Dr Kananga's First Name in Live and Let Die (1973)?
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Something I've been wondering about for a while is why the main villain of Live and Let Die (1973) is never given a first name in the script or in any point in the film - he is simply known as Dr Kananga. Obviously, Bond fans know that the scriptwriter of LALD Tom Mankiewicz named the main villain Dr Kananga after the owner of the Jamaican crocodile and alligator farm seen in the film - a certain Ross Kananga. Ross Kananga was honoured in this way because he had done the very famous crocodile stepping stone stunt dressed up as James Bond and was nearly bitten in his attempts (see the LALD rushes for footage of this).
So if his name was not Dr Ross Kananga then what was it?
The only other main villain in the Bond films that I can think of is with no first name is Le Chiffre and he was called this as well in the Bond novel of the same name (he was a displaced person after WWII).
Does anyone know why Dr Kananga has no first name?
Would anyone care to give him a (sensible) first name?
If so, I'd love to hear from you.
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So if his name was not Dr Ross Kananga then what was it?
The only other main villain in the Bond films that I can think of is with no first name is Le Chiffre and he was called this as well in the Bond novel of the same name (he was a displaced person after WWII).
Does anyone know why Dr Kananga has no first name?
Would anyone care to give him a (sensible) first name?
If so, I'd love to hear from you.
-{ "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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Buonapart Ignace Gallia.
Every chance you get TP, you just have to throw in your own real name, don't you?
Never knew that. Thanks!
Which role playing game was that featured in?
If so, I'd love to hear from you!
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Indeed you do. That's why I started this thread in the first place!
(Clambers off stool in front of Wardrobe)
Victory games
from about 1983
" Well, I've never had any complaints "
Sorry.
But where did Noel Gallagher get (or plagarize) the names from?
It's a gag...cheesy...but quite funny
Thank you, broadshoulder!