{"id":595971,"date":"2026-04-20T17:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:59:10","slug":"charlies-angels-star-jaclyn-smith-reveals-why-she-turned-down-the-chance-to-be-a-bond-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595971\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Charlie\u2019s Angels\u2019 Star Jaclyn Smith Reveals Why She Turned Down The Chance To Be A Bond Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie\u2019s Angels\u00a0star\u00a0Jaclyn Smith<\/a> has no regrets about turning down the James Bond movie Moonraker.<\/p>\n

The actress, 80, was offered the role of Dr. Holly Goodhead in the 1979 Bond film \u2014 which featured the late Roger Moore as 007 \u2014 but she rejected the opportunity due to a scheduling conflict with crime drama TV series\u00a0Charlie\u2019s Angels.<\/p>\n

The Way We Were\u00a0actress\u00a0Lois Chiles, 79 \u2014 who had previously been offered the role of Anya Amasova in 1977 Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me \u2014 took on the part of Goodhead instead.<\/p>\n

While Smith never got a chance to appear in a Bond film, she doesn\u2019t see it as a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a contract [for Charlie\u2019s Angels] and, you know, Houston upbringing, you follow your contract,\u201d the native Texan said in a Q&A<\/a> at the PaleyFest LA 2026: Charlie\u2019s Angels 50th Anniversary Celebration<\/a> on Monday, April 6, alongside her fellow former costars Kate Jackson, 77, and\u00a0Cheryl Ladd, 74.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd\u00a0Aaron [Spelling] was the first to invite me to the party, so I was honoring my contract,\u201d Smith continued of the legendary TV producer. \u201cAnd I think it wasn\u2019t meant to be. I think things happen for a reason, I really do, so I have no complaints.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Smith also told how she was once \u201cconsidered for\u00a0Beetlejuice\u201c, but didn\u2019t say which of the female parts in the 1988 gothic comedy horror she was being lined up for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just didn\u2019t understand. it. I know, sad. My husband<\/a> regrets that,\u201d she admitted. \u201cBut you read a script, and it doesn\u2019t always ring true to you, and it\u2019s about what you can bring to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catherine O\u2019Hara \u2014 who died in January at age 71 \u2014 Geena Davis, 70, and a young\u00a0Winona Ryder, 54, all appeared in the motion picture, which featured\u00a0Michael Keaton, 74, as bio-exorcist Betelgeuse.<\/p>\n

Smith<\/a> also explained how \u201cthrough the years\u201d there have been \u201cdifferent things\u201d she could\u2019ve starred in.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Nightkill\u00a0actress went on to reveal how she and\u00a0John Travolta, 72, were due to appear opposite one another in 1986 erotic romance movie\u00a09\u00bd Weeks \u201cat one point\u201d but she \u201cwasn\u2019t really right for that one either.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, that was Kim Basinger\u00a0and\u00a0Mickey Rourke,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, it happens. But, you know, I think, certainly, I look at my life as what\u2019s meant to be will be, and it\u2019s been a good journey. It\u2019s really been a good journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story \u2018Charlie\u2019s Angels\u2019 Star Jaclyn Smith Reveals Why She Turned Down The Chance To Be A Bond Girl<\/a> first appeared on Closer Weekly<\/a>. Add Closer Weekly as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlie\u2019s Angels\u00a0star\u00a0Jaclyn Smith has no regrets about turning down the James Bond movie Moonraker. The actress, 80, was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,55222,88,259824,251194,37117,149283],"class_list":["post-595971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-charlies-angels","tag-entertainment","tag-holly-goodhead","tag-jaclyn-smith","tag-james-bond","tag-roger-moore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}