![]() The Name's Seagal… Steven SeagalBond learned from the best: Sean Connery's martial arts instructor on non-canon remake Never Say Never Again was none-other-than Steven Seagal, who accidentally broke Connery's wrist in training. In 1997, a short Bond story called Blast From The Past was published in Playboy, in which Bond's adult son contacts him from New York, only to be killed when his old man turns up for Dad duties. At least, he did in Ian Fleming's version of You Only Live Twice, anyway: Bond gets Kissy Suzuki pregnant before departing for pastures new. James Bond Jr.No, not the short-lived (and terrible) cartoon: James Bond actually sired a child. The men who almost played Bond include Eric Bana, Hugh Jackman, James Purefoy, Julian McMahon, Gerard Butler, Sam Neill, Clint Eastwood (!) and Dougray Scott, who famously lost the role of Wolverine early in the X-Men shoot too. The Bonds That Never WereOnly six men have been lucky enough to play James Bond on screen, but they leave in their wake a huddled mass of weeping actors denied their dream role. Did you know that by the time he starred in A View To A Kill in 1985, Roger Moore's hair had to be professionally thickened before each take? Hair Today, Gone TomorrowWe all remember the needless furore surrounding the appointment of a blonde Daniel Craig as Bond in 2005, but more shocking is the fact that Sean Connery wore a toupee for every single one of his outings as 007. Other physical details that have since been ditched include a three-inch scar on his cheek and the faint scar of a Russian Cyrillic letter carved onto his hand by a SMERSH agent who had marked him as a spy. The Look Of BondEver wondered how Fleming intended James Bond to look? On two occasions, Bond is remarked to resemble the American singer-songwriter Hoagy Carmichael (below), except with a "cruel mouth" and a "coldness in the eyes". Fun Bob Simmons fact: he was the man who pioneered the use of trampolines in the field of jumping away from explosions. The Bond Who Wasn't BondThere's nothing more iconic in Bond lore than the opening gun barrel sequence, but did you know that the man who turns and shoots in the first three Bond movies isn't Sean Connery? It's actually stuntman Bob Simmons, whose silhouette was used by designer Maurice Binder when Connery was unavailable. When Bond fakes his death in You Only Live Twice, his 'funeral' looks awfully similar to a Navy burial at sea. Rank And FileThough his military rank is never explicitly detailed in the films, James Bond served as a Commander in the Royal Navy (he's referred to as such in A View To A Kill and GoldenEye) before he began working for the British Secret Service. Whatever it takes to keep the British end up, dude. Places where 007 has 'attempted re-entry' include a train, a plane, a forest, a stable, a motorised iceberg (obviously), a hospital, a submarine, a dinghy and a space shuttle. Sex BombA frisky blighter and no mistaking, James Bond has done more than his fair share of blowing away the stereotype that Brits are unadventurous lovers. Think that's weird? George Lazenby got the job after being spotted in an ad for Fry's Chocolate Cream. No after seeing him in Disney film Darby O'Gill And The Little People. ![]() For Your Size OnlyIt's quite possible the James Bond we know and love owes his popularity to leprechauns: producer Albert R. Nelson went on to play the manager of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. ![]() The first man to ever embody 007 was American actor Barry Nelson, who played card shark 'Jimmy Bond' in a terrible adaptation of Casino Royale for US TV. Meet Jimmy BondSean Connery was not the first actor to play James Bond, and no, it wasn't Blockbusters host Bob Holness either. We bet he puts away more than a few Maccy Ds on the road, though. Bond's favourite foods when off duty include grilled sole, oeufs en cocotte (eggs and crème fraîche to you and me) and cold roast beef with potato salad. Bond's BeefIt's as rare to see James Bond eating as it is to see Jack Bauer having a wee, but Ian Fleming detailed plenty of 007's eating habits in his books. Another Bond-esque figure thought to be factored into 007's DNA was a British intelligence officer and MI6 station head in Paris – given point six above, we're lucky England's greatest secret agent didn't introduce himself as "Dunderdale… Wilfred "Biffy" Dunderdale." 8. Bond's BlueprintAmong the other inspirations for the character of James Bond was Ian Fleming's beloved elder brother Peter, a journeyed travel writer and explorer. ![]()
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