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Eastwood's casting would have changed this, and having this grizzled actor play a more stoic and vengeful Bond would have seamlessly shepherded the James Bond franchise into the murkier morality of the 1970s and New Hollywood.Introversion is about gaining your energy from spending time on your own. The character of Bond didn't change, he was never visibly affected by the emotional or physical toll of his missions, barring a visit to a spa at the opening of Thunderball. Prior to On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the Bond movies had generally been standalone adventures with recurring elements, the only throughline being 007's continued clashes with SPECTRE. Aside from the opening up of Bond's casting to the world outside the UK, Eastwood's casting would have changed the trajectory of the 007 movies going forward. The continuity in actors would have allowed for a more emotionally satisfying continuation of Bond's story than the one in Connery's final Bond movie.

It's therefore easy to see how the Bond producers saw how Eastwood's lone-wolf Western hero could be translated into Fleming's iconic secret agent. Like Bond, he also cuts a recognizable silhouette - the poncho, brown hat, cigarillo, and marksmanship being a rough and ready frontier version of Bond's tuxedo, Martini, cigarettes, and proficiency with a Walther PPK. He's a loner, much like Eastwood's Man with no Name, who over the course of Leone's trilogy retrieved buried gold, tracked down and eliminated the villainous El Indio, and brought peace to the town of San Miguel. Having lost his parents at a young age, Bond has abandonment issues, which lead to his inability to form lasting relationships. However, the role that Eastwood was best known for at this particular point in his career does suggest his ability to portray particular aspects of the character. Clint Eastwood's western drawl isn't an obvious fit for the character of Bond and feels more suitable for a grittier version of Bond's CIA colleague Felix Leiter. While a lack of an English accent was no issue for Edinburgh-born Sean Connery, whose iconic performance eventually influenced Fleming's later novels, introducing Bond's Scottish ancestors.

James Bond is a privately educated Englishman, who had lived in Canterbury, England, and studied at Eton College, before transferring to Fettes in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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The novels and the character have been adapted into radio serials, a 1950s American TV movie, and a 26-strong feature film franchise, many of which seemingly lend themselves to Eastwood's signature style.

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Since the publication of this debut novel, Fleming went on to write twelve further Bond novels and two short-story collections featuring the British spy with a license to kill. Created in 1953 by author and former British intelligence officer Ian Fleming, Bond first appeared in the novel Casino Royale. Given Eastwood's previous roles it would have been interesting to see how casting the actor would change James Bond. James Bond is just one of the many pop-culture figures offered to the actor during his career, including both Superman and Batman. Yet, considering his impressive CV, it's the Bond connection that is probably the most intriguing. Eastwood is best known for playing 'Dirty' Harry Callahan across five movies, and as the Man with no Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy. Clint Eastwood revealed that he was once offered the role of 007 in the James Bond movies but turned it down.

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