Question About Live and Let Die
PDJamesBond
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I've been wondering this for years, and for all I know, the answer is either a) blatantly obvious, or b) easily found somewhere else on this site, or c) both. But I can't find the answer and don't know it, so I'm asking. Please don't judge 
In Live and Let Die, when they arrive at the New Orleans airport, Solitaire momentarily turns on Bond. She says, "My only regret is that I won't be there to see it!" and she moves to hit him. What is the meaning of this? Is she faking it to make the villains think she's still working with them? Or is she suddenly disgusted with Bond for some reason?
The below excerpt is from Tom Mankiewicz's script, and it doesn't shed any light on it for me:
ADAM
There's a hell of a view of the lake from 500 feet.
Bond winces at the thought, turns to SOLITAIRE.
SOLITAIRE
(with loathing)
My only regret is that I won't be there to see it.
She swings at him hard.
So yeah, all I can say is that I've been confused by this since I first saw it at the age of seven, and now that I'm 33 I think it's time I finally get it cleared up!)
In Live and Let Die, when they arrive at the New Orleans airport, Solitaire momentarily turns on Bond. She says, "My only regret is that I won't be there to see it!" and she moves to hit him. What is the meaning of this? Is she faking it to make the villains think she's still working with them? Or is she suddenly disgusted with Bond for some reason?
The below excerpt is from Tom Mankiewicz's script, and it doesn't shed any light on it for me:
ADAM
There's a hell of a view of the lake from 500 feet.
Bond winces at the thought, turns to SOLITAIRE.
SOLITAIRE
(with loathing)
My only regret is that I won't be there to see it.
She swings at him hard.
So yeah, all I can say is that I've been confused by this since I first saw it at the age of seven, and now that I'm 33 I think it's time I finally get it cleared up!
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Escape and also give the impression she'd been kidnapped by Bond.
As she was terrified of Mr Big.
Now I'm not saying I'm correct, only how I explain it to myself.
That's what I always assumed as well, but then that script excerpt only confused me more!
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Yes, I concur, TP. This is exactly how I've always seen it - a distraction for Bond to be able to escape the villains and the plane trip of no return. I suppose that we finally get to see what Bond would have had in-store had he boarded the flight in the MR PTS.
In his book "Roger Moore as James Bond" (Pan, 1973), Moore says clearly that Solitaire's attack on Bond is a feint to distract the attention of his captors.
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