When the calendars showed October 5, 1962, two ‘names’ of British origin had declared that the world would never be the same after that date. But no one was aware. On October 5, 1962, the first Beatles single would be a great breaking point in the history of ‘Love Me Do’, and then would influence all popular culture. The other is ‘Queen’s Secret Service Agent 007’ Bond was James Bond! The British journalist-writer Ian Fleming’s first adventure in 1953 was about 10 years after he released ‘Casino Royale’, and his name, James Bond, spread all over the world through the screen, at least as much as his own legend.
While it is certain that one out of every three living people watch at least one Bond movie on screen or television, the fact that this charismatic British never lived in real life makes the effect of the legend it has more visible. It is a known fact that Fleming, the creator of Bond, would not have such an impact on his mind when he wrote this charismatic agent.
Because Fleming never drew Bond as charismatic as this, he probably designed it as a muscular, somewhat macho man with a military background. Fleming, who served in the British Army in World War II, created Bond, inspired by the agent and commando characters he witnessed during the war. Bond, which is a manifestation of “British insidiousness” for “few” people who do not like it, is one of the most insurmountable popular culture icons in the past 50 years, and for many it is a symbol of dozens of things other than insidiousness.
From alcohol to cars, from stylish clothing to expensive watches, from sex symbols to expensive pleasures, many things are mentioned with James Bond. Over the past 50 years, the most important difference in Bond, which did not experience much change except for jacket collars and trousers, which expanded and contracted according to the period, was his attitude towards women with whom he shared his adventures. Bond, who showed a disrespectful attitude even to her chief Miss Moneypenny in the first years, and all the women who came before her were ready to be laid on the bed, changed her attitude towards women from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig.
Sean Connery was not the first choice
Although we knew James Bond on the screen, Sean Connery wasn’t the first choice. It wasn’t even the second or third. Ian Fleming wanted a folk-style macho with softer, more classy, rude and brutal attitudes, and his main choice was someone like David Niven. The film’s producers, Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli, wanted Cary Grant, who had an impressive performance in Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary North by Northwest.
Later, names such as James Mason, Patrick McGoohan, Trevor Howard, Christopher Lee, and Rex Harrison were named, but eventually they decided in Scotland, which is not yet well known. Maybe they felt the energy that Connery emitted as soon as he entered. Fleming, who initially had doubts about him, connery He added some details about his Scottish past and a slightly more advanced sense of humor to his 007 character in his new book ‘The Man Lives Two Times’ (1967), as he exhibited in No and was carefully warmed up by his performance, carefully shaped by director Terence Young.
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