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Five Actors Who Were Almost Bond

Dave Preston | dpreston@wtop.com

October 12, 2015, 4:48 PM

Irish actor Liam Neeson arrives at the UK Premiere of 'Taken' in central London, Wednesday Sept. 24 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Introduction Six men have portrayed 007 in the EON series, but none of them were givens for the role. Ian Fleming at first thought that Sean Connery was completely wrong for the role,聽only to be proven wrong to such a point that Fleming added Scottish heritage to Bond鈥檚 character in the last novel he wrote. When the role opened and reopened, producers had to make difficult decisions in which direction the series had to go. Here are a few near-misses. (ASSOCIATED PRESS/Joel Ryan)
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Irish actor Liam Neeson arrives at the UK Premiere of 'Taken' in central London, Wednesday Sept. 24 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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