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To celebrate the
40th anniversary of the release of the James Bond film On her
Majesty’s Secret Service LIFE.com presents
never-before-published photos of auditions from the film.
In the early '60s, movie producers adapting Ian Fleming's novels
about a suave British spy named James Bond plucked a relative
unknown, Sean Connery, out of obscurity and offered him the role of
a lifetime. And when Connery left the franchise after five movies,
the hunt for Bond was on again. LIFE sent photographer Loomis Dean
to the final casting sessions for On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(released 40 years ago this week), and the magazine published a
handful of those photos. But some of the choicest frames — Bond
wannabes suiting up, holding guns, drinking martinis, wooing women —
have never been seen…until now. Meet each of the five top candidates
(including ultimate choice George Lazenby), and check out their best
moves.
The gallery of unpublished photos goes live today, Monday, December
14th to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the release of the film on
December 18th.
The gallery is
featured today on the LIFE.com home page and may be accessed
directly at:
http://www.life.com/image/ugc1023022/in-gallery/37692/unpublished-james-bond-auditions
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