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Rant on M,Q and Moneypenny

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  • SharkBaitSharkBait
    edited December 2014 Posts: 2,107
    I've always liked Naomie, even though I might have first thought that she'd be too pretty for Moneypenny. But then again Lois Maxwell was pretty in her youth.

    Naomie on the other hand could have passed as Bond girl. But so far she's been a fine Moneypenny. Nothing to complain about.
  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    AlexanderWaverly wrote: »
    //Eon clearly did not want a Jack Lord alpha-male type, challenging Connery's screen supremacy.//

    Actually, Eon wanted Jack Lord to return for Goldfinger, but he wanted more money and billing than Eon was willing to provide. (That was first disclosed in a Starlog interview with Richard Maibaum in 1983).

    As a side note, Lord was cast for his most famous role, Steve McGarrett, a mere five days before the start of shooting the Hawaii Five-O pilot. That was disclosed by Rose Freeman, widow of Five-O creator Leonard Freeman, at a 1996 fan convention in Los Angeles.
    I defer to your Hawaii Five-O expertise @waverly.
    Lord wanting higher billing though does tie in with my Eon being leery of Connery's marquee supremacy being challenged.
    The casting of Linder though I think made that concern moot.
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