James Bond Rejects

[tawnybronzelyon]

I'm a big fan of James Bond, and there never seems to be a shortage of new factoids I uncover about the franchise.

I came across a list of actors that were considered for (or desired) the role of 007, and obviously didn't get it. Here's a sampling of the more "WTF were they thinking?" choices:

Considered
Gerard Butler - 2001
Jason Statham - 2005
Hugh Grant - 2005

Rejected
Joe Don "Mittens" Baker - 1973
Christopher Lambert - 1987
P. Diddy - 2009

Declined the offer
Steve Reeves - ????
Burt Reynolds - 1968
Adam West - 1968
Colin Farrell - 2004

Man, we were *this* close to another George Lazenby...

From good ol' Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_considered_for_the_James_Bond_character