the living daylights

always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
Watched the living daylights yesterday ,and during the exercise by
the double O dept,to attack the radar on GIB, Bond (Dalton) is crouching down
and from no where a local Barbary macaque jumps into shot, and scares the living daylights
no pun intended out of dear old Tim, now my question is
(1) was this a blooper ie the ape jumps into frame or
(2) was the ape thrown at Tim by a stage hand .
either way it was funny
By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?

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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,828MI6 Agent
    Watched the living daylights yesterday ,and during the exercise by
    the double O dept,to attack the radar on GIB, Bond (Dalton) is crouching down
    and from no where a local Barbary macaque jumps into shot, and scares the living daylights
    no pun intended out of dear old Tim, now my question is
    (1) was this a blooper ie the ape jumps into frame or
    (2) was the ape thrown at Tim by a stage hand .
    either way it was funny

    I'd imagine it was intended as it's a John Glen staple to have an animal or bird come out of nowhere and scare the living daylights out of both James Bond and the audience!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Thanks SM, i would have bet money you would be the only one to know
    but stiil planned or not, great acting by Tim, the reaction was all in his eyes
    says it all ,which is what i like about Dalton ,he could communicate
    many words with out having to speak just with his eyes
    truly a great Bond,
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    I know exactly what scene you are speaking of but I have no idea if it was intentional or not. Remember, one of the best moments in OP was accidental. (The guy on the bike cutting in between Bond and the fighting henchman during the tuktuk scene). And J.W. Pepper being pushed in the water by the elephant was also not planned but used in TMWTGG. So it could well have been something that happened during filming without being scripted. But as SILHOUETTE MAN points out, it is very 'Glenlike'
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