Lewis Collins - 'This is your life' - meeting 'Gonzo'

Lovely snippet from 'This is your life' with Lewis Collins (1982 ?)

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[eyeofmaul]

Been many years since I've seen this. I was in the audience, as my Dad was one of the guests (he was in 'the renegades' with Lew). after the show, there was a party at the studio, all the children were given 'little red books' to collect autographs,the 'celebs' were all very nice to me, and the other children, apart from Lenny Bennet, who refused to sign autographs for any of us! Lew is living in California now, with his wife and kids.

[sunshine4537]

Hi there! How great must that have been :D Thank you for sharing your experience then!

[Matt Pennant]

the best James Bond we never had

[sunshine4537]

@ianupton Thanks for droping by! No wonder, with doing all the SAS training and even doing the stunts etc on the show, he must have been extremly fit then. I wonder how he managed that with the amount of fags *g*

Interesting to hear you really didn't know, he was an actor. When did you get to know that ?

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Lewis is a good sport and funy guy. Nice upload thanks.

[Phil Stevens]

Hell, I knew it! See my comment above. I wrote it before I saw what you said about his unsuccessful audition.

[Phil Stevens]

He was 'too' good for James Bond. Too tough and not charming enough. One thing all the Bond's have in common is they seem a touch gay, even Connery. No way you could call Lewis Collins that!

[5eurocups2005]

Great facts about lewis, he passed SAS training and also turned down a chance to replace the Beatles drummer Pete best

[GoldenLegends100]

no - he was turned down for James Bond after he auditioned in 1982 becasue he came across as too aggressive in the role. Check Wikepedia

[sunshine4537]

@merlin173 LOL, that's quite a coincidence, thank you for telling!

[MegaPalpa]

He was gonna b James Bond but screwed it up for himself when he beat his missus up,after that who would want him

[Dean Kershaw-Evans]

Dude you ain't fucking wrong there...such a shame he never got along with the Bond boffins otherwise he'd have been brilliant.

[5hutterbug]

Personally, I think the programme was a load of BS. Did anyone notice that the Mojos were extremely conspicuous by their absence, or did the Mojos not figure as something remotely important in Lewis's life? I had made a point of watching the programme when it first came out, as I was quite surprised that he was the subject, but I watched it to the end with mounting disbelief as not one of the Mojos were invited onto the show.

[5hutterbug]

Personally, I think the programme was a load of BS. Did anyone notice that the Mojos were extremely conspicuous by their absence, or did the Mojos not figure as something remotely important in Lewis's life? I had mede a point of watching the programme when it first came out, as I was quite surprised that he was the subject, but I watched it to the end with mounting disbelief as not one of the Mojos were invited onto the show.