Susan Lucci says Playboy cowl reveal ended her Bond lady goals

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One take a look at a Playboy cowl was all it took for Susan Lucci to appreciate she didn't land the Bond lady position.

The "All My Kids" legend revealed she was up for a coveted Bond lady position, even assembly with producer Barbara Broccoli in New York.

"Nicely… sure. Nicely, I do not know the way shut I obtained. They noticed two individuals in New York — one was Kim Basinger and one was me… It was a summer time day. I went to the gorgeous Broccoli townhouse… and I used to be so joyful to be seen," Lucci mentioned throughout an look on "At this time."

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Susan Lucci says she was up for a coveted Bond lady position however misplaced it to Kim Basinger. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Pictures for AHA)

"Then a few weeks later, I used to be within the hair and make-up room of 'All My Kids' — they handed me a replica of Playboy journal, and there was Kim Basinger," she recalled. "And I mentioned, ‘Oh, OK then.… Kim is getting the half. It will not be me.’"

Basinger would go on to grace the February 1983 cowl as "007’s new girl," starring reverse Sean Connery in "By no means Say By no means Once more" — and shutting the door on what might need been Lucci’s Bond second.

Actor Sean Connery seems as James Bond alongside Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera in a scene from the 1983 movie "By no means Say By no means Once more." (Stanley Bielecki Film Assortment/Getty Pictures)

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Many years later, Lucci continues to be rewriting her personal script.

In March 2026, the beloved cleaning soap opera star — who famously portrayed Erica Kane — opened up about all the pieces from moving into form after childbirth to discovering stability after loss in her memoir "La Lucci."

"I actually did eat asparagus for 10 days straight earlier than I had to return to work per week early," she instructed Fox Information Digital, admitting, "I used to be very nervous about it. And on high of it, it was a good, black, attractive nightgown. I believed, ‘Are they kidding?’ Whereas I used to be actually joyful to go play Erica Kane, I simply questioned, ‘Oh my goodness, I’ve obtained to lose this weight.’"

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Susan Lucci and Lee Godart cuddling in mattress in a scene from the daytime cleaning soap "All My Kids." (Robin Platzer/Getty Pictures)

"However on no account did it make me sad. I simply did what I needed to do. That’s all."

Lately, Lucci’s strategy is much less crash food regimen, extra clear residing.

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Susan Lucci says she competed with Kim Basinger for a Bond lady position and discovered she misplaced the half after seeing her rival on the quilt of Playboy journal. (Nina Westervelt/Selection)

She credited discovering Pilates in 1995 for flipping a lifelong script of indulgence.

"We have been in New York for more often than not filming 'All My Kids,' and anyone who is aware of something about New York is aware of that there is no such thing as a lack of eating places," she mentioned. "Everyone delivered, and I used to be the instigator. I’d begin menus at 8:30 within the morning — ‘Don’t be afraid. We may put our orders in early.’"

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Nonetheless, that mindset didn’t final.

"However truthfully, inside a few weeks, I simply wished to eat fully clear... It wasn’t even a acutely aware alternative. It was my physique desirous to be more healthy, and it’s good to hearken to your physique."

Fox Information Digital's Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.

Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an leisure author for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions will be despatched to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.