“I can remember – and this was many years ago – when [Warner Bros. President] Frank Wells came to me about doing Superman. So it could have happened. This was when they first started to think about making it. I was like, ‘Superman? Nah, nah, that’s not for me.’ Not that there’s anything wrong with it. It’s for somebody, but not me. “I was also offered pretty good money to do James Bond if I would take on the role. This was after Sean Connery left. My lawyer represented the Broccolis,” who produce the Bond franchise, “and he came and said, ‘They would love to have you.’ But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal. It didn’t feel right for me to be doing it.” [EDIT] Eastwood explained: “I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality. Maybe they do super things or more-than-human things — like Dirty Harry, he has a knack for doing crazy things, or the western guys — but, still, they’re not caped crusaders.”This is, by no means, the only time a significant name was approached/courted for...and didn't end up in...a role that was already iconic (or would become iconic). Personally, my most favorite what if is that HAWAII 5-0's Jack Lord was offered the role of James T. Kirk - was looking into accepting it - but essentially demanded too large a percentage of STAR TREK. How different things could have, would have been... If this kinda stuff is in any way interesting to you, I'd highly recommend a book called THE GREATEST SCI-FI MOVIES NEVER MADE by David Hughes (available HERE