Nothing can be more significant on this site than the birthday of a James Bond. Roger Moore is often criticized for his too-comedic interpretation of the role, but he remains much beloved, in part because he is just a great guy. He never lets ego get the better of him, his charitable work is widely-known, [...]

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Here’s an interesting snippet a friend sent about the upcoming Sir Roger Moore/Rosamund Pike event in October.

Pike from Die Another Day will be reading as Honeychile Rider of Ian Fleming’s Dr. No as part of the centenary celebration.

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Don’t Bond fans light candles and throw confetti?

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Robert Davi, the magnificent Sanchez from Licence to Kill, turns 57 today. Today is also the birthday of the late Peter Lorre, who was the very first Bond villain. He played LeChiffre in the 1954 Climax! teleplay of Casino Royale.

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As a Bond fan, you’d have to be living in a cave the past few months to miss the news that this is Ian Fleming’s centenary year.
Ian Fleming was born on May 28, 1908 and would have been 100 years old today. Fleming was many things, both negative and positive. Like most humans, he [...]

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Birthday? It’s practically a national holiday for James Bond fans. Happy birthday, Mr. Brosnan!
It’s also David Boreanaz’s birthday, which is like, too much handsome happy for one fangirl on one day. Wow.

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FelixLeiter.com has a nice birthday tribute today to Rik Van Nutter. He was born May 1, 1929 and passed away three years ago. Van Nutter is the only actor to play Felix Leiter who strongly resembled Fleming’s physical description. He wasn’t a good actor, but he wasn’t a damn ham either, putting him way ahead [...]

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Fleming’s villains and allies were father figures; Marc-Ange Draco, M, Blofeld, Goldfinger; all about 20 years older than Bond and imposing. Perhaps because Roger Moore grew so much older in the role, that tradition fell away; it was not a part of Dalton’s films, nor of Brosnan’s.
Toby Stephens as Gustav Graves is typical of the [...]

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Daniela Bianchi, who played Tatiana Romanova in From Russia With Love (in my opinion, the greatest Bond movie), turns 66 today.
Bianchi is a kind of watershed for Bond girls, a dividing line between old and new. She is the diametric opposite of Anya Amasova; she is indecisive where Anya is firm, helpless where Anya [...]

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The other day, I was musing on the issue of recurring characters. Today, on Robbie Coltraine’s birthday, it’s worth revisiting.
Zukovsky was a different character in his second appearance, and this happens far too often. Jaws, Jack Wade, even Sheriff Pepper got dumber, softer, and more cooperative when they returned to the Bond franchise, whereas at [...]

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