# Charles Dance Interview Discussing Bond

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**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/charles-dance-interview-discussing-bond/2544 "2023-03-30T15:21:44Z")
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#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/charles-dance-interview-discussing-bond/2544/1 "2023-03-30T15:21:45Z")

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Read this today and thought some would find it of interest. Love Dalton but do wonder what he would have been like.

“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 f–ked it up.” So, OK, he didn’t turn down Bond, he just didn’t audition.”

> **[‘People think I’m an aristocrat’: Charles Dance on class, Game of Thrones –...](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/27/people-think-im-an-aristocrat-charles-dance-on-class-game-of-thrones-and-avoiding-james-bond)**
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> He often plays the quintessential British hero, but the actor also makes a fine villain. He discusses his father’s death, his big break and leaving his stammer behind