James Bond – it’s one of the most prestigious film roles on offer yet there have been men who have turned it down. David Griffiths explores the actors who turned down the role of James Bond in this exclusive article for Entertainment Scene 360.
Tagged: Sean Connery
12Nov
You know what it is like you pick up a DVD and think “hey so-and-so is in it, looks like it may be good”. Then you watch it and think “man why did they slum themselves in that awful piece of trash?” In The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show Ep # 57 Greg, Adam Dave and Nick took a look at good actors in bad films, here’s the lists they came up with.
ADAM ROSS’ LIST
- Matt Damon (Euro Trip)
- Jeremy Irons (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Emma Thompson (Beautiful Creatures)
- Jared Harris (The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones)
- Uma Thurman (Batman & Robin)
- George Clooney (Batman & Robin)
- Entire Cast (The Counselor)
- Robert De Niro (Rocky & Bullwinkle)
- Liam Neeson (Battleship)
- Ralph Fiennes (Maid In Manhatten)
- Samuel L Jackson (Snakes On A Plane)
- Michael Caine (Jaws: The Revenge)
- Sean Connery (The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- Mickey Rourke (every second movie)
- Nicolas Cage (every second movie)
DAVID GRIFFITHS’S LIST
- Rose Byrne (Insidious)
- Michael Shannon (My Son My Son What Have You Done)
- Toni Collette (Mental)
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Runner Runner)
- Bryan Cranston (Total Recall)
- Tom Hardy (This Means War)
- Tom Hanks (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
- Ben Affleck (Daredevil)
GREG KING’S LIST
- Hugh Jackman (Movie 43)
- Kate Winslet (Movie 43)
- Liev Schreiber (Movie 43)
- Naomi Watts (Movie 43)
- Al Pacino (Jack & Jill)
- Jodie Foster (Catchfire)
- Helen Mirren (Shadow Boxer)
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Shadow Boxer)
- Stephen Dorff (Shadow Boxer)
NICK GARDENER’S LIST
- Laurence Olivier (Inchon)
- Dustin Hoffman (Ishtar)
- Warren Beatty (Ishtar)
- Dustin Hoffman (Sphere)
- Samuel L. Jackson (Sphere)
- Bridget Fonda (Lake Placid)
- Brendan Gleeson (Lake Placid)
- Russell Crowe (Les Miserables)
- Michael Caine (On Deadly Ground)
- Forest Whitaker (Battlefield Earth)
- Kenneth Branagh (Wild Wild West)
- Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal)
- Willem Dafoe (Speed 2)
- The Cast (Mamma Mia)
- The Cast (Earthquake)
- Al Pacino (Jack & Jill)
- Steve Buscemi (Grown Ups)
- Salma Hayek (Grown Ups)
- Marlon Brando (The Island Of Dr Merrou)
- George Clooney (Batman + Robin)
- Uma Thurman (Batman + Robin)
- Robert De Niro (Meet The Fockers, Little Fockers)
- Sigourney Weaver (Abduction)
Recently the hosts of ‘The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show’ came up with their favourite actors here’s who is made their lists.
GREG KING’S LIST
- Matt Damon
- Michael Caine
- Charles Bronson
- John Wayne
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Denzel Washington
- Jack Nicholson
- Michael Douglas
- Sean Connery
- Harrison Ford
- Tom Cruise
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Robert De Niro
- Tom Hanks
- Jodie Foster
ADAM ROSS’ LIST
- Tom Cruise
- Mickey Rourke
- Liam Neeson
- Edward Norton
- Christian Bale
- Jack Nicholson
- Naomi Watts
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Al Pacino
- Dustin Hoffman
- Arnold Schwarznegger
- Russell Crowe
DAVID GRIFFITHS’ LIST
- Russell Crowe
- Bruce Willis
- Woody Harrelson
- Nicolas Cage
- Emma Watson
- Steve Carell
- Michael Cera
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Kirsten Dunst
- Emma Stone
- Ryan Gosling
- Tom Cruise
- Brit Marling
- Ben Affleck
- Matt Damon
- Michelle Williams
- Christian Bale
- Heath Ledger
- Stanley Tucci
- Matthew McConaughey
- Leonardo DiCaprio
NICK GARDENER’S LIST
- Will Ferrell
- Larry David
- John Cleese
- Kirsten Dunst
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Bruno Ganz
- Edward G. Robinson
- John Hurt
- Viggo Mortensen
- Chips Rafferty
- Anthony Hopkins
- Sean Connery
- James Gandolfini
- Sidney Poitiner
- Robert Duvall
- Michael Caine
- Patrick Stewart
- Michael Fassbender
- Samuel L. Jackson
- John Meillion
- Meryl Streep
- Harvey Keitel
- Morgan Freeman
- Robert De Niro
- Humphrey Bogart
During The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show Episode 43 the boys took a look at the most unlikable characters in cinema history – here are their lists.
