James Brolin was almost 007. Catching up with PEOPLE, the actor, who turns 85 next week, looked back at having the ...

Los Angeles, Hollywood actor James Brolin says he almost got the role of James Bond in the 1983 spy film "Octopussy" but lost ...

Actor-director James Brolin recalled having the opportunity to play James Bond in his early 40s, only for plans to change at ...

Octopussy then takes a sinister turn as a clown – actually 009 (played by stuntman Andy Bradford) – is hunted and murdered by the knife-throwing twins (David and Anthony Meyer).

The Hollywood icon, who will turn 85 on July 18, reminisced about the time he was offered the role of James Bond in 1983's Octopussy.

In Octopussy, I had a love scene where Roger spins me around.” The Octopussy star added to Daily Mail : “Unfortunately my leg caught him in a sensitive region. It floored him and stopped ...