Anthony Hopkins In James Bond 23

Rumors are circulating that Anthony Hopkins has been tapped to play a villain in the upcoming Bond 23 movie and may become a recurring role for Bond 24. The gossip in Hollywood is that the producers of the upcoming Bond flick only want to invest in Hopkins appearance if he can play in both upcoming …

Bond Gadgets Made Real

I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed Q’s amazing James Bond Gadgets over the years.  However, have you wondered if any of the amazing gizmos ever made it into the real world? In You Only Live Twice (1967), Gyrojet rocket guns, which fired small missiles instead bullets, were featured. Around this time, both the British and American …

Claudine Auger “Thunderball”

Largo: “You’ve given me much pleasure Domino, but unless you tell me how much Bond knows I will be forced to cause you great pain.” The role of Domino in Thunderball was originally to be an Italian woman: Dominetta Petacchi. Auger impressed the producers so much that they re-wrote the part to that of a French …

Daniela Bianchi “From Russia With Love”

[Moneypenny, M and other officials are listening to Bond’s taped interview of Tatiana Romanov.] Tatiana Romanova: The mechanism is… Oh, James, James… Will you make love to me all the time in England? James Bond: Day and night. Go on about the mechanism. Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 …

Carey Lowell “License To Kill”

James Bond: [Pam kisses Bond] Why don’t you wait until you’re asked? Pam Bouvier: Why don’t you ask me? Carey Lowell plays Pam Bouvier, A former army pilot, Bouvier works as a CIA informer, posing as a courier for drug lord Franz Sanchez. Bond tracks her down to a bar in Bimini, just in time to help …

Honor Blackman – Goldfinger

Blackman was born in Plaistow, Newham, London. While training to be an actress she actually worked for the Home Office, the British government agency that overseas MI5. Years later, Albert R. Broccoli admitted that Blackman had been cast on the back of her success in the popular British TV spy show The Avengers, despite the fact that …

Diana Rigg – On Her Majesty Secret Service

Tracy: Why do you persist in rescuing me, Mr. Bond? James Bond: It’s becoming quite a habit, isn’t it, Contessa Teresa? Tracy: Teresa was a Saint; I’m known as Tracy. James Bond: Well, Tracy, next time play it safe and stand on 5. Tracy: People who want to stay *alive* play it safe. James Bond: …

Carole Bouquet – For Your Eyes Only

Revenge – That is what Carole’s eyes portray throughout For Your Eyes Only as Melina. After losing her parents to Blofeld, Bond reminds her that to seek revenge, one must first dig two graves. Carole is a French actress and  fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born …

Top Ten Bond Gadgets

Original Post: IGN Movies 10. Bond’s Rolex in Live and Let Die As seen in Roger Moore’s big-screen Bond debut, this Rolex does more than merely tell time. It’s equipped with a high-powered electromagnet (good for deflecting bullets), which Bond uses not only to unzip ladies’ dresses but also to retrieve a compressed air gun in …