Cary Grant, who probably thought he didn’t need any more films under his belt anyway, turned down the role of James Bond in Dr. No. A little-known nobody named Sean Connery only became one of the most iconic actors in the history of movies with that role, and went on to do five other films in the same series. There’s a rumor that Grant actually said yes to the film, but because of the title of the film, his message was misread. This would seem plausible until you realize that this is the man to whom Audrey Hepburn once said: “You know what’s wrong with you? Nothing”. Cary Grant is probably one of the few men in history who doesn’t need James Bond’s dashing veneer to be any cooler.
