JAMES BOND 007 THESPIANS- ADEWOYIN OLAWUNMI.M
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The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by British journalist, novelist and writer, Ian Fleming who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Below is a list of the notable thespians that have over the years and presently played the 007 role.

SEANCONNERY: The original James Bond and arguably the best was Scottish actor, Sean Connery, who accepted a license to kill from 1962 to 1971, plus a final “unofficial” Bond film in 1983. His Bond movies included Dr. No (1962), FromRussiawithLove (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), YouOnlyLiveTwice (1967), DiamondsareForever (1971) and the 1983 version NeversayneverAgain.

GEORGELAZENBY: Australian actor George Lazenby was the second James Bond and starred in only one film, OnHerMajesty’sSecretService in 1969. In that movie, Bond got married, only to become a widower by the end of the flick. Lazenby couldn’t live up to the larger-than-life Connery Bond and backed out of a seven-year contract to do more Bond films. Producer Albert.R.Broccoli asked Connery to return to the role and paid him $1.25 million plus 12.5 per cent of the film’s profits. Connery was back.

ROGERMOORE: Sean Connery passed the torch to English actor Roger Moore, who donned the Walther PPK in his first Bond film, LiveandLetDie in 1973. Roger Moore became the quintessential James Bond for a new generation, playing 007 for 12 years. His films consisted of, TheManwiththeGoldenGun (1974), TheSpywholovedme (1977), Moonraker (1979), Foryoureyesonly (1981), Octopussy (1983) and AViewtoakill (1985). Regrettably, according to critics, Moore overstayed his welcome playing the role into his 50s.

TIMOTHYDALTON: British actor Timothy Daltonreplaced an aging Roger Moore in the release of 1987’s TheLivingDaylights. Dalton’s James Bond was originally supposed to be played by Pierce Brosnan, but NBC renewed his contract for a fifth season of Rennington Steele and Brosnan was out, at least for a while. Dalton signaled a return to a more rough and tough Bond style. However, public reaction to Dalton as Bond was somewhat mixed. Dalton’s only other Bond film was LicensetoKill (1989) but left the role prior to his third film, which was scheduled to be shot then released in 1991.

PIERCEBROSNAN: Irish actor Pierce Brosnan got a second chance at Bond-dom in 1995 when he starred as Agent 007 in GoldenEye. Brosnan was a hit, and many argued that he was the best Bond since Connery. Brosnan played Bond three more times: Tomorrowneverdies (1997), TheWorldisNotEnough (1999) and DieAnotherDay (2002). Brosnan was reportedly fired from therole prior to his fifth film as Bond.

