as James
Bond, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Hugh Grant and Lambert Wilson were
all rumoured to be in the running for the roleto view guest historian's
comments please visit the
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