A number of factors lead to Dalton's abandoning the role. First of all, Moonraker had been so expensive that the budget for subsequent Bond films was cut with every new production. Licence to Kill had the lowest budget for a Bond film since the late 1960s/early 1970s, even after you adjust for inflation. Licence to Kill also had the lowest box office returns of a Bond film since the early 1960s. MGM was hesitant to greenlight a third project with Timothy Dalton, and were willing to do so only by cutting the budget further from the $32,000,000 of Licence to Kill. Adding to the troubles was the fact that the new CEO of MGM apparently disliked Dalton and offered to give EON Productions the budget they wanted if they would replace Dalton; EON, however, refused this offer. At around the same time as EON was beginning pre-production on a third Dalton outing, MGM/UA was bought out by an Australian company, who illegally sold television rights of the Bond films to a French company. The following court case severely delayed production until late 1993/early 1994 at which point Timothy Dalton's contract with EON had expired. Even after his contract ran out, however, Dalton was still the Bond "of record", meaning he would be given the opportunity to play Bond first, and if he turned it down EON would seek a new actor to be contracted. Not long after his contract ran out, Dalton received the first draft of the script for GoldenEye and disliked it. During the long gap of legal wrangling, Dalton did several television appearances and theatre productions, as well. Basically, Timothy Dalton didn't like the script for GoldenEye and had already moved on to other work which he found more enjoyable.
Roger Moore felt he became too old for the role, and retired from playing Bond in 1985. By the time he was in A View to a Kill, he was 58.
Timothy Dalton did play James Bond tho for the life of me I cannot remember which film
The character of James Bond was portrayed by Welsh actor Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill (1989).
Timothy Dalton starred in The Living Daylights and License to Kill.
Timothy Dalton was born on March 21, 1946.
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton did play James Bond tho for the life of me I cannot remember which film
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Timothy Dalton.
The character of James Bond was portrayed by Welsh actor Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill (1989).
Timothy Dalton starred in The Living Daylights and License to Kill.
Timothy Dalton was born on March 21, 1946.
After Timothy Dalton resigned from the role of James Bond in 1994, he was replaced by Irish actor Pierce Brosnan in 1995's GoldenEye.
James Bond was played by Timothy Dalton in the 1989 film.
He is an English actor, who played "James Bond" in two films.
James Bond
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton's first James Bond film was The Living Daylights in 1987. He had been offered the role of bond in 1968, at the age of 24, to be Bond in On Her Majestys Secret Service, but declined because he felt that he was too young.