Not Starring ... Diana Rigg

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:24 pm

I would be suprised she has never been offered other cult-ish/sci-fi roles. I think Cyborg Agent was the closest - she must really have needed the money in 1993!

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:01 pm

helenofirvine wrote:I find it interesting that Adam West turned down the part of James Bond for OHMSS because he felt he would not be able to do a proper English accent...
... so they gave it to Lazenby.

yeah, that is sorta mind blowing....Adam West, indeed...

he really felt BOND should have UK roots...

lazenby got it, and he was aussie, right ???

gaucho vengador · Post by **gaucho vengador** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:01 am

Anne wrote:
gaucho vengador wrote:I read that Diana Rigg was considered to play the role of Dr. Elizabeth Corday´s (Alex Kingston) mother, in E.R.
So was Jeanne Moreau but she turned it down.

However, Judy Parfitt ,a four time guest star at The Avengers, played this role.

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:10 am

gaucho vengador wrote:
Anne wrote:
gaucho vengador wrote:I read that Diana Rigg was considered to play the role of Dr. Elizabeth Corday´s (Alex Kingston) mother, in E.R.
So was Jeanne Moreau but she turned it down.

However, Judy Parfitt ,a four time guest star at The Avengers, played this role.

might have been interesting, if that casting went thru...