British movie legend, 78, unrecognisable from Hollywood roles as he lands in LA

IN the 80s helium took connected arguably the biggest relation successful British film: James Bond.

At the time, his brooding attack to the charismatic spy divided fans who had familiarised themselves with Roger Moore's tongue-in-cheek 007.

But present Timothy Dalton's turns successful A Licence To Kill and The Living Daylights are viewed fondly arsenic classics successful the Bond canon.

The actor, 78, is inactive going beardown immoderate 35 years since his last outing arsenic the mercurial ladies' man, and was pictured arriving successful LA yesterday with specs perched connected the extremity of his nose.

Timothy was somewhat much casual than suited and booted Bond, wearing a zip-up jacket, a acheronian jumper and trousers arsenic helium pulled his luggage down him.

In caller years, the star's notable roles see a supermarket manager successful Hot Fuzz, a main inspector successful The Tourist, alongside Johnny Depp, an explorer successful horror bid Penny Dreadful and arsenic equerry to Queen Elizabeth II and King George VI, Peter Townsend, successful play 5 of Netflix's The Crown.

Timothy chopped his teeth connected signifier successful the 60s, earlier making his sanction successful a fig of humanities films including Cromwell, Wuthering Heights and Mary, Queen of Scots.

He would spell connected to prima successful fashionable sci-fi flick Flash Gordon earlier being formed arsenic Bond, which allegedly came arsenic a spot of a daze to the antheral himself.

Casting manager Debbie McWilliams told Radio Times successful 2022: "To beryllium honorable with you, I don't deliberation helium ever felt rather comfortable. It was truthful antithetic from thing he'd ever done.

"The mode helium was formed was a precise abrupt event, due to the fact that we had Pierce Brosnan lined up. I mean, obviously, you ever person to person idiosyncratic up your sleeve, immoderate happened. So helium [Dalton] was benignant of lasting by successful the wings.

"Quite virtually implicit the play helium was formed and I deliberation it was each a spot of a daze for him."

Having been tapped up successful the 80s, Brosnan would spell connected to unafraid the relation successful the 90s, making his debut successful container bureau smash GoldenEye.

Suave Pierce besides starred successful Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day, leaving the franchise down successful 2002.

Timothy managed to flight being pigeon-holed arsenic Bond, with his wide database of acting credits testament to his range.

And he's been candid implicit the years astir the effect to his tenure arsenic the spy.

In 2020, helium told Entertainment Weekly: "[Sean] Connery was precise tough. And I deliberation Moore, erstwhile helium archetypal took it implicit was tough, arsenic well, but past helium moved into that country that helium was astir apt astir comfy with, having done The Saint. 

"We wanted to instrumentality it backmost to that earlier toughness. But, of course, it’s got to beryllium funny. It should beryllium funny. Out of large information often comes large humor. But erstwhile we made The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, everybody by past was truthful utilized to thing else. I deliberation radical similar to enactment with what they’re comfortable."