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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Express: Moonraker 40th anniversary: Was Roger Moore’s James Bond in space a step too far for 007?.
    https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1145519/Moonraker-40th-anniversary-James-Bond-in-Space-Roger-Moore-For-Your-Eyes-Only-Star-Wars
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Sun: Fresh blow to doomed James Bond film as Grace Jones quits role after arriving on set.
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/9406675/james-bond-grace-jones-quits/
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    It's the first time I've heard about Grace Jones appearing in Bond25, I think.
    I'm sure Roger Moore is laughing up in heaven right now :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) very true, I thought this was very well known, it's been in
    Several papers over a few weeks.
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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
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    Apologies if this has been posted before but I have never seen this picture before. It shows the final 5 actors under consideration for OHMSS. Hans De Vries and Antony Rogers at the top, John Richardson, Robert Campbell and GL at the bottom. John Richardson was in some Hammer films previously but I’ve never heard of the others. Richardson looks ok but the other three look dreadful. Makes you wonder what the others not considered looked like!
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    There's a piece about the making of CR in the latest edition of Empire Magazine. Martin Campbell says he found the card scenes the most difficult to film. After watching some classic card game movies Campbell concluded that the best card scenes don't focus on the game or even the cards, but the "eye-f*cking". Horrible word, but it seems he was right.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Daily Mail: Pierce Brosnan's son Paris, 18, launches extreme profanity-laced rant at waiter.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7210121/Pierce-Brosnans-son-Paris-18-launches-extreme-profanity-laced-rant-waiter.html?ito=rss-google-news
    It would seem he's inherited none of his Fathers charm
    Or good manners. :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Argus: Former Bond girls bring Q The Music to Sussex.
    https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17763294.former-bond-girls-bring-q-music-sussex/
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Interesting story there, thanks TP.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Motorsport.com: Red Bull to run James Bond-inspired livery at Silverstone.
    https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-bull-bond-inspired-livery-silverstone/4492269/amp/
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    edited July 2019
    Do you remember when Bond gets poisoned in CR one of the types of poison mentioned was Digitalis? During the family Sunday quiz today i learnt that digitalis is made from Digitalis Purpurea, a plant that grows in the wild in Europe and many of you probably know it. In English it's called Foxglove or Ladies' Glove. It's very common around where I live under the name Revebjelle ("Fox's Bell"). In small doses it's a medicine.


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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Interesting N24, cyanide can be made from apple seeds and
    Ricin can be made from the castor oil plant, or nicotine from the
    Tobacco plant .
    One of the benefits Agatha Christie had was she was a chemist and knew about All of these, .......... and more ;)
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    Poisonous plants and serpents are very uncommon here, but I've been aware of Revebjelle all my life. I wonder why the plant is linked with foxes in both English and Norwegian?
    The medicine Digitalis is used for treating heart conditions, so it makes sense that it cause heart failure in large doses.
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    edited July 2019
    I think the name Foxglove simply comes from its appearance: those flowers are just about the right size to be worn as gloves by a fox.


    I remember learning about Foxglove in an ethnobotany class I once took, the plant grew all along the roadsides and trails on Vancouver Island.
    My professor worked with the local Natives, documenting their traditional uses of vegetation (many medicinal). Something which elders were more likely to know than young folks (who of course care more about video games than what granny remembers), thus a need to document it while those who with the traditional knowledge were still alive.

    A lot of modern medicine is derived from plants, and scientists know to test for it based on documention of traditional uses.
    Taxol is another example, derived from the Pacific Yew.

    Such medicinal products are a good argument for both maintaining ecological diversity, and traditional native cultures.




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    EDIT: factchecking my post, I found this page on Foxglove and its chemical properties, which may interest you Number24.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    Thanks :)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Mirror Online: Amanda Holden lost out on Bond girl role to Rosamund Pike after auditioning in her underwear.
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amanda-holden-lost-out-bond-18499654
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    Oh, if I had a penny for every time I've been asked to screentest in my boxer shorts ……. I'dbe just as skint as I am now :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Mirror Online: Queen agreed to Olympics James Bond spoof immediately - said it was 'bit of a laugh'.
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queen-agreed-olympics-james-bond-18783414
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    edited July 2019
    Mirror Online: Amanda Holden lost out on Bond girl role to Rosamund Pike after auditioning in her underwear.
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amanda-holden-lost-out-bond-18499654
    unfortunately I can't get to that article, I get a popup survey I refuse to click on.

    But my question:
    I've read the standard screen-test for every BondGirl is to read Natasha's lines from the hotel scene in From Russia With Love, is that true?
    That's a pretty racy scene and immediately demands the actress be clad only in a ribbon and bedsheet, if performed "full costume" so to speak.
    so ... do any of these screen-tests circulate?
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    EDIT: Tatiana of course, a most embarassing typo
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    I think the scene between Bond and Vesper on the train in CR has been used in later years. Naomie Harries was screentested using that scene for the Moneypenny role.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Mirror Online: Amanda Holden lost out on Bond girl role to Rosamund Pike after auditioning in her underwear.
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amanda-holden-lost-out-bond-18499654
    unfortunately I can't get to that article, I get a popup survey I refuse to click on.

    But my question:
    I've read the standard screen-test for every BondGirl is to read Natasha's lines from the hotel scene in From Russia With Love, is that true?
    That's a pretty racy scene and immediately demands the actress be clad only in a ribbon and bedsheet, if performed "full costume" so to speak.
    so ... do any of these screen-tests circulate?

    I've seen a number of screen test videos from the 1980s, and they always did the bedroom scene with Tatiana. I don't know if they still do that.
    Visit my blog, Bond Suits
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    I've seen a number of screen test videos from the 1980s, and they always did the bedroom scene with Tatiana. I don't know if they still do that.
    duh, Tatiana of course. I'm thinking of a different Russian spy with the surname Romanova, overwriting very important Bondfilm related braincells with silly Marvel Comics trivia.

    so Matt where'd you see those screentests? which actreses?
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    I've seen a number of screen test videos from the 1980s, and they always did the bedroom scene with Tatiana. I don't know if they still do that.
    duh, Tatiana of course. I'm thinking of a different Russian spy with the surname Romanova, overwriting very important Bondfilm related braincells with silly Marvel Comics trivia.

    so Matt where'd you see those screentests? which actreses?

    I've seen some on YouTube, some on the DVD documentaries. Maud Adams did it in the 1980s.
    Visit my blog, Bond Suits
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Telegraph: Bond girl Naomie Harris shaken to find estranged family living down the road.
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/27/naomie-harris-has-lived-road-estranged-fathers-family-years/
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    Halle Berry drives a Aston Martin V8 Vantage! I'm not saying all is forgiven, but little factoid helps :007)


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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Sun: Second ‘Peeping Tom’ on James Bond set slides camera under toilet door to film woman.
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/9636349/second-perv-james-bond-set/
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    HN Entertainment: EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Actor Pierce Brosnan Joins Netflix Comedy ‘Eurovision’ Starring Will Farrell and Rachel McAdams.
    https://hnentertainment.co/exclusive-james-bond-actor-pierce-brosnan-joins-netflix-comedy-eurovision-starring-will-farrell-and-rachel-mcadams/
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Page Six: Sean Connery's son settles clogged toilet case with neighbour.
    https://pagesix.com/2019/08/08/sean-connerys-son-settles-clogged-toilet-case-with-downstairs-neighbor/
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,700MI6 Agent
    The sort of case James bond would never end up in, but sir Sean ABSOLUTELY could have involved himself in :D
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