DAVID GRIFFITHS’ LIST
- Darth Vader (David Prowse) – ‘Star Wars’ (1977)
- Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) – ‘American Pie’ (1999)
- Cal Hockley (Billy Zane) – ‘Titanic’ (1997)
- Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) – ‘The Departed’ (2006)
- Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) – ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975)
- Dolores Umbrige (Imelda Staunton) – ‘Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix’ (2007)
- Peter (Frank Giering) + Paul (Arno Frisch) – ‘Funny Games’ (1997)
- Peter (Brady Corbet) + Paul (Michael Pitt) – ‘Funny Games’ (2007)
- Mr. Harvey (Stanley Tucci) – ‘The Lovely Bones’ (2009)
- Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) – ‘Django Unchained’ (2012)
- Begbie (Robert Carlyle) – ‘Trainspotting’ (1996)
- Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) ‘American Psycho’ (2000)
- Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek) ‘The Rules Of Attraction’ (2002)
- Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) – ‘Oliver!’ (1968)
- Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi) – ‘Monsters Inc.’ (2001)
- Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes) – ‘Schindlers’ List’ (1993)
- Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) – ‘Harry Potter Franchise’
- Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) – Jurassic Park’ (1993)
- Scar (Jeremy Irons) – ‘The Lion King’ (1994)
- Kev (Hugo Weaving) – ‘Last Ride’ (2009)
- Lou Ford (Casey Affleck) – ‘The Killer Inside Me’ (2010)
NICK GARDENER’S LIST
- Kev (Hugo Weaving) – ‘Last Ride’ (2009)
- Begbie (Robert Carlyle) – ‘Trainspotting’ (1997)
- Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) – ‘The Karate Kid’ (1984)
- Fred O’Bannon (Ben Affleck) – ‘Dazed And Confused’ (1993)
- John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) – Amistad’ (1997)
- Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery) – ‘The Offence’ (1972)
- Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) – ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975)
- Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) – ‘The Social Network’ (2010)
- Judd Raike (Karl Malen) – ‘Parrish’ (1961)
- Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) – ‘Jurassic Park’ (1993)
- Shia LeBouf – Any movie he has made.
- Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner) – ‘The Hurt Locker’ (2008)
- John Bender (Judd Nelson) – ‘The Breakfast Club’ (1985)
- Major Benson Payne (Damon Wayans) – ‘Major Payne’ (1995)
- Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) – ‘Happy Gilmore’ (1996)
- Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) – ‘RocknRolla’ (2008)
- Juno (Ellen Page) – ‘Juno’ (2007)
- Cereal (Matthew Lillard) – ‘Hackers’ (1995)
- Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) – ‘The Blind Side’ (2009)
GREG KING’S LIST
- Col Nathan R. Jessup (Jack Nicholson) – ‘A Few Good Men’ (1992)
- Trent (Steve Carell) – ‘The Way Way Back’ (2013)
- Danny McBride (Danny McBride) – ‘This Is The End’ (2013)
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) – ‘Full Metal Jacket’ (1987)
- Mr. Martin (R. Lee Ermey) – ‘Willard’ (2003)
- Sgt. Fatso Judson (Ernst Borgnine) – ‘From Here To Eternity’ (1953)
- Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best) – ‘Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace’ (1999)
- Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) – ‘Taladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby’ (2006)
- Adam Sandler – Any movie he is in.
- Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) – ‘The Fifth Element’ (1997)
- Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) – ‘Zoolander’ (2001)
- Joaquin Phoenix (Joaquin Phoenix) – ‘I’m Still Here’ (2010)
- Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) – ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ (2004)
- Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) – Rushmore’ (1998)
- Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) – ‘American Pie’ (1999)
- Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) – ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975)
- Gary King (Simon Pegg) – ‘The World’s End’) (2013)
- Mr. Yunioshi (Mickey Rooney) – ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ (1961)
- Gilbert Gottfried – any character
- Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) – ‘After Earth’ (2013)
- Champ Kind (David Koechner) – ‘Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy’ (2004)
- Joe (Matthew McConnaughey) – ‘Killer Joe’ (2011)
- Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) – ‘Back To The Future’ (1985)
- Bob Oswald (Rory Kinnear) – ‘Broken’ (2012)
ADAM ROSS’ LIST
- Jack Black – Everything he did early in his career
- Begbie (Robert Carlyle) – ‘Trainspotting’ (1997)
- Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) – ‘One Flew Of The Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975)
- Bogs Diamond (Mark Rolston) – ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ (1994)
- Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden) – The Mist’ (2007)
- Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchison) – ‘The Green Mile’ (1999)
- Mick (Johnny Harris) – ‘This Is England ’86’ (2010)
- James (Eddie Marsan) – ‘Tyrannosaur’ (2011)
- Ace (Kiefer Sutherland) – ‘Stand By Me’ (1986)
- Derek (Adam Scott) – ‘Step Brothers’ (2008)
- Earline Fitzgerald (Margo Martindale) – ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2004)
- Dick Jones (Ronny Cox) – ‘RoboCop’ (1987)
- Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara) – ‘Road House’ (1989)