What would have Fleming thought of the post-Connery actors

Absolutely_Cart

Correct me if I'm wrong, but despite all of his talents, Fleming kinda came across closed-minded bigot stuck in his ways. Kind of like Ayn Rand.

He probably would have thought Moore was a clown. Dalton, for example, paid him a huge compliment by portraying the literary Bond. I could see Fleming thanking Dalton for making the character more believable, but I can also see Fleming condemning Dalton for some trivial reason. Same with Craig.

CmdrAtticus

I think he would have personally like Moore, but would have been upset at EON for turning his character and exploits into near parodies of his work. He probably would have been put off by Lazenby being an Australian model, but after seeing the film would have realized he was just carrying on with Connery's interpretation and would have been fine with it. I think he would have liked Dalton most of all since he resembled his idea of Bond in the looks dept and since Dalton kept reading his work and tried to stay close to Fleming's character. Brosnan he would have been fine with too even though he was Irish because he also tried to bring some gravitas to Bond despite EON giving him uneven scripts. He may have initially hated the idea of Craig as he did Connery, but after seeing him in the role I think he would have loved CR (so much more than DN) and liked Craig even more than Connery.

AlphaOmegaSin

He defiantly would have liked Dalton -{

Absolutely_Cart

I always pictured Fleming as closed-minded like Ayn Rand. Maybe I'm off the mark, but he was really judgmental toward the casting of Sean Connery. To be fair, he later ate his words once he saw how successful Connery made the series.

But to be honest, I don't think Connery matched Fleming's Bond picture-perfect either.

Blackleiter

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

But to be honest, I don't think Connery matched Fleming's Bond picture-perfect either.

I agree, but such is the strength of Connery's portrayal of 007 that he even won over the creator! :007)

AlphaOmegaSin

The only one who truly matched Flemings Bond was Hoagy Carmichael )

Absolutely_Cart

Blackleiter wrote:

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

But to be honest, I don't think Connery matched Fleming's Bond picture-perfect either.

I agree, but such is the strength of Connery's portrayal of 007 that he even won over the creator! :007)

I agree.

The Red Kind

I think he may have liked Craig's hard edge but perhaps would have preferred a little more sophistication and refinement.

Thunderpussy

Is he the one on the left or the right ?

I've always thought Richard E Grant, looked a lot how Fleming described Bond.

broadshoulder

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but despite all of his talents, Fleming kinda came across closed-minded bigot stuck in his ways. Kind of like Ayn Rand.

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Sorry, who is Ayn Rand?

Would have enjoyed Dalton and Craig but would have damned Brosnan and Moore to the skies for turning his creation into a parody..

Jag

Once Bond was made into movies, he took on a new life. film rights were sold, and "what Fleming would have thought" became totally irrelevant. It's like asking what Julius Caesar would have thought about surround sound.

CmdrAtticus

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

The only one who truly matched Flemings Bond was Hoagy Carmichael )

I still personally believe Fleming was using his brother Peter's looks to describe Bond. He only mentioned HC in the books to describe how Bond looks similar to HC (as his brother did) because HC was internationally well known at the time. Peter not very much.
It's why I used Peter's photo in my profile pic - I think he looks like Bond.