Strange continuity in the Bond movies of old . . .

jamesm123

As a child/young lad growing up watching the Bond films, it used to get a bit confusing with the weird and constant changing of actors. I mean different Felix Lighter in almost every film, different Blofeld, Brad Whittaker suddenly a good guy after a gap of only one film? Henderson suddenly Blofeld? Huh??
Anyways its all fine now but you can image for a 10yr old it can be confusing.
Have i misssed any?

JohnMasterson

jamesm123 wrote:

As a child/young lad growing up watching the Bond films, it used to get a bit confusing with the weird and constant changing of actors. I mean different Felix Lighter in almost every film, different Blofeld, Brad Whittaker suddenly a good guy after a gap of only one film? Henderson suddenly Blofeld? Huh??
Anyways its all fine now but you can image for a 10yr old it can be confusing.
Have i misssed any?

I'm sure that when you were ten years old they [parents or relatives] told you about actors and their desire to play different roles. Although I guess it must have been very confusing to see Sean Connery disappear after You Only Live Twice just to make a short comeback two films later.

Higgins

Well, in the early days, it was hardly imaginable, that one could watch the Bond movie in a row within some hours .
The movies have been made for the cinemas and every 2 years, a new came into the theaters.

jeffch

jamesm123 wrote:

As a child/young lad growing up watching the Bond films, it used to get a bit confusing with the weird and constant changing of actors. I mean different Felix Lighter in almost every film, different Blofeld, Brad Whittaker suddenly a good guy after a gap of only one film? Henderson suddenly Blofeld? Huh??
Anyways its all fine now but you can image for a 10yr old it can be confusing.
Have i misssed any?

Dont forget Walter Gotell playing Morzeny in FRWL and then General Gogol in several of the later films. There were a lot of actors with small parts that came back to play different roles, you just don't notice them because their parts were so small.

SpectreBlofeld

Maude Adams, too.

Though I'd say the most confusing one might be Judi Dench playing the SAME character when everyone else was replaced and the timeline/universe was reset!

Hardyboy

I solve these problems similar* to the way Terry Gilliam's character of Paddy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail handled the way the knights were crowing over the sight of Castle Camelot: "It's only a movie!"

*Note to Python-heads: I know the line is "It's only a model"--I said similar.

SpectreBlofeld

Well, yeah. That fact doesn't make it any less confusing to a kid though!

DaltonFan1

Don't forget Guy Haines' bodyguard in QOS who had been an extra/stuntman in several previous films.

And if God forbid, Gerard Butler should become Bond, we'll wonder how he got out of the sinking ship in TND.

And Geoffrey Boothroyd wasn't always played by Desmond Llewellyn (see Dr No).

Blackleiter

Let's not forget Maud Adams as Scaramanga's ill-fated girl in TMWTGG only to reappear as the title character in Octopussy.

oscar rubio

Blackleiter wrote:

Let's not forget Maud Adams as Scaramanga's ill-fated girl in TMWTGG only to reappear as the title character in Octopussy.

Later he also played an extra in a movie, walking with her husband

And Robert Brown, playing Almir. Hargreaves in TSWLM, later played M

Wint and Kidd far-out

Blackleiter wrote:

Let's not forget Maud Adams as Scaramanga's ill-fated girl in TMWTGG only to reappear as the title character in Octopussy.

Ah yes I remember the first time I ever saw Octopussy as soon as I saw her I remembered her from the previous movie and I thought to myself, "Talk about reincarnation" LOL