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New james bond actor announced7/31/2023 Then he was signed up for something even more profitable, to fill the gap left when Sean Connery declined to make any further Bond movies. Until a few weeks ago he was a male model, a job he found more lucrative at 20,000 pounds ($48,000) a year than selling autos. ![]() Lazenby as Secret Agent 007 will not sound much like his old self because the movie makers have hired an elocution teacher to smooth out his Australian accent. The first words ex-auto salesman George Lazenby ever says an an actor will be in the starring role of James Bond. "He Traded In Auto Selling for 007 Job" - Los Angeles Times, October 25th 1968. Emma Peel in "The Avengers," a British television series sold to dozens of foreign countries. Lazenby's leading lady will be Diana Rigg, who jumped to fame as a successor to Honor Blackman in the role of sexy special agent Mrs. Besides the professional actors who wanted the part, the producers were avalanched with claims from waves and girl friends who were sure they had their own personal James Bond. Lazenby succeeds Scotsman Sean Connery, who starred in the first five and made a fortune for himself and producers Harry Saltzman and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli.Ĭonnery pulled out about 15 months after "You Only Live Twice." Attempts were made to persuade him to stay on. "Didn't they find Gary Cooper when he was an electrician?" he added. There is a great deal of difference between an actor and a film star. "He has many other attributes which I require. Did 007's lack of acting experience present any problems, Hunt was asked. "Just wait till the women see him on screen," he added. Shooting begins later this week on the sixth of the James Bond films, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."Ībove: George Lazenby is announced as 007 at a press conference at the Dorchester in London.Īt Monday's send-off for the new 007 in London's plush Dorchester Hotel, Peter Hunt, who will direct the picture, said Lazenby got the nod because, "We wanted someone who oozed sexual assurance, and we think this fellow has it." Lazenby Plunges into action almost immediately against Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SMERSH and SEPCRE, some of the villains created by the late Ian Fleming for his hero to pulverize. Some of his rivals for the role were believed to be world-famous stars. ![]() Lazenby, a burly bachelor, got the plum role in the next James Bond film after a world wide search. The new Agent 007 of the British Secret Service is George Lazenby, who comes from a small town could Goulburn about 50 miles northeast of the Australian capital of Canberra. ![]() "Australian Non-Actor Chosen to Play James Bond" - Washington Post, October 9th 1968.Ī 27-year-old Australian male model whose only acting experience was in chocolate company advertisement on British television has been presented to the world as the next James Bond.
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