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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Bond Week continues with this clip of comedian Eddie Izzard poking some fun at the Bond films, particularily the gadgets used in the series. He makes a good point about Q giving Bond exactly what he needs for each movie, no more, no less. Fun stuff.
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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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Here’s a fun sequence from BBC’s Top Gear as they put together a Bond Car for 300 Quid (around $600 US). At first it’s a little hokey, but I must say the ejection seat is pretty damn cool.
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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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