This is certainly the case with British actor Oliver Reed, who lost out on roles like James Bond, and turned down a part in Jaws, due to his problems with drinking and for his scandalous behavior.

Clint Eastwood turned down the James Bond role after Sean Connery exited, and his misfiring 1975 spy thriller shows why this ...

It reimagines Reed's final, and fatal, drinking session in a pub in Valetta, Malta, where he died of a heart attack during the filming of Gladiator in 1999, aged 61. At the time, he was living in ...

The history of the 007 franchise would have been vastly different if Timothy Dalton or Oliver Reed had been picked over Roger Moore. Anvar Alikhan May 28, 2017 · 03:00 pm ...