Charles Dance stated that he was talked out of by his agent on not going to James Bond auditions within the Nineteen Eighties.
During an interview with Guardian, the Game Of Thrones actor opened up in regards to the incident the place he set eyes 007 agent function after Roger Moore hung her tuxedo following 1985’s A View To A Kill. But his agent talked him out of it.
Dance additionally responded to the hearsay that he rejected the Bond function, saying, “No, of course, I didn’t turn down James Bond! What happened was, my agent called and said, ‘I urge you not to do it. Just think how you’ll feel if you don’t get it. It will kill your career stone-dead.’
She was probably right. If I’d got it, I would have probably *** it up.”
Dance bought his characteristic movie debut within the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, the place he donned the evil henchman Claus character.
Later, he performed Bond creator Ian Fleming’s function within the biographical TV film Golden Eye, which premiered on ITV in 1989.