coud they have done it serious?
Could they have done that? if so why didn't they? I recall reading way back they felt they had to go spoof as to compete with Eon (who were approached to co produce) and without Connery(who was also approached Never Say Never Again style) would've been an impossible task but it could've been done!
Same cast: Ursula as Vesper, Orson as LeChiffe, Niven as M, same Moneypenny, and yes even have Sellers as Bond (playing it completely straight, no humour - twist casting as it'd be pointless to try to compete with Connery with a similar type of Bond so go the unexpected route with Sellers but have him buff up abit, get a totally straight out of the Fleming novel performance)