I was a big supporter of Worthington for the role, seemed like he would be a good pick on the surface but in some ways he cruder than Craig. More movies I saw him in the less I thought he'd be a good bond.Kristatos wrote:The list seems to vary according to the source. I know that Henry Cavill and Sam Worthington were shortlisted, not sure about the other two.tbp82 wrote:Since Casino Royale casting is being discussed on the Casino Royale DVD I own they mentioned Craig and 4 others came in for action scene screentest on the same day do we know who the other 4 were that day? Seeing who they looked at then can give a idea on who might be looked at next.
Anyway Worthington told a story a long time ago I think before avatar or about that time, he said he was hired by the bond producers and was undergoing months of SAS sort of gun training in Australia to get him ready to hold a gun on camera as 007.
The other story is Henry Cavill was the choice the director and studio had settled on for a young James Bond, babs overruled them.
According to stories before skyfall Craig's contract was about to expire over three years passed with no movie being made as Timothy Daltons had after LTK. Craig was talking like he might not be back, MGM was undergoing bankruptcy and starting to get its act together supposedly Henry Cavill was called in to talk with bond producers I think this was before he was cast as superman, maybe not. The other story that was part of this was some people in eon (not babs obviously) wanted to launch a new Bond for a new decade. Again all before skyfall during a time when it was uncertain when MGM would emerge out of bankruptcy.
Cavill and Turner are the only two names we know talked with eon and studio heads but we have no idea what they said or if there was a serious consideration of hiring them.
Worthington at one point said he was hired seems maybe even trained for action at some point again we got no idea if he was a serious hire or a backup like so many actors who have come out years after the fact saying they were hired to play bond or back ups to bond. Nobody thinks about it but these movies cost so much to make is a disaster like a lead actor getting too hurt to work or dying happens the insurance companies insist on a backup/understudy ( I guess) being hired to help production finish so hundreds of millions aren't wasted.
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