“The name’s Califragilisticexpialidocious… Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Those words were almost spoken on screen. Sort of.

Now nearly 100 years old, Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke has had a glorious career, playing everything from a clumsy comedy writer to an affable chimney sweep to a sleuthing doctor. But he almost had a chance to play James Bond , the great actor recently revealed to the Today Show ( via EW ). “Cubby Broccoli came to me, and said, ‘Would you like to be Bond?'” Van Dyke said, referring to the late head of Eon Productions, the company that controlled the Bond adaptation rights from 1962 until earlier this year.

Van Dyke’s revelation is shocking today, not just because it means a classic actor could have taken a very unusual role. With Daniel Craig ‘s m

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