Casting the Continuation Novels

MOONRAKER (1955)

Ronnie Vallance – Anthony Quayle
Gala Brand – Maureen O’Hara
Willy Krebs – Hardy Krüger
Hugo Drax – James Mason

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DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1956)

Ernie Cureo – Martin Balsam
Tiffany Case – Rita Hayworth
Wint – Jackie Gleason
Kidd – Vincent Price
Jack Spang – Ray Milland
Seraffimo Spang – Ray Milland

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Backing up the thread…
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FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE (1957)

Darko Kerim – Amedeo Nazzari
Tatiana Romanova – Grace Kelly
Donovan Grant – Stanley Baker
Rosa Klebb – Bette Davis

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Wow! That’s a very strong line up.
Do you have also someone in mind for Kronsteen?

Kronsteen – Peter Wyngarde

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Kelly would have probably had an affair with whoever played Bond, as she did with Ray Milland when she made DIAL “M” FOR MURDER.

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Quantum of Solace (1961)

James Bond: Sean Connery
Camille Montes: Ziva Rodann
Dominic Greene: Jean Chevrier
Felix Leiter: Jack Lord
Rene Mathis: Gabrielle Ferzetti
Mr. White: William Hartnell
Strawberry Fields: Noelle Adam
Blofeld: ?

DOCTOR NO (1958)

Quarrel – Errol John
Honey Rider – Kim Novak
No’s “Blind” Assassin 1 – Scatman Crothers
No’s “Blind” Assassin 2 – Brock Peters
No’s “Blind” Assassin 3 – Harry Belafonte
Julius No – Yul Brynner

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Haha! Harry Belafonte as Blind Assassin nr 3!! Briljant!
While he’s killing singing: “Day-o, day-oooo!”

Somehow I don’t think he would have ever take that part. :grinning:

GOLDFINGER (1959)

Smithers – John Williams
Pussy Galore – Anne Baxter
Oddjob – Kenji Shibuya
Auric Goldfinger – Orson Welles

THUNDERBALL (1961)

Peter Pedersen – Nehemiah Persoff
Domino Vitali – Sophia Loren
Vargas – Robert Duvall
Emilio Largo – Anthony Quinn

I think Anthony Quinn would’ve made a perfect 1960s version of Silva.

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THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962)

Mounties Lieutenant – John Ireland
Stonor – Edward Binns
Vivienne Michel – Jean Seberg
Horst Uhlmann – James Coburn
Sol Horowitz – Martin Landau
Morant – Dennis Hopper
Ernst Stavro Blofeld – George Sanders
Sanguinetti – Sam Wanamaker

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ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1963)

Marc-Ange Draco – Claude Dauphin
Tracy di Vicenzo – Brigitte Bardot
Fritz – Ernest Borgnine
Irma Bunt – Agnes Moorehead
Ernst Stavro Blofeld – Laurence Olivier

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@Double-OhAgent you are the main contributor to this thread and I have greatly enjoyed your casting choices. However, I am curious as to why you almost never cast Bond in any of your posts. That is personally my favorite angle that others (including myself) have taken. Why is this? Thanks in advance!

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Adapting the Brosnan adventures to Roger in the 70s.

Goldeneye (1975)

James Bond: Roger Moore
Alec Trevelyan: Roy Scheider
Natalya Simonova: Teri Garr
Xenia Onatopp: Helen Mirren
Boris Grishenko: Graham Chapman
General Ourumov: Oskar Werner
General Gogol (in place of Mishkin): Walter Gotell

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Thanks Yellow-Pinky.

Probably stupid of me, but I never thought of listing the alternate James Bond actors because I initially figured the real James Bond actor of record at the time would be 007 in those novels/short stories/biographical tales. But I suppose I should have realized that if I did that for the other roles, I should have alternate casted for Bond as well. Anyway, by not alternate casting James Bond originally, I have used in other roles some of the guys that I would have casted as 007. So if you’ll bear with me, I’ll finish out my list as is, and at the end tell you who my alternate 007s are for all the stories as well as recast their vacated spots.

Incidentally, I’m recasting the novels on a larger scale, but I’m only into John Gardner’s run. I’ll maybe post/update them later when I’m done if you and others would like to see them.

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YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1964)

Tiger Tanaka – Toshirô Mifune
Kissy Suzuki – France Nuyen
Kono – Bruce Lee
Irma Bunt – Elsa Lanchester
Ernst Stavro Blofeld – Alec Guinness

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Tomorrow Never Dies (1976)

James Bond: Roger Moore
Wai Lin: Christina Kokubo
Elliot Carver: Gene Hackman
Paris Carver: Madeline Kahn
Mr. Stamper: Jurgen Prochnow
Dr. Kauffman: Ronald Lacey

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