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@Getafix, hey, don't you ruin it! ;)
The truth is Rigg wasn't a noted actress at all in 1968/69, having made a pulp TV series and little else. The Avengers was her big break and she wasn't much younger at the time than Lazenby was when he landed Bond.
Her RADA classmate Glenda Jackson was already cutting it on stage and film. She really was an actress of great note in the late 60s.
Rigg went on to have a great and varied career in the 70s, but the truth of the matter is Rigg quit The Avengers because it wasn't working out for her financially, and now there was always a danger of her getting a reputation for being awkward (ring any bells?).
So OHMSS was possibly Rigg's last throw of the dice, as much as it was Lazenby's. The difference is she took it and ran with it, Lazenby didn't.
The answer: "You are odd. You just called George fit."
Moore embarrassed the bond series you say? LMAO how come then everybody wanted him in the 80s when he was well in his 50s if he was such an embarrassment huh booster?
I remember even in 1987 at 60 yo there were still many people who wanted him again but he quit obviously, too bad, maybe the TLD wouldn't be so awful.
Lazenby wasn't an actor he was ******** by far the worst bond in the series. Anyone have heard of him since 50 years, i think he went silent radio or something.
Please control your language on here
Discussion is all well and good but to start slagging off the actors themselves is out of order in general,and in the appreciation threads in particular.
I think TLD is a pretty damn good Bond movie.
Watch it...
We have Ts & Cs concerning bad language for a reason, and although we don't impose them rigorously all the time we do try to stamp it out early with new members.
So, although I get your joke there, we can be quite flexible when it comes to more seasoned members dropping a few fruitier adjectives.
The more stories you hear about George and from George does lead one to think that he never learned from his experience as Bond. If he was discussing a project with McClory and it ended due to some eyeballing of McClory's girlfriend you do have to wonder how seriously George takes anything other than chasing girls.
Or McClory was a pompous ass who lived his entire life fighting to steal the glories of men better than him (Fleming) in court and elsewhere. He seems exactly the type to lie about someone eyeing his wife, because it was obvious he always had something to compensate for. I acquit George of all charges in this instance.
I do have the opinion though it helped him to play opposite Diana Rigg and (something that applies to german-speaking audiences) he was very well dubbed (by the same voice actor of Connery). The latter let him appear better (imho) than in the original and this let them get rid of a different voice for "Sir Hillary". Dubbing is a controversial topic but I appreciate it a lot the way it is and to me, it enhances the movie.
The more often I see OHMSS the more I wish DAF would have him playing Bond again. He looked the part and we would likely have seen different versions of DAF and TMWTGG.
And yes,getting Lazenby back to play Lazenbybond in DAF,LALD and TMWTGG would have
I like a good, tough Bond.
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Just like i have mine with Moore, you know 7 movies, grossed all more than Dalton, Moore is a legend screen actor as of today not Dalton, Moore is a way better ambassador than Dalton for bond.