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| Above, an autographed photo of George Lazenby. |
This is due to the major nods given by Daniel Craig's swan song 007 flick, No Time To Die, wherein John Barry's OHMSS main theme and its love song, "We Have All The Time In The World" are used (to great effect, I might add). Lazenby himself noted the use of the music from his Bond outing.
Personally, although he was no Sean Connery (who was, except for Connery?), I feel Lazenby did a creditable job considering his limited acting experience when he took on the role. Today, many Bond fans consider OHMSS to be one of the best in the Bond series.
Lazenby only made one James Bond movie and was dismissed by the producers and/or he quit. Some of it was his fault and some belonged to producer Albert Broccoli. What exactly went wrong?
A new article in the Express (U.K.) spells it all out.
It starts with:
JAMES BOND actor George Lazenby only ever made one 007 movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but why? He later released a statement admitting he had been "a total fool" but also blamed his agent. Sean Connery called him a "prize s**t' and Bond producers said he was the "biggest mistake we ever made." How did it all go so wrong?
An Aussie model famous for a chocolate commercial may seem a strange choice to take over as a suave upper-class British spy in the biggest franchise in Hollywood – but then Sean Connery was a Scottish former boxer and bodybuilder (and part-time male nanny) before he slipped into the tuxedo. The critics and public barely had time to take it all in before Lazenby sensationally left the role. Was he really that bad? Looking back, it is clear he was a forerunner for the more textured Bonds that were to come, and even had a realistic and emotionally-charged relationship with Diana Rigg's Tracy di Vicenzo. It was Lazenby himself who "blew it" but where does the blame actually lie?
To read more, go here.
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