James Bond Movies Almost Started With A Different 007 Story, And It Would’ve Changed The Franchise’s Next 61 Years

By now, the stories that make up the James Bond franchise are well-known and deeply steeped in popular culture, however, the franchise almost began with an entirely different story, and thus, the James Bond audiences know and love might have looked entirely different. James Bond first originated as a book character written by author Ian Fleming in 1953. Then, in 1962, the thrilling adventures of the British spy came to the screen with the very first James Bond movie, Dr. No. Since then, Bond has been portrayed by seven actors in 27 different films, with the first being Sean Connery and the most recent, Daniel Craig.