Something that I decided to do for fun may bring up some interesting discussion.
In the list below is the age of the actor playing Bond in each film, along with the age of the lead female (Bond girl) and the difference between them. They bring some results that many may not have expected.
Dr. No_________________________32 and 26........................6 years
From Russia With Love___________33 and 21........................12 years
Goldfinger______________________34 and 39........................-5 years
Thunderball____________________35 and 24........................11 years
You Only Live Twice_____________37 and 23........................14 years
On Her Majesty's Secret Service____30 and 31........................-1 year
Diamonds Are Forever____________41 and 31........................10 years
Live And Let Die_________________45 and 22........................23 years
The Man With The Golden Gun_____46 and 32........................14 years
The Spy Who Loved Me____________49 and 29........................20 years
Moonraker_______________________51 and 32........................19 years
For Your Eyes Only________________53 and 23........................30 years
Octopussy_______________________55 and 38........................17 years
A View To A Kill__________________57 and 29........................28 years
The Living Daylights______________41 and 26........................15 years
Licence To Kill___________________43 and 27.......................16 years
GoldenEye_______________________42 and 25........................17 years
Tomorrow Never Dies_____________44 and 35........................9 years
The World Is Not Enough__________46 and 28........................18 years
Die Another Day__________________49 and 35........................14 years
Casino Royale____________________38 and 26........................12 years
Quantum Of Solace_______________40 and 28........................12 years
Skyfall___________________________44 and 33.........................11 years
Spectre__________________________47 and 30.........................17 years
No Time To Die__________________51 and 34.........................17 years
Who would have thought Tatiana Romanova was the youngest girl in the films, or that the largest gap is between Bond and Melina - a staggering 30 years?! Yet that was far more believable to me than what we got in <i>A View To A Kill</i>.
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http://screenmusings.org/AViewToAKill/pages/AVtaK_100.htm
Total age of the people in the picture... 333 years @-)
But hey, 'Moore' power to him!
Britt Eklund certainly seemed a lot younger than 32. But then Melina seemed a lot more mature than her age. While Moore on the other hand, up through FYEO could still pass for about 40. So as long as the actors "look" the part and act it well, then it works. Think of all the teenage high school tv shows, where all the actors are in their late 20's....
The point at which 007 is comfortably old enough to be a Bond Girl's Dad is when it gets creepy!!
Moore and Adams were 17.5 years apart in age.
Now if only I could fix the formatting...
Not sure who the SF leading lady is, but Naomi Harris is 35 (8 years) and Berenice Marlohe is 32 (11 years).
This should narrow the age difference gap a bit.
As I have suspected for quite some time, Moore and Carol Bouquet present the biggest cringe gap. 53 vs 23. No wonder the filmmakers toned down any implied shagging between these two. Smart move.
Oldest Bond-girl is Honor Blackman at 39. Maud Adams runner-up at 38.
Agreed, and honestly Bouquet didn't LOOK that young. Maybe it's because of her height? But I'd have pinned her for at least late 20's.
Also, awesome list. I love how the two movies where Bond and the girl are closest in age have the girl older than Bond. XD
The biggest difference is 30 years between Sir Roger and Carole Bouquet, and the smallest (absolute) difference is between Lazenby and Diana Rigg. Not surprised Sir Roger has the biggest difference record, knowing he was Bond until his late 50s.
Indeed, they don't look same age. I think Bouquet looked more mature for her age.
Any length of whitespace is being is being interpreted as a single space character, that's why the formatting of your post doesn't work. Try to use dots or underscores instead of spaces, it will look much better.
That's cause nobody wanted a Bond girl in her 50's, lol
Maybe one day though-- if they found the right woman who was 'up there'-- like a Demi Moore type, you know someone who's aged really well. Could be a cool new thing to try! Something edgy and new
Christian Troy hooked up with women older than him all the time on Nip/Tuck and (most of the time) is was still pretty hot
*edit- hell they could even bring back Famke Janssen in a different role-- she's pushing 50 and still looks like she did in GoldenEye!!
No arguments there.
That was definitely the reason for why they brought back Maud Adams, to "narrow" the age gap by a little bit. Mind you, some women are quite old and still look pretty sexy as well, so I don't mind one bit if they decide to cast older women in the future.