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While writing Hot Fuzz Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright referred to the supermarket manager, Simon Skinner as being played by a "Timothy Dalton type" actor before thinking to ask Dalton himself to be in the film. To their surprise Dalton had loved Shaun of the Dead and signed on for the role.
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Pierce Brosnan was initially offered the role of James Bond in 1987 but due to a prior contract with NBC, he had to decline the offer. The producers instead hired Timothy Dalton for The Living Daylights (1987), and Licence to Kill (1989).
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In a 1979 episode of "Charlie's Angels", Timothy Dalton's character (a cat burgler) is described as a man with "James Bond-ian tastes", eight years before Timothy Dalton would be cast to play James Bond.
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James Bond has been played by several actors including Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, and Daniel Craig.
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Several former James Bond actors were publicly supportive of Daniel Craig being chosen as the next 007, including Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and eventually George Lazenby.
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Timothy Dalton was set to star in a third James Bond picture. The script was completed and they were interviewing directors, but a legal dispute between EON and MGM delayed the film so long that Dalton was released from his contract.
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Timothy Dalton (the fifth James Bond) was in a musical comedy called 'Sextette' where he sings 'Love Will Keep Us Together' with an 85-year-old Mae West
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Pierce Brosnan was supposed to debut as James Bond in 1987's The Living Daylights. The announcement caused NBC to renew Remington Steele (starring Brosnan) in hopes of riding the 007 publicity. Broccoli didn't like that, so as an F-you to NBC he replaced Brosnan altogether with Timothy Dalton.
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Timothy Dalton turned down the offer to play James Bond twice, first in 1968 and again in 1979 or 1980. In 1986, he agreed to star in The Living Daylights after Roger Moore's retirement.
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Famous James Bond actor, Timothy Dalton voiced a character in Toy Story 3
