Bond actors in real life
Jarvio
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So what are the bond actors like in real life?
I have heard that Sean Connery and George Lazenby are both quite pompous and ungrateful. And that Moore, Brosnan, and Craig are quite the opposite, in that they are more grateful for their roles as bond. Dalton I've not heard much.
I must say, that from interviews I have seen, Moore seems the most down-to-earth.
What do others think / what have others heard?
I have heard that Sean Connery and George Lazenby are both quite pompous and ungrateful. And that Moore, Brosnan, and Craig are quite the opposite, in that they are more grateful for their roles as bond. Dalton I've not heard much.
I must say, that from interviews I have seen, Moore seems the most down-to-earth.
What do others think / what have others heard?
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1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
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That rings true with what I've read/heard as well.
Neither Connery nor Lazenby strike me as the most likable men in the world. And yes, I do hold Connery's woman-slapping quote against him.
In the few interviews I've seen, Dalton comes across as rather reserved, but polite. Of all the Bond actors, he seemed to be the most knowledgeable of the character and said some interesting things about his approach to portraying 007. As a side note, Dalton is active in wildlife conservation, especially wolves, which always struck me as fitting somehow. Maybe because Dalton seems to have something of a lupine quality.
I'm a big fan of Craig as Bond, and he seems like a decent guy, but I wish he wasn't so foul-mouthed in interviews. I'm no prude or saint, but all the "effings" gets tedious.
I have quite a bit of admiration for Brosnan as a person. He's active in many of the same environmental, wildlife, and animal causes that I support. He also lives part time on Kauai, so he's sort of my neighbor one island removed. (I'm on Oahu.) Brosnan also seems to come off well in interviews, despite some bitterness regarding his 007 tenure.
As for Moore, he's not my favorite Bond by a long shot, but he seems like a real class act as a human being. He does great work for UNICEF. Moore and Brosnan are the two 007 actors I'd most want to have dinner with.
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Maybe around the time of OHMSS he was a prick, but nowadays he seems very humble.
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That's a valid point, and I give him credit for it. On the flip side, there was the rather tacky public feud he initiated with Pierce Brosnan.
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And lets not forget PB deserved the wrath of GL by calling him out in the US version of GQ by saying he was a model who couldn't act.
TD did a nice send up of his 007 tenure in the Looney Toons Back in Action. I have 3 little ones so I have seen that film a number of times
Could it be that actors need to channel their inner arrogant bastard to play Bond well?
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