Timothy Dalton were taking, nor did he think the producers were seriously looking for a new 007. As he explained, his idea of Bond was different. In a 1979 episode of the television series "Charlie's Angels", Dalton played the role of Damien Roth, a millionaire playboy described by David Doyle's character as "almost James Bond-ian". In 1986, Dalton was approached to play Bond after Roger Moore had retired, and Pierce Brosnan could not get out of contractual commitments to the television series "Remington Steele". Dalton would soon begin filming "Brenda Starr" and could do "The Living Daylights" only if the Bond producers
Timothy Dalton Glen, commented ""Tim is a very convincing James Bond. When he has a gun in his hand, you believe he really could kill someone. I don't think that was ever the case with Roger Moore." Some modern critics have compared Dalton favourably to Daniel Craig.The Guardian wrote that "they want Bond to be closer to the original Ian Fleming character. They want him to be grittier, darker and less jokey. What they really want, it seems, is to have Dalton back." Eoghan Lyng, writing for "The James Bond Dossier", says "despite chronological placement, it was Dalton, not Brosnan, who proved