Clint Eastwood turned down James Bond role

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood turned down the chance to play the coveted James Bond role it emerged yesterday.

The Oscar-winner who started his movie career in the spaghetti westerns revealed he was approached to play the British spy after Sean Connery vacated the role in the 1960’s.

Eastwood said: “I was offered pretty good money to do James Bond. But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal. It didn’t feel right for me to be doing it.”

The Dirty Harry actor said he was also offered the role of Superman in the early days- but turned it down as he did not fancy wearing the tights and cape to play the superhero.

The Million Dollar Baby star said: “I have always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.”