Posted by Adam

Wednesday September 8, 2010

CLINT Eastwood could have been James Bond!

The Hollywood legend has revealed he was offered the starring roles of superheroes Superman and James Bond — but turned them down.

“I can remember — and this was many years ago — when [Warner Bros. President] Frank Wells came to me about doing Superman,” Clint said.

“So it could have happened. This was when they first started to think about making it. I was like, ‘Superman? Nah, nah, that’s not for me.’ Not that there’s anything wrong with it. It’s for somebody, but not me.

“I was also offered pretty good money to do James Bond if I would take on the role. This was after Sean Connery left. My lawyer represented the Broccolis [who produce the Bond franchise] and he came and said, ‘They would love to have you.’ But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal. It didn’t feel right for me to be doing it.”

The Dirty Harry star confessed he liked more gritty, down-to-earth roles.

“I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality. Maybe they do super things or more-than-human things — like Dirty Harry, he has a knack for doing crazy things, or the western guys — but, still, they’re not caped crusaders,” he said.

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