Who says seven is lucky? Seven is a dangerous number. The seven deadly sins, the seven evil dwarfs (um…maybe I’ve got that one wrong). As part of our continuing Bond Week, today we give you the seven deadliest and most memorable villains of the Bond series.
Here are seven of the deadliest and most memorable Bond villains. Did your favorite make the list?
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Timothy Dalton left the franchise after two films in the midst of MGM’s legal and financial nightmare that threatened to end the series for good. But that was not to be. Much like Dalton before him, Pierce Brosnan had been offered the role of Bond years before. but could not accept because of his starring role in Remington Steele. Fast-forward a few years, and again like Dalton, Brosnan was given a second chance.
With GoldenEye Bond was relaunced with some subtle differences. Bond was no longer the hot-shot top spy, now he was “a relic of the Cold War” who seemed out of place in the current world events. M was also given a drastic makeover as Judi Dench took over the role, the first woman to do so, with a particular flair and wit. The movie was a huge success and Bond and Brosnan continued for three more profitable films, making Bond not only relevant to the modern world, but worth the ticket price as well.
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After several years of threatening to leave the franchise Roger Moore finally bid farewell to Bond with A View to a Kill. For the first time in over a decade the series needed a new actor for the role. Sam Neill and Pierce Brosnan were two of the names on the list, but the role went to British stage actor Timothy Dalton.
Dalton had be offered the part twice, in 1968 and 1970, but turned the role down, not wanting to step into, and on, the legacy he felt was Connery’s alone. After Moore retired however Dalton was approached again and this time he finally accepted.
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There are so many beautiful Bond Girls you would think it would be easy to make such a list, but whittling down to a number as small as 13 is a bit of a chore. We’ve got both the very first Bond Girl and the latest to earn the honor, but our list has some notable absences of beautiful actresses (no Halle Berry or Denise Richards) and some beloved characters (no Pussy Galore or Holly Goodhead).
We cut the list down to 13 so not everyone’s favorite made the cut. The Bond Girls are listed in chronological order of the Bond films. Sit down with a vodka martini (preferably shaken, not stirred) and see if your favorite is included!
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After Sean Connery’s one film return, Diamonds are Forever, to keep the franchise alive, producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman needed to find a new leading man to keep the Bond saga alive. Jeremy Brett, Julian Glover and Michael Billington were considered (Glover and Billington eventually showed up as Bond villains).
In the end the role went to The Saint star Roger Moore who had briefly been originally considered for the role before it was given to Connery. Moore would go on to star in seven of the now 22 Bond films, the most of any actor to play the role in the series (discounting Connery’s late remake Never Say Never Again). Fleming hardliners and die-hard Connery fans were upset with Moore’s lighter touch and more humorous and suave version of 007. However the fans, and money, still rolled into the box office, and Moore found his own niche as a different, but still enjoyable, Bond.
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