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Ow good point, @Revelator!
In Goldfinger we also don't see the Villain until after the song, so is that about Bond ? :P
Exactly my first thoughts and then I remembered the clue was in the film title and that was the difference. Clearly I need to sit down in a darkened room.
I'm pretty sure "The Many Lives of James Bond" by Mark Editz addresses this question. Perhaps it's the same interview featured in the book
“I went through the Cairo Museum and I saw some of the jewels, that gold filigree, the long, golden fingernails…and those costumes with the headpieces. It was magnificent. And I said, ‘God! If I could only get a beautiful girl with these long gold fingernails and that headpiece, with the smoke and flame of Egypt behind her!’
“But! What follows the titles? A submarine base in North Hampton, with Bond watching submarines going by, going Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! So, I said to myself, ‘I’ll have this exotic, beautiful Egyptian title, but Egypt doesn’t come in until about two reels later. I would mitigate and take away from the later excitement you see, because with a title you can do all sorts of exotic things. So, I decided against it. And Cubby said to me, ‘You went to Egypt and everything, and I didn’t see one Egyptian title?’ Producers notice those things—especially when they pick up the tab.”
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That's a pretty diplomatic answer there from Don Black. I like it, not least because it tallies with what I said in my posts above. Namely, that the song lyrics could be construed to be about either Bond or Largo.
You always keep us PC, @Thunderpussy. ;)
"Then I looked up "Thunderball", and it wasn't in the dictionary. It doesn't mean anything. I just thought, what kind of man is Bond and how do you get that title so that it falls effortlessly? Then I thought of the lyrics, "He always runs while others walk." I thought, hey, that's good. That's Bond. Then you go from there..."
Q: There has been a playful debate...about who the subject of [Thunderball] is. It could be about either Bond or the bad guy. You're saying it was about Bond?
"Yes, it was."
Bond songs seem to be sung by and about different characters...."Thunderball" was about Bond.
"Yeah, it doesn't matter who the character in the song is as long as it sounds attractive. "He always runs while others walk. He acts while others just talk." You want to meet this guy. You know that he's a special guy."
I never had any doubt that it was about Bond.
My questions: who were the actors considered to replace Roger Moore for FYEO? And Simon Russell Beale was considered to play a role in SF, being an old friend of Sam Mendes and having been directed by him on stage. What character was it?
I've got no actual evidence, but I would think Simon Russell Beale was being considered for the role of Kincaid. Looking at his appearance and age.
As for actors considered to replace Moore in FYEO, according to IMDB, the following were on the short list : Lewis Collins, David Warbeck, Michael Billington, David Robb, Michael Jayston, Nicholas Clay and Ian Ogilvy.
My question, in CR we see LeChiffre looking at a news report, British Government Agent Kills Unarmed Prisoner. And later M throws down a newspaper with the headline.
MI6 KILLS UNARMED PRISONER.
How does anyone know that it's MI6 that did this?
It's not like Bond introduced himself, or left any identifying evidence behind.
Bear in mind that not so very many years ago MI6 even refused to confirm or deny where their headquarters building was located! Secrecy and confidentiality are their watchwords, as of course they should be. They're the British Secret Service after all. If the Press did find out it was an MI6 agent who was involved it must either have been informed guesswork or them finding out via other means than MI6 itself.
Good luck to what?
Is Pinder saying good luck? It doesn’t appear so.