DANIELCRAIG: This brings us to the sixth and most current Bond, English actor, Daniel Craig. On October 14th 2005, Craig was named the new Agent 007. He starred as Bond in 2006’s CasinoRoyale and returned in 2008’s QuantumofSolace. Craig is the first blond actor to play Bond and the second Englishman (behind Moore) to star in the role.
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Honey Ryder, Dr. No (1962) played by Ursula Andress
Sylvia Trench, Dr. No (1962) and FromRussiawithLove (1963) played Eunice Gayson
Tatiana Romanova, FromRussiawithLove (1963) played by Daniela Bianchi
Jill Masterson, GoldFinger (1964) played by Shirley Eaton
Pussy Galore, GoldFinger (1964) played by Honor Blackman
Domino Derval, Thunderball (1965) played by Claudine Auger
Aki, YouOnlyLiveTwice (1967) played by Akiko Wakabayashi
Teresa Bond, OnHerMajesty’sSecretService (1969) played by Diana Rigg
Plenty ‘O Toole, DiamondsareForever (1971) played by Lana Wood
Tiffany Case, DiamondsareForever (1971) played by Jill St. John
Solitaire, LiveandLetDie (1973) played Jane Seymour
Rosie Carver, LiveandLetDie (1973) played by Gloria Hendry
Andrea Anders, TheManwiththeGoldenGun (1974) played by Maud Adams
Saida, the Lebanese belly dancer and temptress, TheManwiththeGoldenGun (1974) played by Carmen du Sautoy
Mary Goodnight, TheManwiththeGoldenGun (1974) played by Britt Ekland
Anya Amasova, TheSpywholovedme (1977) played Barbara Bach
Naomi, The Spy who loved me (1977) played by Caroline Munro
Holly Goodhead, Moonraker (1979) played by Lois Chiles
Corinne Dufour, Moonraker (1979) played by Corinne Clery
BibiDahl, ForYourEyesOnly (1981) played by Lynn-Holly Johnson
Melina Havelock, ForYourEyesOnly (1981) played by Carol Bouquet
Countess Lisl von Schlaf, ForYourEyesOnly (1981) played by Cassandra Harris
Octopussy, Octopussy (1983) played by Maud Adams (who actually appeared in different roles in three different Bond films)
Magda, Octopussy (1983) played Kristina Wayborn
MayDay, AViewtoaKill (1985) played Grace Jones (who is still as fierce as anything)
Paula Ivanova, A View to a Kill (1985) played by Fiona Fullerton
Stacey Sutton, AViewtoaKill (1985) played by Tanya Roberts
Kara Milovy, TheLivingDaylights (1987) played by Maryam D’Abo
Pam Bouvier, LicensetoKill (1989) played by Carey Lowell
XenaOnatopp, GoldenEye (1995) played by Famke Janssen
Natalya Simonova, GoldenEye (1995) played by IzabellaScorupco
Paris Carver, TomorrowNeverDies (1997) played by Teri Hatcher
Wai Lin, TomorrowNeverDies (1997) played Michelle Yeoh
Dr. Molly Warmflash, TheWorldIsNotEnough (1999) played by Serena Scott Thomas
Elektra King, TheWorldIsNotEnough (1999) played by Sophie Marceau
Dr. Christmas Jones, TheWorldIsNotEnough (1999) played Denise Richards
Jinx Johnson, DieAnotherDay (2002) played by Halle Berry
Miranda Frost, DieAnotherDay (2002) played by Rosamund Pike
Solange Demetrious, CasinoRoyale (2006) played by CaterinaMurino
Vesper Lynd, CasinoRoyale (2006) played Eva Green
Camille Montes, QuantumofSolace (2008) played by Olga Kurylenko
Strawberry Fields, QuantumofSolace (2008) played by Gemma Aterton
A RIDE WITH JAMES BOND 007 FILMS
British secret service agent, James Bond 007 is on the news again having received the GoldFinger award for rescuing Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and other passengers on the Airport 80 MoonRaker from a deadly thunderball almost resulting in an unfortunate skyfall; an incident that was more than enough to scare theliving daylights out of anyone. Security agentsonHerMajesty’ssecretservice including themanwiththegoldengun who came all the way fromRussiawithlovehad a hectic day at the CasinoRoyale trying to control the crowd that had converged to pay homage to this man of honour who had brought a quantumofsolace to the entire British Colony. In what seemed to be aviewtoakill, 007 sights the mysterious Octopussy, a shrewd and wealthy Albanian countess who was thought by the Russian government to have been sentenced to dieanotherday for conspiring with Kamal Khan, another licensetokill agent against the Russian Specter group to steal the goldeneye weapon meant to assessRussian secrets. In the midst of everything, 007 is accosted by one of the passengers of the ill-fated flight
PRESSMAN: Good evening Mr. Bond
JAMESBOND: Good evening, you must be related toDr. No I suppose?
PRESSMAN: I am sorry to disappoint you, sir. I ‘m always asked that question but my origins are from modest. My father is a retired civil servant somewhere in the interior.
JAMESBOND: Indeed! Apart from the fact that you bear a striking resemblance of him, he happens to be thespywholovedme especially on every task I am being sent anywhere in the world.
PRESSMAN: Without wasting much time, I bring warm greetings and regards from the good people of the Diamond Island.
JAMESBOND: Neversayneveragain about an island where the slogan is toliveandletdie
PRESSMAN: I was thought to believe that diamondsareforever for such a place that is rich in mineral resources but why the negative opinion?
JAMESBOND: I agree with you that the island being rich in diamonds but the only issue I have with the citizenry is that they have no sanctity for human lives as if tomorrowneverdies and for any stranger to survive in such a place, it is a matter of youonlylivetwice.
PRESSMAN: To add to what you just said, I also learnt that the way the citizenry are being ruled, it’s as if theworldisnotenough to be wiped out in just one day. I’ve phoned every employee of the British Colony to gain access to their mineral reserves but it seems that it’s a case of foryoureyesonly. It’s nice meeting you, Mr. Bond.
JAMESBOND: The pleasure’s all mine
ABOUT THE WRITER

Born 32 years ago, award winning stage/screen actress, choreographer, storyteller and writer, Adewoyin Olawunmi Moradeyo holds a B.A degree in Dramatic Arts. Her burning passion for writing articles and stories started in her primary and secondary school days. She was also a committed member of her secondary school’s Drama/Cultural and Press Clubs where she had the ample opportunity of representing both clubs at outings; one of which she was awarded the 2nd position in mock news casting. Some of her written but unpublished works include AuntyWummy’sBedtimeStories, AfricanMoonlightStories (Volumes 1-3), TheKing’sHeirandotherstories and SunsetatNoonandotherstories.

Quite detailed, thanks.

My favourite Bond as a kid was Moore.

I loved his wit and sarcastic humour.