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James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
The D-A-D song "Marlboro Man" is about the advertisements featuring the character. The Neil Young song "Big Green Country" refers to the Marlboro man as "the cancer cowboy", who was "pure as driven snow" before his death. The World Entertainment War song "Marlboro Man, Jr." begins, "The Marlboro Man is dead Long live the Marlboro Man! In our ...
Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; [1] April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) [2] was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond. [ 3 ] Early life
The James Bond film series is a British series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond, "007", who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. There have been twenty-five films in total released between 1962 and 2021 and produced by Eon Productions , which now holds the adaptation rights to all of ...
The Daily Mirror ran a front-page news story critical of Craig, with the headline, The Name's Bland – James Bland. [150] Craig first played Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale, an adaptation of Fleming's novel of the same name and a reboot of the Eon series, [151] which saw Bond earn his 00 status. [152]
Gene Huth of Ellet grew up to star in movies and TV shows and became an advertising icon, much to his later regret. Local history: Hollywood star David McLean, who played Marlboro Man, was an ...
The depiction of adapted and original characters in the MCU has been generally positively received, [3] with the portrayal of superhero protagonists mostly positive. IGN opined, "With heroes ranging from super-spies to super-soldiers to space raccoons, the MCU has gifted us with some of the most memorable champions in movie history."
As the hugely popular series comes to a close with "Vol. 3," the director and star reflect on how naysayers predicted doom for the first film.