"include the Bond girl Anya Amasova and her lover Sergei Borzov, as well as Colonel-General Nikitin, a character from Fleming's novel ""From Russia, with Love"" who has since become head of the KGB. Other differences include the villain, Karl Stromberg, instead being named as Sigmund Stromberg. The change of Stromberg's given name, as well as the existence of SMERSH, may be in some way due to the controversy over ""Thunderball"", in which Kevin McClory was made aware of certain plot points of the film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". At one point the villain of the film was to be"
"this, it targets the British secret service agent James Bond. Due in part to his role in the defeat of the SMERSH agents Le Chiffre, Mr Big and Hugo Drax, Bond has been listed as an enemy of the Soviet state and a ""death warrant"" is issued for him. His death is planned to precipitate a major sex scandal, which will run in the world press for months and leave his and his service's reputations in tatters. Bond's killer is to be the SMERSH executioner Red Grant, a psychopath whose homicidal urges coincide with the full moon. Kronsteen, SMERSH's chess-playing"
"Red Grant was added to the Istanbul scenes just prior to the film crew's trip to Turkey: this brought more focus to the SPECTRE plot, as Grant started saving Bond's life there (a late change during shooting involved Grant killing the bespectacled spy at Hagia Sophia instead of Bond, who ends up just finding the man dead). For the last quarter of the movie, Maibaum added two chase scenes, with a helicopter and speedboats, and changed the location of Bond and Klebb's battle from Paris to Venice. Although uncredited, the actor who played Number 1 was Anthony Dawson, who had"
"also marked the debut of Desmond Llewelyn as Q, a role he would play for 36 years until ""The World Is Not Enough"" in 1999. Seeking to exact revenge on James Bond (007) for killing its agent Dr. No and destroying the organisation's assets in the Caribbean, the international criminal organisation SPECTRE begins training agents to kill Bond. Their star pupil is Donald ""Red"" Grant, an Irish assassin who proves his mettle by killing a Bond impostor in one minute and fifty-two seconds on a training course with a garrote wire concealed in his wristwatch. Meanwhile, the organisation's Chief Planner,"
"With the help of Kerim, they board the Orient Express and depart for Trieste and the Italian frontier. As a part of Kronsteen's strategy, the SMERSH/SPECTRE assassin Donovan 'Red' Grant kills Kerim. Bond contacts Grant, who is pretending to be an agent named Nash. After sedating Romanova, Nash's identity is revealed to Bond, who then fights Grant in their train compartment. Prior to the fight, Grant explains that he is going to kill Bond and then execute the sleeping Romanova with Bond's gun, making it look like a murder-suicide. Bond finally defeats Grant and takes Romanova to Venice. It is"
"rarely seen and only spoken of. When Bean auditioned for the film, he was considered for the role of Bond (see List of actors considered for the James Bond character). Trevelyan has been ranked among the greatest Bond villains and is considered the dark inversion of Bond. Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan (006), also known as Janus, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"", portrayed by actor Sean Bean. The likeness of Bean as Alec Trevelyan was also used for the 1997 video game, ""GoldenEye 007"". Once known as ""Agent 006"" under the"
"in his examination of aesthetics in the Bond novels—consider that despite Klebb being female, the character is more akin to a ""sexually neuter"" individual. Red Grant was Fleming's first ""psychotic opponent"" for Bond, according to Benson. Charlie Higson—who later wrote the Young Bond series—finds Grant to be ""a very modern villain: the relentless, remorseless psycho with the cold dead eyes of a 'drowned man'."" According to Higson, Fleming spent the first four novels changing the style of his books, and his approach to his characters, but in ""From Russia, with Love"" the author ""finally hits on the classic Bond formula,"
"and Dave Worrall say of Necros, ""Necros is the most intriguing of the film's trio of main villains. He is a silent, humourless, but extremely handsome assassin who tends to use a Walkman as a strangulation device. The role is well played by Andreas Wisniewski, who provides the film with a much-needed sense of menace."" Necros (James Bond) Necros is a fictional character and henchman in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". He was played by Andreas Wisniewski. Tall, muscular, blond, blue-eyed and steel-jawed Necros is of the Red Grant model, common in the earlier James Bond films."
