The Untold Story of The Persuaders!: Cars, Glamour, Conflict and James Bond
Robert S. Baker had wanted to make a buddy picture for years. While producing The Saint, he tested the idea in “The Ex-King of Diamonds,”…
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Sam Neill Had the Perfect Spy Résumé and Screen Test—but Never Wanted to Be James Bond
Sir Sam Neill, the acclaimed New Zealand actor whose remarkable career stretched from arthouse classics to Hollywood blockbusters, has died at the age of 78….
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Stella Rimington: MI5’s First Female Spy Chief Inspired Judi Dench’s M
Judi Dench played James Bond’s boss, M, in eight Bond films from GoldenEye (1995) to SPECTRE (2015). Casting a woman as Bond’s boss was a…
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The Truth About Pierce Brosnan’s Hiring and Firing as James Bond
In 1994, five people sat down at MGM/UA to settle who would play James Bond next. Two wanted Timothy Dalton back. Two wanted somebody else….
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De-Facing A Villain: The Making of the Banner Stunt in Tomorrow Never Dies
In Bangkok, on the morning of May 21, 1997, the temperature is already climbing toward 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Mark Southwell and Wendy Leech are about…
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Borrowed from Bond: The Abandoned Tomorrow Never Dies Stunt Used in Entrapment
In Kuala Lumpur, in mid-1996, Vic Armstrong stands beneath the Petronas Towers and looks up. He has a sequence in his head. Two figures —…
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“Let’s Go Fishing”: The Mid-Air Plane Heist That Launched Licence to Kill — and the Star Who Wouldn’t Stay on the Ground
In Licence to Kill, James Bond’s best friend and DEA agent Felix Leiter is about to get married. But on the way to the church,…
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Ringbrothers’ One-Off Octavia Is an Octopussy Nod Built From a 1970s Aston Martin DBS
A martini-glass-shaped dipstick? Really, 007! Ringbrothers’ one-off Octavia turns a 1970s Aston Martin DBS into a carbon-fibre, 805-horsepower nod to Bond’s more playful side. Some…
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The Living Daylights Cargo Net Fight: How Bond’s Wildest Aerial Stunt Was Filmed
At 6,500 feet above the Mojave Desert, clinging to a cargo net at 100 knots, BJ Worth gave a signal. The signal was simple. But…
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James Bond’s Bobsled Chase: How an Abandoned, Repurposed Bob Run & Stunt Accidents Rewrote OHMSS’s Finale
In Ian Fleming’s 1963 novel, the bobsleigh chase that closes On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is over almost as soon as it begins. As Piz…
