Finlay Light, also known as Finley Light"It's Time for New Political Images", Sydney Morning Herald 26 May 1981 p 15, was an Australian model best known for being briefly considered to play James Bond in the 1980s before Timothy Dalton was eventually cast.
He was one of a number of Australian or New Zealand actors that the Bond producers looked at during this time, others including Mel Gibson, Andrew Clarke, Antony Hamilton and Sam Neill."The Timothy Dalton Era", MI6 The Home of James Bond, 6 August 2013, accessed 31 October 2013 Light was signed to a ten-year contract"New James Bond", Gainesville Sun 29 April, 1986 accessed 31 October 2013"Finley Light – To Be James Bond", Venetian Vase, 11 November 2012, accessed 31 October 2013"In Brief", Sydney Morning Herald 28 April 1986 p 6 but never ended up appearing in the role.
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