Who Dares Wins
Lewis Collins, then coming off the long running TV show, The
Professionals, must have seen this vehicle as something of an audition
piece
for taking over from Roger Moore as James Bond. At the time the actor
was the bookmaker's favorite for stepping into the shoes of 007 and the
actor himself heavily campaigned for the role. As it worked out Moore
stayed for another couple of Bond movies and by the time he hung up the
Walther, Collins was no longer favorite.
Who
Dares Wins, known in the US as The Final Option, was based largely on
the Iranian Embassy Siege - Collins plays Peter Skellen, an SAS agent
who has an elaborate cover created, in which he is thrown out of the SAS
in order to infiltrate a militant group. Skellen does this in best Bond
fashion by seducing the groups female leader. And then pretty much
blowing up everything that moves.
The
film was the third highest grosser of that year in the UK and a sequel
was planned but unfortunately it never came to fruition but Who Dares
Wins, holds up well and the action scenes are excellent.
The film won't
tax your brains but it's a great action movie.
And you know what - Collins would have made a great James Bond.
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Collins tested, but Cubby Broccoli really didn't like him. More recently Barbara Broccoli has been quoted as saying that the family offered the role or asked to interview Martin Shaw, who said no. I always thought Collins would've been brilliant, despite his height and the wooden acting in Who Dares Wins. But the list of actors who've tested, been considered, offered the role or refused always makes interesting reading. The biggest loss to the series for me has always been Stanley Baker.
lewis collins was englands greatest movie star that never was.forget james bond.what if he had stared in battle picture weekly,2000ad and picadilly cowboys movie adaptations.that would have been brilliant.why is he not in demand to voice playstation games?
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