Aussie star who was almost cast as James Bond
An Australian music legend has revealed he was called in to audition for a top-secret project – which turned out to be James Bond.
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An Australian music legend has revealed that he was once called in to audition for the role of James Bond in the blockbuster franchise.
Rocker James Reyne was asked about the “rumour” during an interview on Triple M’s Moonman in the Morning show on Friday morning.
“I want to go back to the 1980s, I was reminded of a rumour from way back then, that you were mooted as a potential James Bond,” host Lawrence Mooney asked.
“Is that true, that they had you as a possible James Bond?”
Reyne, 64, confirmed the story, adding that he’d been approached shortly after appearing in hit 1984 Australian mini-series Return to Eden.
“I was one of a few, but I was asked (to audition) around the time I’d done Return to Eden,” he told the radio host.
“I went up to Sydney, they said ‘can’t tell you what (the project) is’, so I went to Sydney and met with these two women... All I knew was that it was a casting for something.”
But it all quickly went pear-shaped.
“Halfway through, the penny dropped (that it was for Bond), and I lost my nerve. I suddenly got all nervous... So I didn’t get the gig,” Reyne admitted.
Only one Australian has taken on the iconic role, with George Lazenby famously appearing in just one Bond movie, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service in 1969.
The latest instalment in the franchise, No Time To Die is due to hit Australian cinemas on November 11 – more than 18 months after its original release date.
The final Bond movie to star Daniel Craig as the super spy was initially scheduled for release in April 2020, but became the first blockbuster movie to be postponed as coronavirus began to sweep the globe.
It premiered last week in London amid a glitzy red carpet affair attended by Craig and members of the British royal family.
Originally published as Aussie star who was almost cast as James Bond
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