Mel Gibson ‘too short’ to play James Bond

Read More ]"/> Braveheart actor Mel Gibson was reportedly overlooked for James Bond because he was too short.

The 53-year-old star was allegedly keen to play 007, but producer Cubby Broccoli thought the 5ft 9in actor wasn’t tall enough.

Talking at a Bond convention in LA, scriptwriter Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun, said: “At one point, Mel Gibson wanted to play Bond. And Cubby was against it. Cubby had a thing about tall people. Bond had to be tall. And so, Mel Gibson was too short.

“But he was a big star. Somebody at United Artists said to me: ‘Call him and tell him Mel Gibson would be great.’

“And Cubby said: ‘I don’t want to make a Mel Gibson movie, I want to make a James Bond movie.’”

source: Splash News

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