Actors Ad Libs, and bits of business ?

ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
in General James Bond Chat
Wondering if any members knew of any ad libs from any of the Bond actors. Or
Scenes they suggested improvements on ?
I know the line in LALD " Butterhook " and " We'll soon lick you into shape" were lines
Roger Moore put in. :)) and in TND, the trick with the hand grenade was from a
Suggestion from Pierce Brosnan, who once had an experience with a guy with a
Grenade in an Australian outback bar.
So I'd love to here if any members know of others ?
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    The only one I can really think of, is when Moore would change Desmond llewelyn's Lines as a Joke :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    George Lazenby improvised his line in his scene with the St Bernards dog in OHMSS.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) Hennessey five star, of course !
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  • M 'n' MM 'n' M Posts: 105MI6 Agent
    I think Sir Rog also added "Egyptian builders!" to the Temple scene in Egypt
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    M n M wrote:
    I think Sir Rog also added "Egyptian builders!" to the Temple scene in Egypt

    I think he said something else during the take because of the Egyptian censors and added the line in post. It was all planned.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Speaking of the TSWLM, who do you think would of played Blofeld in the original version of the Script?
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  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Acton, London, UKPosts: 1,363MI6 Agent
    To be honest Rog improvised most of his lines

    I'd say MR and OP were his grandest achievements.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    The Hennesy line is the only true improvisation in a Bond movie I know of. By improvised line or ad lib I mean a line that was not planned before the cameras started rolling. I would really be interested if anyone knew of more true ad libs, but I suspect most of what is refered to as 'ad libs' are line agreed upon earlier in the day.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    In his "Roger Moore as James Bond" book, Sir Roger says he improvised the line about licking Rosie into shape just as screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz walked on to the set.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Good, now we know of two. I belive Moore has some talent for improvisation, but I doubt it was allowed most of the time.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    ... If you care to look again at page two, paragraph four of my report, sir......
    Or ....
    You could of had Two, earlier, if you'd noticed my original post. :p :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    OHMSS - Hennesey comment
    TSWLM - Lick into shape
    LALD - What is the 'Butterhook' line?

    Any more?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :p lick into shape was LALD. ;)

    Butterhook, is when Tee Hee tries to remove Bond's watch.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    I'm pretty sure Connery ad-libbed a line or two of NSNA but don't ask me which ones.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    broadshoulder wrote:
    To be honest Rog improvised most of his lines

    Do you have a source for this statement, because I seriously doubt any of the Bond actors were allowed to improvise that much.
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  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Acton, London, UKPosts: 1,363MI6 Agent
    Er,no :o
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Robert Davi suggested the line "loyalty is more important to me than money."
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    {[] Very interesting, I didn't know that. :)
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Sanchez' (or Davi's) line was character defining. Very good!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    One of the small things that help to make Sanchez such a
    Well rounded villain . -{
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Not an ad lib per se, but during the 2CV chase in FYEO, after Moore says "I love a drive in the country, don't you?", Carole Bouquet bursts out laughing. It doesn't fit the supposed tension of the scene, so I can only conclude that it was a blooper that John Glen decided to keep. Makes me wonder if maybe Moore ad-libbed his line and thus caught her off-guard, but I doubt it.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Moore suggested 'Sit!' during OP, when confronted with a tiger, not sure if strictly an ad lib. It was a nod to oh what's her name, prissy old woman dog handler, quite famous back then. Name like Mary Whitehouse but not.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes. Old Barbara Woodhouse ! :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    What about the Tarzan Scream? :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sadly that was considered a joke by the director. :#
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    It's never bothered me at all -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I find when watching, you're caught up in the
    momment, it doesn't bother me. Until I start
    thinking about it. :)) OP could be a really great
    film if they just lost a few silly momments. -{
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  • OsatoOsato Aberdeen, ScotlandPosts: 99MI6 Agent
    In OP when Bond collects his winnings after the baccarat game, he hands a wad of cash to one of his Indian colleagues and says

    "here, that'll keep you in curry for a while"

    - and from the reactions of the other actors I'm sure it was an ad-lib.

    Not very PC, but typical Roger!
    Green figs, yoghurt, coffee very black.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Tanya Robers kicked up a fuss over having to wear some
    Overalls in AVTAK, and demanded they be cut to give her
    A more flattering shape. It took so long.
    So the line from Roger about " pity you couldn't find one
    That fits" was an ad lib. As everyone was pissed off at having
    To wait around for her. Apparently it got a big laugh from the
    Crew. :))
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    The memory isn't quite what it was so I stand to be corrected. As I recall, they were trying to come up with a line in the scene where Jaws' teeth are stuck on the magnet (TSWLM). And it was Peter Lamont who suggested "How does that grab you?"
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