10 Actors Who Should Play James Bond (And 12 Who Were Almost Cast)

Sean Bean

It’s funny to think of how Sean Bean’s career could have turned out differently. The eternally mortal actor is believed to have tested for 1987’s Timothy Dalton 007 movie, “The Living Daylights,” although he’s never spoken about it publicly. Bean was again considered for Bond in “Goldeneye,” but he instead won the role of Agent 006, leading to yet another classic movie death.