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Dr Kananga's First Name in Live and Let Die (1973)?
Dragonpol
https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
Something I've been wondering about for a while is why the main villain of Live and Let Die (1973) is never given a first name in the script or in any point in the film - he is simply known as Dr Kananga. Obviously, Bond fans know that the scriptwriter of LALD Tom Mankiewicz named the main villain Dr Kananga after the owner of the Jamaican crocodile and alligator farm seen in the film - a certain Ross Kananga. Ross Kananga was honoured in this way because he had done the very famous crocodile stepping stone stunt dressed up as James Bond and was nearly bitten in his attempts (see the LALD rushes for footage of this).
So if his name was not Dr Ross Kananga then what was it?
The only other main villain in the Bond films that I can think of is with no first name is Le Chiffre and he was called this as well in the Bond novel of the same name (he was a displaced person after WWII).
Does anyone know why Dr Kananga has no first name?
Would anyone care to give him a (sensible) first name?
If so, I'd love to hear from you. :)
So if his name was not Dr Ross Kananga then what was it?
The only other main villain in the Bond films that I can think of is with no first name is Le Chiffre and he was called this as well in the Bond novel of the same name (he was a displaced person after WWII).
Does anyone know why Dr Kananga has no first name?
Would anyone care to give him a (sensible) first name?
If so, I'd love to hear from you. :)
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Poor Felix so unlucky, that he sadly got maimed twice.
Take your pick!
I quite like Javel Kananga. :)
=P~
I wish they had just called him Gallia. Going from Kananga to Scaramanga is a bit...odd. Why not call Stromberg Strombanga while we are at it?
Kosmo! Although in this day and age, Che is probably more appropriate.
Yes, I always thought so too.
Thanks very much for that! And welcome to our community here, @Aubergine.
Are you broadshoulder on AJB by any chance?
On another note, Willibald was probably his middle name, since the Dr in front of his name clearly is an abbreviation of Dieter.
:)) ...nice Seinfeld reference
No, I'm not. why?
Oh, it's just he gave the same answer! I thought perhaps you were him as a result. :)
Well, perhaps but I'm just very curious you see as virtually every other Bond film villain (Le Chiffre aside, as noted in the OP) has a first name given except dear old Dr Kananga and I wondered why, hence the creation of this thread.
Point of Order from the noble lord, Lord Dragonpol:
Thanks and all that, but the OP did say:
Would anyone care to give him a (sensible) first name?
Sorry! Full name is Kwananga D Kananga. :))
On the plus side it means both the name and the character can be used in future movies.