After John Connery starred in the Jamesei Bond in five feature films - "D -NO", "From Russia with Ubov", "Goldfinger", "Thunderball" and "You Live Only Twice", he was ready to rest. The Cold War spy proved to be profitable, but many thought it was time to take the series in a new direction. Connery withdrew his role, and Australian actor George Lazeni inherited her, starring "at the Secret Service of Her Majesty" in 1969.

But the film failed for everyone. Lazeni decided to leave the series after just one film, acting on the advice of his agent. Also, when the "Majesty" was announced, disappointed with the box office, making literally half of "you just live only twice". If the series 007 was supposed to continue, as the Bond Mackiti-Mukes wanted, they would ask for another new actor to play Jameseii Bond. The next planned sequel was to be called "Diamonds are forever" and started crazy casting Blic.

At the top of the shortlist of producers was American actor Johnon Gavin, perhaps best known for playing Sam Loomis in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". He was also in "Imitation of Life" and "Spartak". Gavin signed a playing contract 007, but the producers got cold legs in the last minute, feeling that Gavin would not be a big enough draw for the box office. Instead, they returned to John Connery and gave him a huge salary to return to "Diamonds are forever".

During the casting process, however, a wide panople of actors was considered. Michael Gambon was considered, as was Roger Moore, who will eventually play the role in the "diamonds". More American actors, including Burth Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Robert Wagner and Brett Halsey, were also discussed. Most surprising, Adam West was in short running, Following his Starvali TV turnaround in the 1966 Batman TV series.

He lowered the role.

And, no, this is not one of those wild casting rumors that you can meet from time to time floating through Hollywood. Adam West was really on the run for the role. The inclusion of Eastwood, Reynolds and West was confirmed for the special characteristics of the DVD "Diamonds are forever, and it was mentioned in Rolling Stone's Necrologist at Western 2017. Indeed, Digital spy even interviewed west As early as 2014, he confirmed that the producers of the Jameseshes Bond, Harry Salzmann and Albert R. Broccoli, they thought he could play the role.

West had reasons to reduce the role. He said:

"Yes, they asked me about it. The broccoli seniors said: "This is the Jameseshes Bond! "And I said, 'I am myself that I can't do it, I'm tied up with something else.' I also thought he should be an Englishman. "

Know that Jamesesheims Bond's refusal in 1970 was considered a wise move. The films were not doing well, and the second actor had just turned out, so it was wise for the actor to look elsewhere. The "something else" west behaves is probably Francis Lyon in 1969 Noir caper "The girl who knew too much" starring Nancy Quan. West could not predict that the Jameses Bond would continue for decades, or that the "girl" would bombard the box office.

Strangely, "the girl who knew too much" entered a heavy rotation on TV, and after hours she was seen by a whole generation of night owls. Batman has also kept Western in the public eye for years.

Unfortunately, there is no truth to the rumor that West was considered JamesiMs Bond Because of Nestle's ad, Quick he did. However, that ad showed The genius without the comedy of the actor without the bottomAnd he followed Batman's role. What, for certain readers, is a far greater career achievement than any spy film.