Paget THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday July 1989 Dalton rai eyebrows in first Bond filml STAR SPEAK Eyebrows raised when Timothy Dalton a noted Shakespearean actor agreed to take the role of James Bond from Roger Moore in the film The Living Daylights But the movie cleaned up at the box office and many critics said was the best Bond ever Dalton returns as the British cret agent in Licence to Kill a hard edged thriller that pits Bond against a Latin American drug lord The English actors previous train lug and credits were an unlikely step ping tone for the blatantly commer cial Bond films in Colwyn Bay North Wales moved to Manchester En gland when he was The acting bug bit when he was and a touring pro duction of Macbeth stopped in his hometown He spent two years at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts and made his first slonal stage appearance in Richard When Sean Connery first dropped out of the Bond films in the late 60s you were offered the role Why did yon turn it down then A I thought it would be profession suicide because I felt was brilliant in the role I was too young and at the time was indelibly identified with the role Since then there have been two other Bonds I m the fourth The public is used to the idea of people taking over the role James Bond shouldnt be a role model Look at him Hes a killer Timothy While appearing with the ham Rep he was spotted by the pro ducers of The Lion in Winter who cast him as the King of France site Peter OToole and Katharine Hepburn On TV Dalton has appeared in the minlseries Mistrals Daughter Sins and Centennial Dalton a bachelor lives unlike the sybaritic James Bond ma mid dleclass neighborhood In London and drives a Toyota YELLOW CAB HILLS 24 HOUR SERVICE SERVING HALTON HILLS Parcel Delivery 8732527 EVERY THURSDAY- HOT ROAST BEEF PLATE FranchFriM MARTYS TOO RESTAURANT Mirfctt Place Timothy Dalton In the late 60s and early 70s you starred in a number of major films then dropped out to go back to the theater Why A I think I was influenced by my peers who had had three to four years of immediate film stardom and then disappeared I loved film acting but I knew I was a beginner I thought How can I be playing leading parts with Katharine Hepburn Peter 0 Toole and Glenda Jackson when Im in my early 20s I felt in a way I didnt deserve it So I turned down ev ery movie and spent three years in the theater I think it made me a better actor I learned a lot Licence to Kill Is much more violent than previous Bond films es pecially the Roger Moore films How do yon feel about that IS HERE RIVIERA CENTRE Street Bo Norval Onl LOP RANCH NEW ARRIVALS Physical Evidence Dangerous Liaisons Talk Radio True Believer The Boost MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER VCR NINTENDO I think its good and it right If you re going to do a James Bond film he exists In a world of danger and vio lence That should be a given Its just for the past 10 years the films have been more lighthearted and to fit Roger stvle But if vou go back to Ian Flemings novels and the early films people were always being eaten by sharks shot set on fire tor tured or killed in horrendous ways James Bond bad only one love In in The Living Daylights The press said that was because of the AIDS epidemic Why does Bond ro mance two women In the current film A Bond Is generally monogamous There have been occasions when he has been to bed with another woman its true but generally he has his leading lady and his relationship When you accepted the role of James Bond were you afraid you might be typecast as Sean Connery was for so many roles A I ve got iO years of doing other movies and plays Bond was Con first big film Bond isn t my only identity as an actor Q Has your fame as James Bond given you the clout to make other films that arent commercial A Yes I got Hawks off the ground Its a dark comedy about two men dying of cancer Its a worth while film but it hasn been able to find a distributor in the United States because of the subject matter iiA Mens Wen- STORE HOURS 9 30 a 6 i Thursdays Friday a m City Styles To Hornet 211 Street Georgetown 8777361 NORTHVIEW CENTRE GOOD FOOD GOOD TIMES Coming This August BACK TO THE BEACH Daily 7 Minute Lunch Specials GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8731603 GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 STREET 8731999 CINEMA YING lhhalWeapoh Evenings at 7 THE TAVERN July 28S29 JOHN HOWARD BAND Saturday Afternoon Matinee 36 COME OUT TO FOR SOME GOOD COUNTRY FUN NORVAL 87741 61 CLASSIC Dally Matinee Only at 200 m CINEMA 2 HONEY I shrunk warn FAMILY Evenings at 700 915 pm Dally Matinee at pm CINEMA 3 Exnlnoaat pm Daily Matinee at 200 pm a GHOSTBUSTERSIf