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FILM
TRIVIA
Shaken
Not Stirred
WithDaniel Craig hanging up his tuxedo for good, rumours have been rifewithwhowill
be the next Bond, with actor James Norton being a forerunner.
Fireflyz
looks back at
the ultra cool menwho have given life to this secret agent.
Sean Connery (1962–1967, 1971
& 1983)
Sean Connery was the first actor to
portray Bond on film in Dr. No (1962).
An amateur bodybuilder, he came to the
attention of the Bond film producers after
several appearances in British films from
the late 1950s.
Fleming originally disapproved of
his casting as Bond, believing him to
be an overgrown stuntman who lacked
the finesse and elegance to play the
character; he envisaged a suave actor,
such as David Niven, in the role.
However, producer Albert R. Broc-
coli disagreed with Fleming’s view and
Connery stayed. Connery then went on
to star in From Russia with Love (1963),
Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965),
You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds
Are Forever (1971), and Never Say Never
Again (1983).
David Niven (1967)
In 1965 producer Charles Feldman signed
Niven to play Sir James Bond for Casino
Royale, a film not made by Eon Produc-
tions. Connery and Peter Sellers had both
turned down the role.
Niven was 56 when he played Bond
and his character was an elderly man
who had won the Victoria Cross at the
Siege of Mafeking, had a daughter by his
lover, the spy Mata Hari, played Claude
Debussy on the piano, ate royal jelly and
cultivated black roses.
George Lazenby (1969)
With the departure of Connery after You
Only Live Twice, Broccoli and director
Peter R. Hunt chose Australian George
Lazenby to play the role of Bond. He first
came to their attention after seeing him in
a Fry’s Chocolate Cream advertisement.
Lazenby dressed the part by sporting
“My name is Bond ... James Bond.”
Sean Connery was the first Bond