With Amazon is now in full control of the Jameseims Bond franchiseAlready the living discourse about who will be the next 007 has passed in the saturation. Former bonds of bonds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson has carried out a high level of franchise control, and official updates on who will take them, as Bond has been non -existent since Daniel Craig worshiped with "not time to die" in 2021. As such, fans are over eager to hear some Type of news on this front, especially now the franchise is in new hands. Those same fans continued to be based on all sorts of names.

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We know that the Starvala "Kaven Hunter" Aaron Taylor-Nsonson has the support of former Bond Pierce BrosnanWhile some fans are still hoping that longtime favorite Henry Caville can still have a shot. There are so many Actors who could replace Craig as a relationshipAnd we've heard a lot of speculation on that front, which has always been the way the longest franchise worked in the cinema when working an actor at Bond.

One name you have almost never heard during Bond's run, however, is Anthony Hopkins. Of course, now the 87-year-old will not be held accountable for the next outing in 007, but at one time it seems that the "Silence of the Lambs" was considered to play England's biggest spy, and it was all thanks to the rhythm of the Jameseims Bond.

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Since the JameSei Bond films, there have been ripples of the Jamesesheims Bond. In fact, even before there were films by the Jameses Bond, there was a rip-off-off-off-or, more precisely movies that were so bonding, canon can also be made. For example, the classic of Alfred Hitchcock from 1959 "north of the northwest" was basically a proto-007 exit, which is partly why Hitchcock himself approached directing a Bond movie.

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Following "Dr. NO" since 1962, films that are not tied to the relationship, to the extent that some Fans even claim that the 90's action film is actually a Jameses Bond's secret installment. Other popular bond films include films by Michael Caine, Harry Palmer and more films by Pierce Brosnan from the Thomas Krun affair to "The Man in November". But have you ever heard of "When is the toll for eight Svona?" It may sound like a badly advised novel about Hemingway's sequel, but it's actually a 1971 shareholder starring Anthony Hopkins.

Directed by Belgian director étienne Périer, the film was based on Alistair McLean's novel in 1965 with the same name and saw Hopkins playing Philip Calvert, a British Finance Agent, who even shared the commander's rank with Bond. Calvert explores the abduction of gold -bearing ships, linking crimes to the Greek delivery tycoon Sir Anthony Scurras (Jackack Hawkins). However, he continues his investigation, the British agent reveals that things are much more complicated than they initially seemed.

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Producer Eliot Castner was convinced that the franchise 007 was supposed to disappear after John Connery announced his departure and hoped to attract the series fans with a fierce takeover of the spy genre, which still took many signs from the Bond films. Unfortunately, "when the eight" bells "did not do well, with Castner not only failing to attract Bond's fans, but also his prediction has proven to be wrong for the future of 007. Hopkins, on the other hand, at least managed to meet with the producers of all work.

"When Eight Svona" did not get too well after the 1971 release - at least in the United States it performed better in Europe, where it became the 11th most popular film in the British treasurer for the year. Despite the film, he reportedly made a profit, Eliot Castner was forced to admit that it was a disappointment, although critics were not fully hostile to the film. Two of the three reviews collected on Rotten tomatoes They are positive, and the worst critics say about the film is that it doesn't have to do anything revolutionary with a format of spy film.

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Moreover, "When Eight Svona" got the then 34-year-old Anthony Hopkins with Bond's famous producer Albert R. Broccoli, though they didn't use things right. The actor reminded his brief meeting with Broccoli at the 2012 Bafta Life in Pictures (through Independent), saying, "Believe it or not, I met broccoli cubes and I didn't think I was the right Bond material, but it was flattering to offer it."

According to the actor, he was then offered the role of Bond, which in the early 1970s means he would take over the mantle after John Connery's second departure from the franchise after "Diamonds are forever" in 1971. Of course, many actors were offered by the section and it remains unclear how serious Broccoli is, or really whether Hopkins remembered things. It is clear that the actor was running, and given his more earthed performance in "When Eight Svona", he may have engaged in the era of the most ugliest relationship before Timothy Dalton did so with "The Living Daylight" in 1987. In the end, Hopkins will eventually be considered to play villains in the even bonds in the 1990s Goldje and "Never Die Tomorrow", but once again spent in the roles. While Pierce Brosnan could be very good on the movie "Elder Bond"I think it's safe to say that time has spent Hopkins donating tuxedo.

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