Angels considered for Bond Girl duties
Jaclyn Smith, Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts
Three of Charlie's heavenly Angels from the original series were considered for Bond Girl duties. Tanya Roberts was considered for the role of geologist Stacey Sutton for the 1985 Bond flick A View To A Kill; and she landed the part. Long-time Bond producer Cubby Broccoli saw Tanya in The Beastmaster and immediately wanted her for the 1985 Bond installment which starred Roger Moore. She was in Africa shooting Sheena: Queen of the Jungle and Broccoli asked her to fly to Los Angeles for a day to meet with him. When she got there, she was offered the part and the rest is history.
What if Shelley became a Bond Girl?
Shelley as Dr. Holly Goodhead with Roger Moore
in an imagined promo pic for Moonraker
But earlier than that, in 1978, Cubby Broccoli was looking for Bond's newest leading lady for the film Moonraker. Jaclyn Smith was the first choice; but she had to decline the role because filming the movie would conflict with her Charlie's Angels filming schedule (also, she might have objected to the eventual suggestive name of the character, Dr. Holly Goodhead.) That same year, Shelley Hack was already a Supermodel and was known all over the world as THE Charlie Girl from the Revlon Charlie commercials and print ads. Shelley was at the height of her modeling success and Hollywood was taking notice. It was reported that Shelley was one of the leading contenders for the part and Cubby Broccoli talked to her about testing for the role of Holly. But a chance encounter on a plane between Lois Chiles and the film's director Lewis Gilbert resulted in Chiles eventually winning the role. But Shelley would have made a great Bond Girl too, don't you think? For more info check out:
