Before 1969, there had only ever been one James Bond : Sean Connery. Well, that’s not entirely true. In 1954, actor Barry Nelson played an American version of Bond in a one-off TV adaptation of Casino Royale . And then, in 1967, David Niven played a getting-too-old-for-this-sh*t silly Bond in a spoof movie, also called Casino Royale . So, in theory, moviegoers should have been primed for a new face playing suave agent 007 in 1969. But they weren’t. Because 55 year...