"heard of for the story's characters: Red Grant, a Jamaican river guide—whom Fleming's biographer Andrew Lycett described as ""a cheerful, voluble giant of villainous aspect""—was used for the half-German, half-Irish assassin. Rosa Klebb was partly based on Colonel Rybkin—a real-life member of the Lenin Military-Political Academy about whom Fleming had written an article for ""The Sunday Times"". The Spektor machine used as the bait for Bond was not a Cold War device, but had its roots in the Second World War Enigma machine, which Fleming had tried to obtain while serving in the Naval Intelligence Division. The idea of the"
"the Red Tattoo"", it was the final literary work featuring Bond as originally conceived by Ian Fleming until the publication of ""Devil May Care"" by Sebastian Faulks in 2008 to mark the 100th anniversary of Fleming's birth. 007 Legends released in 2012 features Daniel Craig's James Bond in a Die Another Day level. Speculation arose in 2003 of a spin-off film concentrating on Jinx, which was scheduled for a November/December 2004 release. It was originally reported that MGM was keen to set up a film series that would be a ""winter olympics"" alternative to 'James Bond'. In the late 1990s,"
"Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan (006), also known as Janus, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"", portrayed by actor Sean Bean. The likeness of Bean as Alec Trevelyan was also used for the 1997 video game, ""GoldenEye 007"". Once known as ""Agent 006"" under the employment of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Trevelyan betrays MI6 during a mission to blow up the Arkhangelsk chemical weapons facility in the Soviet Union while working with his close friend, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan). During the operation, Trevelyan is caught and apparently executed by the base's commander,"
"Necros (James Bond) Necros is a fictional character and henchman in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". He was played by Andreas Wisniewski. Tall, muscular, blond, blue-eyed and steel-jawed Necros is of the Red Grant model, common in the earlier James Bond films. Over the course of the film, Necros impersonates an American jogger, a Cockney milkman, an upper-class-sounding MI6 Agent, an Austrian balloon salesman, and a doctor in Morocco. Necros, meaning 'dead' in Greek, was General Koskov's highly trained and disciplined Soviet assassin with KGB affiliations, but ultimately loyal to Koskov. His only vice seems to be"
"then in Ealing, London, following their initial meeting in Fire Island, New York, USA. Bond died of AIDS on 12 October 1995 at the age of 55, exactly one month after Jeremy Brett's death. Gary Bond Gary James Bond (7 February 1940 – 12 October 1995) was an English actor and singer. He is known for his roles in several high profile West End plays and musicals, as well as his portrayal of protagonist John Grant in the 1971 cult Australian film ""Wake in Fright"". Bond was born in Liss, Hampshire, England. The son of a soldier, he trained at"
"theft of a Soviet encoding machine known as the Lektor with the help of a defecting Soviet agent, Tatiana Romanova. However, Romanova is being used by OCTOPUS to lure James Bond into a trap; their ultimate goal is to let him obtain the Lektor and then ambush him for it, killing him in humiliating fashion as well. Romanova is sent by Rosa Klebb, an agent of the KGB (in both the novel and film, an agent of SMERSH) who has secretly defected to OCTOPUS. Her immediate subordinate, Donald ""Red"" Grant, protects Bond through the first half of the game and"
"with a forged blackmail letter, to make it appear that their deaths were the result of a murder-suicide, to scandalise the British intelligence community. Bond quickly convinces him to accept a bribe of gold sovereigns in exchange for a final cigarette, tricking Grant into setting off the booby trap in his attaché case. This distracts Grant enough for Bond to attack him in brutal hand-to-hand combat. In the ensuing fight, Bond narrowly gains the upper hand, stabbing Grant with the case's concealed knife before strangling him with his own garrotte. Bond then drags the barely conscious Romanova from the train,"
"Gary Bond Gary James Bond (7 February 1940 – 12 October 1995) was an English actor and singer. He is known for his roles in several high profile West End plays and musicals, as well as his portrayal of protagonist John Grant in the 1971 cult Australian film ""Wake in Fright"". Bond was born in Liss, Hampshire, England. The son of a soldier, he trained at London's ""Central School of Speech & Drama"", and his first acting job was with the Connaught Theatre, Worthing. An early leading role was as Pip in the Royal Court's production of Arnold Wesker's ""Chips"
