Ah yes, Bond's character development, Roger Moore cast a long shadow. Collins deemed "too aggressive" apparently. Seems quite bizarre as one that considers Connery's Bond V Red Grant as about the peak of it.
Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Nov 2013, at 16:45, Adrian Cowdry <jboh...@aol.com> wrote: > > Lewis Collins reached great popularity in the late 1970's and early 1980's as > Bodie in TV's The Professionals - the series was a replacement for The New > Avengers with two tough gritty agents working for an anti terror/anti crime > agency in the UK. > > Many people touted Lewis Collins as the next James Bond, Roger Moore was > coming to the age of double 0 retirement and a new actor was being sought. > > Collins emulated Sean Connery and George Lazenby by making assertive demands > in the presence of Albert R. Broccoli. Those days had passed and it is felt > that Collins dashed his chances of being James Bond. He did go on to make Who > Dares Wins, a film inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege.In Who Dares Wins > Collins showed his lack of depth for character development and it was > probably wise that he was not picked as 007. > > Unfortunately Collins went on to make a series of second rate actioners and > never really elevated his career, although he did team up with Michael Caine > in a made for TV drama - Jack the Ripper. > > Collins was a British Icon from the days of The Professionals and will be > sadly missed. He had a charisma that circumvented his lack of depth within > the field of acting. > > This Never Happened to the Other Fella.... > > Adrian Cowdry > jboh...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard C Evans <evan...@mac.com> > To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > Sent: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:34 > Subject: [MOPO] Lewis Collins RIP > > Come on Mr Cowdry, best of the nearly Bonds? > > http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/nov/28/professionals-bodie-lewis-collins-dies > > Sent from my iPhone > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
