London
(ANI):
Actor
Mel
Gibson
wanted
to
play
the
coveted
role
of
James
Bond
but
was
turned
down
by
legendary
007
producer
Cubby
Broccoli,
scriptwriter
Tom
Mankiewicz
has
revealed.
Speaking
at
a
Bond
convention
in
Los
Angeles,
Mankiewicz,
who
scripted
Live
And
Let
Die
and
The
Man
With
The
Golden
Gun,
said
Gibson"s
5ft
9in
frame
took
him
out
of
the
race
for
the
spy"s
role.
“At
one
point
Mel
Gibson
wanted
to
play
Bond," the
Daily
Express
quoted
Mankiewicz,
as
saying.
He
added:
“And
Cubby
was
against
it.
Cubby
first
of
all
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."