Inside George Lazenby’s Lost 2nd Bond Film

Taking a look at what Diamonds Are Forever would have been like had George Lazenby returned as James Bond.

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
1:00 Sean Connery
2:14 George Lazenby
4:40 Plot
9:05 Goldfinger Returns
11:02 Howard Hughes
11:25 Tom Mankiewicz
12:18 What if?

#jamesbond #007

[pepperpeterpiperpickled]

If you ever thought you were bad at your job, just remember an agent once told someone *NOT* to star in James Bond because it wasnt going to be relevant after the 1960s...

[MichaelDropp-vi]

OHMSS had one of the best Bond climaxes ever-the great shoot outs on the peaks, and the bobsled battle. Fine epilogue as well.

[ofb-jqlc]

A revenge driven, Diamond Are Forever, with George Lazenby, and directed by Peter Hunt would have cemented Lazenby as one of, if not the best Bond ever. OHMSS is one of the greatest Bond films.

[hombre]

OHMSS is still my favorite Bond. Lazenby nailed it first time out. He would have been terrific in six more films.

[Dreadjaws]

It's odd how On Her Majesty's Secret Service is considered a bit of an outlier in the Bond franchise when it's by far the most influential film in the series. Hell, look at how most of Austin Powers came out directly out of it: Austin's iconic outfit, the character of Frau, even Dr. Evil's portrayal is mostly based on this particular version of Blofeld. It would have been interesting to see the series continue in that direction. We would have gotten a more grounded Bond long before Daniel Craig.

[QuintonLeo]

I'm massive Bond fan myself. Lazenby was fantastic as Bond and I truly wish he would have stayed on as the character. This sequel sounds like it would have been groundbreaking for its time and truly fantastic to watch.
I strongly recommend everyone who watches to also checkout the documentary "Becoming Bond, " it was released in 2017 and has several interviews with Lazenby himself talking about how he got the role. It's been a while since I watched it, so I don't remember the exact details, but I remember feeling that he had regret over losing the role

[chase]

This is one of my biggest what ifs ever…I actually enjoyed George Lazenby as Bond and OHMSS is one of the most underrated Bond films of the series.

[whiskeyfx_]

Always wished we saw more interaction between Bond and other double 0’s

[aaroncrilly]

I actually like George Lazenby, he makes Bond more emotionally relatable and likeable

[andersljungqvist]

On her Majesty's Secret Service is one of the best Bond flicks in my opinion, storywise at least, and with a very strong and unexpected ending. Mr Lazenby himself is also a perfect gentleman and, put it simply, just a very nice guy. That's my memory of him as I've met him and had a lengthy discussion with him regarding his career and life in general. He did tell me the full story behind him not continuing on as Bond, as this video do only partially reveal. But it is a shame we did not see him in more of them, as he himself has since then regretted. He was however, as I perceived it, content with the life he lived with several children.

[NickMichalak]

Correction: Felix didn’t die in Licence to Kill. His bride Della did, but Felix was only mauled by Sanchez’s shark. He’s still alive at the end of the film taking to Bond on the phone.

[mayerbasic]

Bond fans are doomed to never receive a satisfying conclusion to Blofeld/SPECTRE.

[MrAwesomesanchez]

As an avid Bond film fan myself, I have been waiting for this video for a long time now and I'm glad I got to finally see it.

[travismiddleton]

Both of these versions of Diamonds would have been better than what we got.

[Omar-wqdz]

The original Goldeneye script, by Michael France, would make a good What Could Have Been. It’s online to read. I couldn’t picture Dalton, as it was originally for him, and I couldn’t picture Brosnan either, as he starred in it, because I kept picturing Craig because it has a more serious tone like his Bond movies. Alec Trevelyan was older and a mentor to Bond, and aspects of the script got used in later Bond movies

[HerbCoswellBornAgain]

On Her Majestys Secret Service was the most underrated bond film ever made. I would've to have seen a revenge driven version of Diamonds are Forever.

And yes, I know I already made a comment like this, but this is how much I wish Lazenby was given another Bond film.

[merkury]

Lazenby played the best physical fighting Bond until Daniel Craig 37 years later. And Telly Savalas the best Blofeld.

[TrentPruitt]

To quote Star-Lord, “finally”.

Nice work. You should dive into James Brolin almost being Bond in Octopussy. He even did a screen test with Maud Adams and got pretty close until they brought Roger Moore back to compete against Sean Connery and Never Say Never Again.

[ShelterCats]

Oh George. If only he had a different agent. He would have ruled the 70s. This is the diamonds that should have been.

[WaltherPPK]

Honestly not the biggest fan of Timothy Daltons bond, but you have to commend the man for understanding that James Bond should be older than his 20’s. Very cool of him to pass on the role at first, it shows that he understood who the character of Bond is.