Bond Girls- better looking in other film?
Dan Same
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I was recently rewatching an old episode of The Avengers. I love the show, but a major reason I watch it is Diana Rigg. IMO she remains the sexiest character in TV history. Anyway, although I love Tracey, I don't think that Rigg was quite as alluring in OHMSS as she was in The Avengers.
I also remember watching Halle Berry in a TV film called The Rich Man's Wife and fallng in love with her, only to be disappointed with how she looked in DAD. This is more extreme than in the case of Rigg, because while I think Rigg is better-looking as Emma Peel, I still think she's really pretty as Tracey.
My question to you therefore is this; is there any actress whom you think is beautiful, only to be disappointed with how she looks as a Bond girl? You may still think she looks very attractive as a Bond girl, but nowhere near as attractive in another film/TV show.
I was recently rewatching an old episode of The Avengers. I love the show, but a major reason I watch it is Diana Rigg. IMO she remains the sexiest character in TV history. Anyway, although I love Tracey, I don't think that Rigg was quite as alluring in OHMSS as she was in The Avengers.
I also remember watching Halle Berry in a TV film called The Rich Man's Wife and fallng in love with her, only to be disappointed with how she looked in DAD. This is more extreme than in the case of Rigg, because while I think Rigg is better-looking as Emma Peel, I still think she's really pretty as Tracey.
My question to you therefore is this; is there any actress whom you think is beautiful, only to be disappointed with how she looks as a Bond girl? You may still think she looks very attractive as a Bond girl, but nowhere near as attractive in another film/TV show.
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I remember reading that Hatcher hated the Paris Carver hairstyle. Lumley never looked better than her Purdey days.
All in my opinion of course...
Of course she was stunning in TMWTGG and still very much so today, but her 60s period is my favorite.
I love Karin Dor, have several German "krimis" wth her, along with Lex Barker, Christopher Lee.
She might be a "poor man's Fiona", but I think she's one beautiful underated german beauty! -{
Thanks, Alex. I taped a German western off the western channel with Miss Dor and Herbert Lom I need to watch sometime.
I think Karin Dor suffers from being the "George Lazenby" of the Bond femme fatales while Luciana Paluzzi is of course the "Sean Connery" of them, i.e., Miss Dor had the uneviable task of following a terrific act. While Miss Paluzzi is undeniably incredible(and Connery's prettiest girl IMHO), Miss Dor gives a fine and underrated performance as Miss Brandt. I love how she says "Are you really you won't change your mind?" I actually saw YOLT prior to TB and was shocked by her character's actions, double-crossings and ultimately unforgettable demise. Perhaps if Helga came before Fiona chronilogically in the series, Fiona Volpe would be known as the "poor man's" Helga Brandt.
I always thought she looked a bit OTT in Goldeneye with the cigars and all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se03u-BMu70
and Teri Hatcher looks far prettier in this clip from Lois & Clark than she did in TND-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZtTDdXjv-I
Also, how does one comment in ten make this a bashing attempt on Halle Berry? As usual, Fish is attacking people for having their own opinions.
And a very wise opinion indeed, Bill. I also agree with Dan Same regarding Diana Rigg.
As for Halle Berry. I saw the trailer earlier today for her new film (the name of which escapes me) with Bruce Willis and she looks great, I hardly recognised her at first.
And here she is only last week celebrating her introduction to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ditto for the delectable Diana Rigg---she looks great. Any place, any time, any show, any movie. Of course, Tracy Bond never more leather tights...more's the pity
I guess I'm of the opinion that a hottie is a hottie.
Loved Eva Green in The Dreamers
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
That's a great photo of her. {[]
I too thought that Rigg was great in OHMSS. However I am heads-over-heels, flatout in love with Emma Peel.
Well, that's fair enough {[]
Tracy really was 'damaged goods,' especially when compared to superheroine Emma Peel---a completely different type of woman. It's a tribute to Dame Diana that she did both so well.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
A slight problem I have with Diana Rigg's Tracy is the fact, as Raymond Benson wrote, I never really believe her Tracy needs Bond like Fleming's Tracy did. Catherine Deneuve probably would have been closer to the character Ian Fleming actually wrote than Miss Rigg's Tracy. That stated, I adore Dame Diana and I do believe she loves Bond even if she doesn't quite need him. I'm glad she got to be a Bond girl and a much better "action Bond girl" than Carey Lowell, Michelle Yeoh and Halle Berry were that's for sure.
I happen to accept both instances...whether it be due to Fleming's source material, the strengths of performance of the actors in each instance, the scripts, etc...but it works for me in each case---buoyed, no doubt, by the knowledge that these two romances (Bond and Vesper in CR, and Bond and Tracy in OHMSS) represent the two major loves of Bond's life.
All other relationships, as indicated in the dossier on the CR website, are "none of any particular closeness or length."
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
As for Tracy being a better action Bond girl than others, I still think Carey Lowell's performance in LTK was excellent as she balanced being efficient in the action scenes while maintaining her sexual appeal.
Back on topic - Shirley Eaton is one Bond girl who NEVER looked better than when she appeared in GF.
Yeah, good points. It's just as easy to believe movie Tracy is simply a sad girl, and not nearly as desperate as in the novel. I also think by the late 60s, it would've been hard to sell a character like Fleming's early 60s (or was that early 30s, lol) Tracy. Sometimes, his female characters feel like creations from his youth, as opposed to contempory (to his novels I mean) women. Such a character could have existed late 60s, just not as Fleming wrote her, IMO. Rigg almost comes off as too competent to have a wing down as depicted by Fleming. And agree that Deneuve would've been perfect.
Obv Kim Basinger made more of an impact in virtually any other film than NSNA.
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I'm most miffed however by Sophie Marceau, who I had a crush on from Braveheart in which she exuded a regal, chaste and ethereal beauty (making her "surrender" more interesting IMO ;% ), which I feel they failed to capture in TWINE.
Yeah, that was before Kim had a lot of work done, plus it didn't help she had to compete with Barbara Carrera. :x