Sam Neill

The late Sam Neill is best known for Jurassic Park, but he was once in the running for James Bond.

The franchise could have looked very different if he'd played 007 instead of Timothy Dalton in what ended up being 1987's The Living Daylights, but Neill once claimed he would've rejected the part either way.

The actor, who died this week aged 78, said: "First of all, I wouldn’t have taken the role if they’d asked me to do it. It was the last time that I was bullied into doing a screen test.

"My agent insisted that I go and do it, [saying] it would be rude otherwise. So reluctantly, I went out to Pinewood [Studios] and did this silly thing for a part I never wanted to do.”