"Goldfinger (film) Goldfinger is a 1964 British spy film and the third installment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character Auric Goldfinger, along with Shirley Eaton as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. ""Goldfinger"" was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman and was the first of four Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The film's"
"Bond film ""The Living Daylights"", starring Timothy Dalton as 007. In 1995 and 1997, Baker returned to the series, this time playing a different character, CIA agent Jack Wade, in ""GoldenEye"" and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", with Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Baker is one of four actors to appear as both a Bond ally and a villain, the others being Charles Gray, who appeared as Henderson in ""You Only Live Twice"" and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""Diamonds Are Forever""; Walter Gotell, who appeared as Morzeny, the SPECTRE Island trainer, in ""From Russia with Love"" and as General Gogol, the head of"
"there they meet Klebb again who, in an attempt to retrieve the LEKTOR and kill Bond, disguises herself as a maid and tries to eliminate the agent with a dagger-tipped shoe poisoned with blowfish venom. Romanova shoots Klebb, thus saving Bond. She and Bond are last seen on a boat in Venice, with Bond dropping the incriminating film into the canal. Similarly, in the novel, they board the Orient Express with Kerim, planning to travel to England over the course of four days. Kerim, instead of being killed by Grant, is killed by a Russian agent named Benz who had"
"Broderick in the first film and French Stewart in the sequel. Dr. Claw is the main antagonist of the franchise. He is the leader of an evil crime syndicate called MAD. Only his arms are shown, wearing silver gauntlets with golden spiked wrist bands. A parody of Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond franchise, his face is never seen at all (except in the live action film) with only his hands and pet cat visible. On a Dr. Claw action figure, the face was covered by a sticker on the box, which meant the toy had to be bought"
"for a meeting with the President. However, with his pilot Pussy Galore, Goldfinger hijacks the plane carrying Bond. In a struggle for Goldfinger's revolver, Bond shoots out a window, creating an explosive decompression. Goldfinger is sucked out of the cabin through the window. He gets stuck for a moment, but is eventually sucked out. With the plane out of control Bond rescues Galore and they parachute safely from the aircraft. Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name. His first name,"
"boarded the train earlier and also is killed in the struggle. This prompts the bombing of the Soviet Embassy in Istanbul in retaliation. Despite this, Bond elects not to leave the train for a plane or the embassy, after having fallen for Romanova and not wanting to cut their time short. Grant pretends to be Nash, an MI6 agent sent by M in response to the death of Kerim. After sedating Romanova, under the guise of standing guard over Bond, he waits until they are both asleep, and plans to murder them. However, due to his vanity, he taunts Bond,"
"villain from the films ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" and ""Moonraker"", made regular appearances, usually partnered with Nick Nack, a villain from ""The Man with the Golden Gun"", forming a bickering comical duo. Auric Goldfinger also appears, alongside his assistant, Oddjob, from the ""Goldfinger"" film. It is revealed Goldfinger has a teenage daughter named Goldie Finger with equally expensive tastes. Several episode titles parodied the titles of Bond films such as ""Live and Let’s Dance"" and ""Rubies Aren't Forever"". The main characters consist of James Bond Jr., his friends, several featured members of the Warfield Academy staff, and Trevor Noseworthy"
"key elements were still to be filmed, helping to restructure the opening scenes. Hunt and Young came up with the idea of moving the Red Grant training sequence to the beginning of the film (prior to the main title), a signature feature that has been an enduring hallmark of every Bond film since. The briefing with Blofeld was rewritten, and back projection was used to refilm Lotte Lenya's lines. Behind schedule and over-budget, the production crew struggled to complete production in time for the already-announced premiere date that October. On 6 July 1963, while scouting locations in Argyll, Scotland for"
