James Bond: Sean Connery planned a hilarious Roger Moore cameo in Never Say Never Again

JAMES Bond star Sean Connery returned for the unofficial 007 movie Never Say Never Once again in 1983, but did you know that both Roger Moore and George Lazenby were considered to feature in the motion-picture show too?

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Having held the rights to Thunderball after a long legal battle, producer Kevin McClory set about making his unofficial remake in 1983's Never Say Never Again. At this point Sean Connery had played James Bond six times. The star had been paid a then-tape $1.25 1000000 plus two films of this choice to return for 1971'due south Diamonds Are Forever, after one fourth dimension 007 George Lazenby quit the role. This time around the 52-year-old Scot negotiated a whopping $iii meg, a pct of the profits, plus casting and script approval.

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The story goes that Never Say Never Once again was a reference to Connery's declaration that he would never play Bond again after Diamonds Are Forever. Following his casting in the new film, his married woman said to him what would become the title.

Interestingly, both his swain Bonds George Lazenby and Roger Moore nearly featured in the unofficial film.

The Australian model was originally considered to star as 007 once over again by McClory, however, he was dropped from consideration after the original Bond himself was interested.

As for Roger's inclusion, that was really an amusing idea of Connery's himself.

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James Bond: Sean Connery planned a hilarious Roger Moore cameo in Never Say Never Once more (Prototype: GETTY)

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Sean Connery in 1983's Never Say Never Again (Prototype: MGM)

Roger's official Bond movie Octopussy, his sixth of 7, was released in 1983 alongside Never Say Never Again.

Despite the rivalry between EON'due south producer Cubby Broccoli and McClory, both 007 stars were good friends.

Never Say Never Over again concluded with Connery breaking the 4th wall and winking at the camera. Withal, he had an alternative thought for the concluding scene involving his pal and young man Bond Roger.

This would accept seen the Scottish star walking downwards the street and a man brushing by causing him to double-take and look back.

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Sean Connery with Bond girls Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera (Image: GETTY)

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The camera angle would have shifted revealing Roger, who would have turned to look and so and say: "NEVER say never again!"

Despite their friendship and both beingness willing to shoot this scene, they were unable to convince the moving picture'due south director Irvin Kershner and the producers.

Yet, Connery would go on to play Bond a couple more times before he died in 2020.

The first was a video message he recorded every bit 007 on the set of his 1998 flop The Avengers. The clip was a surprise birthday present for his co-star Ralph Fiennes, who went on to play Chiliad in the Daniel Craig Bond movies.

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    The second was when Connery voiced Bond again for the 2005 video game version of From Russia With Love.

    The star recorded the part in The Bahamas where he was living and very kindly re-did a day'south work after the engineer found the tape had non been recorded and was blank.

    Connery had agreed to play 007 one time once more considering his grandchildren loved video games and he thought it would appeal to them.

    At the time, the actor: "As an artist, I see this as another fashion to explore the creative procedure. Video games are an extremely popular form of amusement today and I am looking forward to seeing how it all fits together."