From moviesonline, According to a tell-all new memoir by Roger Moore, who starred in seven James Bond films in the 70's and 80's, director Steven Spielberg once had ambition to direct a Bond installment. Apparently, the only reason why he never went on to do so, was because of his success. [via ThisIsLondon]
In his forthcoming book "My Word is my Bond," Moore recalls: "He was a huge Bond fan and said that he would love to direct one of the films. He'd recently had great success with 'Jaws' and 'Close Encounters' and was considered a very hot property. I was rather excited at this news and went looking for Broccoli (film producer Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli) to tell him."
But Broccoli, who steered the Bond franchise over three decades, shook his head and asked, "Do you know how much of a percentage he'd want?"
Moore continues: "It's always been policy that no Bond director ever got a slice of the box office profits, so Spielberg went off and made 'Indiana Jones' who I reckon to be a period James Bond!"
Roger Moore took over the hit role of 007 from Sean Connery in 1973. His films include "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Live and Let Die," "The Man With the Golden Gun" and "A View to a Kill."
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There's a famous story connected to this.
In 1977 Lucas and Spielberg went on vacation together. (With their wives.) They built a sand castle (!!) and had a long conversation about movies, which prompted Spielberg to mention that he always wanted to direct a James Bond movie. Lucas was reminded of "his other idea" (besides Star Wars) involving a swashbuckling archeologist. They kept talking.
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