OHMSS Opening Credits

Q and M · February 2011

this may be a stupid question, but in the opening credits for ohmss, it says, 'starring george lazenby', not 'george lazenby as james bond'. this almost seems like lazenby's appearence was a temporary thing, when in fact he was signed for 7films. Why did it say this in the credits? Has any1 else noticed this?

Hardyboy · February 2011

Actually, the films didn't start listing the actor "as James Bond 007 in. . ." until Live and Let Die. Starting with TSWLM it became "as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in. . ."

Q and M · February 2011

yep, im aware of that but my point is thus: in the previous films and future films it was always 'starring sean connery' on its own but in ohmss, it was 'starring george lazenby, diana rigg, telly savalas' etc, not stand-alone, why?, if he was supposed to do 7 films

RJJB · February 2011

Lazenby had not yet achieved enough star power to be listed individually. Also, Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas were popylar enough to share the top billing.

Agent Sidewinder · February 2011

In Dr. No, Sean Connery's name is after the title, again because of his then relative obscurity.

I always thought Lazenby's name being shunted to after the titles was a result of his narking off the producers/director/co-stars/stuntmen/tea boy/Cubby's grandmother/et al, likewise the blood in the gunbarrel washing out Bond's figure (which happens in no other film). Guess I was wrong.

blueman · February 2011

Lazenby was never signed for 7 films, EON wanted to sign him for that many after OHMSS but he turned them down.

OHMSS Opening Credits

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