Interestingly Henry Cavill was one of the actors who was being considered for the role during that time. And you go through the eight people and you put your hand up as you talk through each person and ultimately everybody has to be unanimous in their decision, if you see what I mean.” “You sit around a table…It was myself the producers, the casting director, etc. “So I just thought about that for a minute and apart from that, absolutely it was always him.”Īs per Martin, there were eight contenders for the role.Įxplaining the process of selection he said, “So I just thought about that for a minute and apart from that, absolutely it was always him.” “Daniel was obviously tougher and rugged, but he wasn’t a traditional handsome guy,” he shared. All handsome guys, all sexy, all very attractive to women and so forth.”
“It was the fact that people like Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan was that they were all traditional-looking Bonds. “My only reticence with Daniel…he was really a superb actor, there’s no doubt about that,” began Martin.
