Some time ago, this website produced an article called The Men Who Could Have Been Bond, a self-explanatory piece all about the actors who were linked to the role of James Bond but, for some reason or other, never got to don the tuxedo and order a vodka martini in front of the camera. Such exercises, as fun as they are and as hard as they try, can never entirely be comprehensive because there are bound to be many meetings and conversations with or about actors that remained private. We all know that, for example, James Brolin was in the running to be James Bond because we've seen test footage of him as 007 but there are many actors who have been looked at or spoken to by Bond producers over the years in a more surreptitious way. I was recently lucky enough to discover a 'Bond that might have been' I wasn't previously aware of myself when I had the pleasure of speaking to Guy Peters. Guy was a stage actor with some television experience and in the early seventies came to the attention of a casting agent who knew the James Bond role was going to be up for grabs again after the departure of George Lazenby.
"Those were the days when we still associated Bond with suave, old school actors such as Sean Connery and Roger Moore,"
"Daniel didn't have a hint of suave about him," - Patsy Palmer
Favorite Bond Movie: Moonraker Goldfinger The Spy Who Loved Me
Favorite Movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crazy For Christmas, The Empire Strikes Back, League of Gentlemen (1960's British film), Big Trouble in Little China, Police Academy 2, Carry On At Your Convenience, Commando, Halloween III: Season of the Witch,
Guy Peters sounds like a likeable guy; with a name like that he would almost have to be. From the photo and interview first impressions he should have been in the running. Too bad he was ignored by Barbara B re his writing talents. It would be a plus in terms of just publicity for a possible-Bond to screenwrite a Bond film. I would suggest he wait until they jettison DC, of course. Now my next research will have to look up Lee Paterson.
