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Exactly, it was unprofessional, exactly what you would expect from a young dude who never acted and all of a sudden was thrown into the spotlight. I´m not saying he was an angel, but putting all the blame on him is a bit like blaming a five-year-old for driving the car into the ditch.
I find it nearly impossible to condemn her for speaking her mind as well. I find it refreshing, actually, that she doesn't just stick to the usual cliched responses that actors generally use to avoid criticizing a co-star.
I don't really think that it's up to her to protect Lazenby's reputation anyway. His actions on the set of OHMSS pretty much speak for themselves, and Diana Rigg is absolutely entitled to her opinion of what went down during the making of the film.
Congratulations for that!! Indeed a treasure memory!
Did George have much to say for himself with you or was it a mad blur and only seconds together for the photo?
You are really pretty! A Bond Girl, no doubt!
Going back to the original topic, I saw the Sue Perkins interview with DR when it was on TV last week and thought it was all fairly light-hearted. They obviously didn't get along and I don't think she should have to make a secret of that nearly half a century later - we all know anyway! The comment about being glad when she was shot was hilarious :)
@Benny Good to hear that George is a nice bloke. What did you talk to him about?
Anyway, I agree with the rest of you that Diana is entitled to her own opinion and everything, but publicly having a go at George almost 40 odd years later is harsh and uncalled for imo, it comes across as bitter and it's unprofessional, which ironically is what she's saying George was.
No, he acted like any normal, young, single blokes would in his situation. He was famous, he was he was single and he made the most of it. Nothing wong with that.
Yes Connery was an amazing James Bond and a much better actor than George (although I'd argue that George was closer to Flemings Bond and that he bought humanity and vulnerability that Connery never had) but that's not the point.
The point is that you and others are having a go at George for shagging girls on set when Connery did the same, while married, which makes him far worse imo. George was single and famous and he made the most of it by sleeping around. Nothing wrong with that. Sean on the other hand cheated on his wife. And you say that George doesn't respect women? Yeah, and Sean "it's ok to hit them as long as it's not with a closed fist" is a fine example of a man who treats his women well isn't he?
I just think there's some double standards on here. Yes George was unprofessional but Sean was guilty of some of the stuff that people are accusing George of (treating women badly for one thing), yet people seem to be giving him a pass because (in your words) "Sean Connery is Sean Connery". It's unfair and biased imo.
It is accepted (by George himself too) that he was a right jack the lad where the whole stardom situation must've gone to his head and Rigg will rightly have bristled at his arrogance and opportunism even back in the day as it seems others felt too. This most likely still goes on behind the scenes even today with many actors being real prima-donnas with ludicrous caveats in their contracts etc. I feel there's a strong case of George's agent giving him poor guidance.bbh
If stories are true, Rigg didn't exactly hold back herself as far as intimacy with George goes which may be why she could now feel sour about letting herself go there and subsequently feels he was 'ghastly'.
I'm not as well read up as many here about the filming but wasn't everyone a prisoner on set at Piz Gloria for big periods all frozen / bored in one another's company!? That would stretch many working relationships!
I struggle with my views of Sean Connery, however, because I dislike his views on women, Scottish independence and his overall perceived shitty and ungrateful attitude towards the series to which he owes his entire career. I know these things have been explained away in the past but I still can't say I like the man, except for in his outstanding portrayal of Bond which gave us the films and subsequent series that we love.
It is a similar situation to chess player Bobby Fischer, widely acknowledged as the best player of all time but who descended into being a raging anti-Semitic loony living as a hermit in Iceland and gleefully celebrating the 9/11 attacks. It's always difficult when someone who excelled in something you admire is such an unlikeable person in every other respect.
These actors are doing a job and like everyone else are stuck with who they work with. In the end it's down to how professional they conduct themselves which seems to be a situation both George and Rigg have swapped position over the past years!
I don't care what Rigg says. I don't think George does either. It all seems quite true anyway, and does jive with most everything else we know. Laz was young and brash. So what. I wouldn't expect a more mature personage such as Rigg at the time to be impressed anyway.
Personally, I think Laz would have been a hoot to hang out with back then.