"Lives"" for the 2012 Chichester Festival, reprised at the Gielgud Theatre in 2013. Toby Stephens Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English stage, television, and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ""Die Another Day"" (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Edward Fairfax Rochester in a BBC television adaptation of ""Jane Eyre"" and in his role as Captain Flint in the Starz television series ""Black Sails"". Stephens is a"
"a French-Moroccan torture technique, """", in which the steel string of a mandolin was used to slice in half the testicles of British wartime agents. Fleming also included four references in the novel to ""Red Indians"", including twice on the last page, which came from a unit of commandos, known as No. 30 Commando or 30 Assault Unit (30AU), composed of specialist intelligence troops. The unit was Fleming's idea, and he nicknamed the troops his ""Red Indians"", although they disliked the name. The lead character of ""Casino Royale"" is James Bond, an agent of the Secret Service. Fleming initially named"
"for information. When Bond refuses to give in, Le Chiffre brandishes a knife and is about to castrate him when he hears gunshots from outside. Seconds later, Mr. White bursts into the room brandishing a handgun. Le Chiffre pleads for his life, but Mr. White nevertheless shoots him above the left eye. To date, he is the only main Bond villain to die before the film's final act. Le Chiffre is mentioned in the Quantum of Solace and is also seen in a background image inside MI6. Le Chiffre appears in several images in ""Spectre"" as it is revealed that"
"film's action sequences, but felt that the film was less impressive than its predecessor ""Casino Royale"". , it is the fourth-highest-grossing ""James Bond"" film, without adjusting for inflation, earning $586 million worldwide, and becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 2008. James Bond is driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy, with the captured Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) in the boot of his car. After evading pursuers, Bond delivers White to M, who interrogates him regarding his organisation, Quantum. M's bodyguard, Craig Mitchell (Glenn Foster), is a double agent; he attacks M, enabling White to escape. Bond chases Mitchell and kills"
"the Lektor, and then sends Red Grant to kill Bond and recover it. After Bond kills Grant and escapes to Venice with the Lektor, Blofeld confronts both Klebb and Kronsteen over who is responsible for the failure of the mission; the latter is executed, whilst Klebb is given one last chance to get Bond and the Lektor. Posing as a hotel maid, she attempts to take the Lektor; when she is caught, she points a .25 Beretta 418 pistol at Bond. Tatiana then distracts her, causing her to drop the Beretta, and Bond and Klebb fight. As in the novel,"
"felt that he was a bad choice, resembling a ""poor, benevolent Santa Claus."" Nonetheless, in an attempt to make the casting work, Gilbert continued filming. After five days, both Gilbert and Broccoli determined that Werich was not menacing enough, and recast Donald Pleasence in the role – the official excuse being that Werich was ill. In the third, fourth, and fifth appearances""You Only Live Twice"", ""On Her Majesty’s Secret Service"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever""he is the primary antagonist, meeting Bond face-to-face. During the opening sequence of ""Diamonds Are Forever"", he reveals to Bond that some of his men have undergone"
"surveillance film, and as punishment, the cat is given to Oddjob for dinner. He is killed when Bond uses a knife to shatter the window next to his seat on an aircraft, which depressurises the plane and blows Oddjob out of the window, a fate transferred to Auric Goldfinger in the film version. In the beginning of the film, Oddjob is first seen only as a silhouette against a wall as he knocks Bond unconscious at the Fontainebleau Hotel, after which he or Goldfinger kills Jill Masterson, with whom Bond had spent the night, through ""skin suffocation"" by painting her"
"James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom"
"He teamed up with the mercenary superhero Maverick to battle a crime lord. The name ""Krassno Granitsky"" comes from the James Bond novel, ""From Russia With Love""; it is the Russianized name of the assassin Donovan ""Red"" Grant. He also appeared in the first issue of Ed Brubaker's ""Captain America"", where he was executed by Aleksander Lukin. The sixth Red Guardian, Anton, made his first appearance in the first issue of Jeph Loeb's ""Hulk"" series as a member of the Winter Guard. Anton claims to be an engineer and a former Crimson Dynamo pilot, and was later revealed to be"