Martin Kemp surprised his I'm A Celeb campmates this week when he revealed he was up to play James Bond when he was younger, but he eventually lost out to Pierce Brosnan

Martin Kemp's wife, Shirlie Holliman, has admitted she didn't want him to be cast as James Bond. The musician and actor , 64, surprised his campmates on I'm A Celebrity ...Get Me Out Of Here! earlier this week when he revealed he had been in the running to be 007.

While opening up around the camp, Martin said he met Barbara Broccoli, who held overall creative control of the Bond film franchise until 2025, when it was ceded to Amazon MGM Studios, to discuss the role.

However, he lost out to Pierce Brosnan, who landed the role and was cast as Bond in his first film, Goldeneye, in 1995. He was later replaced by Dan

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