 He was asked to play a role in Alejandro Jodorowsky's film "Dune", which had originally begun pre-production in 1971 but was later cancelled.His big break was getting cast in "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), by which time he had become so poor he was living in his car in Los Angeles.Prior to being signed up by Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli, he made ends meet by working as a rat catcher's assistant near his South Central home.