Timothy Dalton in the film "Lady Caroline Lamb". The filmmakers replaced him with Jon Finch at the last moment; Dalton sued for breach of contract and won an out-of-court settlement. In 1985, Dalton was set to play Don Alfonso de la Torré in Roman Polanski's film "Pirates". The two men did not get along, so Polanski replaced Dalton with Damien Thomas. Dalton had been considered for the role of James Bond several times. According to the documentary "Inside The Living Daylights", the producers first approached Dalton in 1968 for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" although Dalton himself in this same documentary claims
James Bond 007: Nightfire setting the auto-pilot on the Vanquish so he and Alura can have a romantic evening. The game had been in development as early as September 2000, and was announced as "James Bond 007" in May 2001. By February 2002, the game's working title was "James Bond in... Phoenix Rising". The game's final title was unveiled in May 2002. In July 2002, Pierce Brosnan's head was scanned with a laser digitizer to create the James Bond character model. Driving levels were developed by Savage Entertainment and a team at Electronic Arts. "Nightfire" marked the first time a James Bond video game