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"Dick Van Dyke has claimed that he was offered the role of James Bond. Producer Albert R &amp;#039;Cubby&amp;#039; Broccoli called in the Mary Poppins star to discuss replacing Sean Connery in the now iconic role, the actor revealed in an interview with Kevin Pollack.   Van Dyke pointed out his famous appalling English accent, to which Broccoli said: &amp;quot;Oh, that&amp;#039;s right - forget it!&amp;quot; The actor discussed current Bond Daniel Craig, saying: &amp;quot;For some reason he lacks the panache to be Bond, to me.&amp;quot; He added that Craig is a &amp;quot;wonderful actor&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;great physicality&amp;quot;. Van Dyke had recently starred in another adaptation from James Bond writer Ian Fleming, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Watch the full interview between Van Dyke and Pollack below (James Bond is discussed around the 28th minute):      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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