News about Timothy Dalton

It was a job he never really wanted, but Sam Neill (left) got as far as auditioning as James Bond. In 1985, the Jurassic Park actor starred as Roger Moore's replacement. In a short clip from Neill's screen test, he's recreating a scene from Sean Connery's 1963 film From Russia With Love. In the end, Neill did not impress producers in his role, and the job was ultimately handled to Timothy Dalton. James Brolin (right in his screen test) would have been the man who replaced Roger Moore after five outings as Bond, not Bond. Moore did two screen tests and was actually Bond, but Moore decided to make Octopussy again in 1983, so Brolin was left out in the cold. Sir Michael Caine (inset bottom, as spy Harry Palmer in the Ipcress File) was reportedly given the role of Bond after Sean Connery resigned as a result of You Only Live Twice. Sir Michael, who is now 91, was not keen on playing Bond. Clint Eastwood, who was inset top in A Fistful of Dollars, was considered for the role in the late 1960s, when Bond investors were trying to replace Connery before he relinquished on his decision to rename Connery as the spy. Eastwood left the role.

Helen Mirren, a Dame, paid tribute to Barbie in an iconic pink jumper four months after the film's record-breaking success, stopping by a London coworking space on Wednesday. As she rocked up to The Nest, a public coworking space in Wapping, the Academy Award-winning actress, 78, gave regulars a treat. The long-sleeved jumper was emblazoned in brilliant yellow letters diagonally, and its sleeves also had yellow hems.

The 67-year-old television presenter hasn't only walked down the aisle three times, but she's enjoyed some serious celebrity romance with actors including Timothy Dalton, and even had a live-in boyfriend before 2000. Whoopi has made it abundantly that she does not want to live with anyone,' and that being single is her personal preference in recent years. Whoopi - whose real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson - said in 2019: 'For me, there is a commitment.' It's a promise to ask their opinion and listen and discuss it with them if you make a promise to someone else. I don't want to do that. I don't want to give out money. I know it's terrible, but I don't want to do it.'

On Tuesday's episode of The View, the 67-year-old actress confessed to being "dancing and prancing" every single time her marriages came to an end. Whoopi has divorced a total of three times, with her third marriage to union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg ending in 1995. Despite having high-profile relationships with actors Timothy Dalton and Ted Danson, the Ghost actress confessed that by the time her third marriage ended, she felt it was 'getting costly and boring' and has never said 'I do' again.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Since Daniel Craig's announcement that he was not going to play Ian Fleming's superspy, rumors have arisen. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is believed to be the 2/1 favorite to wear the tuxedo and follow the likes of Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, George Lazenby, and Sean Connery.

Spencer Dutton was estranged from his new wife Alexandra after her ex fiancé forced him to a deadly duel on Sunday's episode of 1923 on the Paraphrasedoutput. Spencer [Brandon Sklenar] and Alexandra [Julia Schlaepfer] were aboard a ship in Sicily to bring them back to America on their journey to return to America in the season one finale, Nothing Left To Lose. Alexandra was immediately distraught when she saw her former fiancé Arthur Jr. [Rafe Soule], a British royal family member. She initially planned to spend the next three weeks in her room, but then confidently announced that they would not hide out and dressed for the ship's formal dinner.

On Sunday's episode of 1923 on the Paraphrasedoutput, Teonna Rainwater violently bludgeoned a priest who found her hideout in the Badlands. Priests were looking for Teonna [Aminah Nieves] who disguised herself as a child after she murdered violent nuns at the American Indian boarding school and went on the run. As they first discovered her, one of the priests said, 'We are looking for a girl about 15.'

Dave Wallsworth, a British Airways pilot, has taken to social media to state that he has been barred from posting pictures of his work online as a result of a recent policy, which the airline denies. Captain Wallsworth has gained over 100,000 followers on Twitter thanks to his interactions with actors including David Harewood (left), Timothy Dalton, and Helen McCrory (right).

JAN MOIR: Prepare for the spectre of the poisoned sceptre once more. The Windsors appear to be the most appalling family in history, a brutal monarch dynasty of lunatics, and Dementors who make the Borgias look like Beanie Babies are all consistent in this series. In episode four, we ban anyone who is different,' bawls Prince Andrew (James Murray). He cites the virtues that first attracted him to his wife Sarah before everything else went toes up, to prove his point. 'Modern, relatable, and buckets of fun,' he enthused, perhaps unaware that someone else said precisely the same thing about the Hindenburg.

With 007's Aston Martin DB5 selling for almost £3 million alone, James Bond's memorabilia auction in London commemorating 60 years of the iconic franchise. On Wednesday evening, Christie's auction house hosted a two-part charity auction, selling 25 in-demand movie props and memorabilia to celebrate James Bond's 60th birthday. Aston Martin DB5 (top right), a Omega Seamaster watch (top right), and a Swarovski crystal-mounted prop egg used in 1983 film Octopussy sold for £6.1 million (bottom left). A Triumph Scrambler stunt motorcycle was also on sale for £138,600 (bottom right).

Despite previous calls for Idris Elba to take the role following Daniel Craig's resignation, John Boyega says there will never be a black James Bond. Following Craig's decision to hang up his tuxedo after his fifth appearance in 2021 blockbuster No Time To Die, the iconic character is now in limbo. Despite calls for London born Elba to become the seventh 007, fellow actor Boyega, 30, actress Barbara Broccoli, says she would never cast a person of colour for the role.

Anthony Horowitz (inset), 67, the author of fictional teenage spy Alex Rider, has written three James Bond books, the most recent of which was published in May this year. But the author, who was named for services to literature in the 2021 New Year's Honours list, confirmed that With A Mind To Kill would be his last entry for the franchise. "I'm writing the books and I always hear Sean Connery and see Daniel Craig." I'm perfectly content to defend Bond. He's a man of the 50s and 60s, so he has a different moral code than the one we have today. I refute the argument that he is chauvinistic, sexist, or misogynistic.' Pictured left: Daniel Craig with Eva Green in Casino Royale, 2006. Correct: In 1983, Sean Connery and Kim Basinger appeared in 'Never Say Never Again.'

This week, it was reported that Idris Elba (inset, left) had walked away from 'years of negotiations' with movie executives to take over from Daniel Craig (inset, right) the next James Bond. Naturally, news that the actor, 49, will not be playing the role as the fans were both sad and excited as rumors of who was to play the iconic role. William Hill's latest narrator Henry Cavill, 5/2, Rege Jean-Page, Henry Cavill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and James Norton have all ranked at 5/2, with Ree Jean-Page ranked at 5/2, Rege Jean-Page with odds of 4/1, followed by Tom Hardy, Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill, Chiwetel Ejiofor and James Norton on 7/1.

Actor Idris Elba may have departed from the James Bond role, but he is far from being the first Hollywood actor to walk away from a blockbuster role (top left and bottom left). Pictured from left to right; Gwyneth Paltrow (top) turned down the opportunity to play in Titanic (bottom); Meg Ryan (top) declined to appear in Pretty Woman (bottom); Meanwhile, John Travolta (top) has dropped the role of Forrest Gump (bottom).