How Ian Fleming created James Bond

[Noobowner911]

RIP Fleming

[ultimateguitar553]

i finished reading Risico today. Amazing story.

Fleming writes like a boss, enough said.

[doctorw2]

ian flemming was a racist and mysogonist his books are full of sterotypes and racial sluring.

[58fenix]

@doctorw2 WHAT?Tell me were in his books that is true.

[doctorw2]

@58fenix read the novel live and let die then you will know.

[58fenix]

@doctorw2 Okay I will but do you remember what chapter?

[doctorw2]

@58fenix oh you cant miss it the chapter heading says in bold letters N****r heaven and in the novel thunderball a character is called N****r fish also in flemmings novels americans are depicted as stupid and inferior to british agents. flemming was a british nationilist who had a very low opinion of foreigners and minorites in general his writings reflect his personal views.

[jimbobhk2009]

@doctorw2 doesn't mean he's racist, check out one flew over the cuckoos nest

[rameshta4]

Name of James Bond is chosen from a birds book writer! James Bond is a fascinating name!

[codename617]

YOu can find Pierce Brosnan reading that book in "Die Another Day" as a nod. LAter he tells JInx that he's an ornithologist.

[Ouija121085]

he based james bond character on a Serbian agent named Dushan Popov who worked as double agent for Mi6 and german abswehr.

[navyvietvetjd]

@ millard27...actually the camp did exist in WWII, named Camp X. See book A Man Called Intrepid. Fleming modeled Bond character after Sir William Stephenson, head of British Intelligence in the US leading up to and during WWII.

Stephenson ran BSC out of 30 Rock in NYC, 35th & 36th floors.

[navyvietvetjd]

@wisers001 .... Actually the Canadian camp did exist in WWII, called Camp X. It was run largely by the British Security Coordinate out of NYC under Sir William Stephenson. See several books on A Man Called Intrepid. The British spy op

was conducted out of the 35th & 36th floors of 30 Rock in NYC as the British Passport Office. It was actually a spy op and Stephenson was Fleming's boss.

Stephenson was much the model for the Bond character.

[IanFleming1000]

One of the best authors in the history of man-kind.

[denmark57000]

his son was merried with a danish baroness :D Well, after that she had a baby with the best danish foortball player Niklas Bendtner.. For a month ago they break up :/

[wisers001]

He actually wrote of a Canadian Spy agent, not British , but i guess at that time it was all under the same flag.

[millard27]

@wisers001 Nope, it's claimed Bond is named after a Canadian spy Fleming met in a Canadian training camp. But the training camp doesn't/didn't exist, he made it up.

[wisers001]

@millard27 yeah sure -- aka - spies !! LOL- and now you know the rest of the story.

[MsEla62]

Brits like this are dying out sadly - those were the days !!!!

[abc12319525]

i saw that book in a book store onece

[KnarshProductions]

I want that bird book!

[Jasperjasper93]

Does anyone know which name he mentions at 00:35?

[MikeAM78]

After years of being a Bond movie fan, I finally started reading the original novels earlier this year, and they are fantastic. Fleming's writing is very striped down but well-paced and exciting. Excellent writer.

[Quex01]

If we cut off all the glamour and romantic nonsense, Bond was a snobbish psychopath in a suit, killing for goverment. Rather terrifying idea really. Bond movies have been most succsessful propagandistic filmpieces ever for british ruling class.

[MikeAM78]

@Quex01 Funny you mention that. Elsewhere in the interview this clip comes from, Fleming says he never regarded James Bond as "hero" per se, but rather just a "blunt instrument wielded by the government."

[mrbain123]

@Quex01 I never really regarded Fleming's Bond as a psychopath, however he was certainly a very flawed figure. Despite Bond's violent life he rarely enjoyed having to kill people, particularly in cold blood. He had a conscience and recognised the ugliness of his business.

[Quex01]

@mrbain123 Most important trait of a psychopath is lack of remorse to his victims. They dont have any emphaty, thats why they bhave always difficulties bonding with a person, ie they are very promiscuos and deceptive, even to their own family. Psychoapaths dons always run around and killing people, they just dont care.

[keveny007]

I have this epic video on a dvd from my james bond's collection

[DCFunBud]

One can see how he imparted his style onto James Bond (as well as his renowned womanizing).

[bl4ckw1ngz64]

"And so I stole the name and used it." :D

[jacksblack1]

You can judge the intellegence of a society by the stupid comments that are made.

[MrGrevy]

@jacksblack1 Your society must be beneath the intelligence of Haiti if that's the case!

[jacksblack1]

the comment section is where babies talk.

[lonewolf88]

so so suave..right up there with rod serling!

[thepixieful]

he was so dashing, and he was real.

[charlieiscool1000]

he was such an English gentleman

[58fenix]

And you have to be very interesting.If you have those then

you will accomplish your goal.

[58fenix]

My view in this is who ever plays the role will

always have something bond has and wont have

everything bond has.He cant be perfect.The

danger,style,the voice,smoothness.

[58fenix]

Close to six feet tall.Again as I said there is no perfect

bond.The reason why I said FRWL is my favorite

bond film is because I just whated you to know

I know what I'm talking about.

[58fenix]

I can see him fighting grant and winning.He's a

fast dangerous wresltler than looks like he

can kill quick.Trust me FRWL is my favorite

bond film and I know what I'm talking about.

[mrbain123]

@58fenix I wasn't talking about the film, I was talking about the book. Altho Bond is physically smaller than Grant, he uses his cunning to beat him (plays dead on the floor). I suppose it doesn't really matter what Fleming would have thought seeing as he has been dead for 45 years. But it is fact that he envisioned a tall, lean figure, not someone with as many muscles as DC. Thats just my view.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Will like I said.I have read the books to.I did'nt

tead FRWL,but if you really read what fleming was trying to

say,LEAN MUSCLE!Thats some one thats cut up.Craig is

5'11.

[58fenix]

I see what your saying,your saying have that

simple look,have the danger inside but dont

show it.but if you look at craig he's a small

guy but is ripped up and scary looken.

[58fenix]

I'm telling you flemming would have liked craig.

He is the darkest of all the bonds.Thats his

persanalty.Craigs bond is a geltlmen and

has that man dress code to him.He looks

like some that can be that man in a suit.

[mrbain123]

In the book From Russia With Love for instance, the assassin Donavan Grant is an extremely muscley figure, much bigger than Bond. In fact Bond knew he had NO chance physically against Grant.

All Im saying is that, while I admit that DC has the traumic, human side of of the literary character, he is not physically the figure IF would have wanted.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Grant was a way bigger that bond.

He had that ufc style to him.Take this for insatnce

a muscular bond vs a huge bold some what

rip guy.That can work.

[mrbain123]

No! IF initially thought Connery was too "brutish", he apparently compared him to a lorry driver and an overgrown stuntman. He said he didn't imagine Bond as a former bodybuilder. Craig is probably the most muscley out of all the actors. Yes, you can say that his muscles would make him more threatening BUT I think IF imagined a leaner figure, someone who had the look of both a killer AND a gentleman.

[mrbain123]

Fleming wanted someone who was a killer AND also had a tall, dark look of sophistication. Bond was a lot more complex than just being a badass killer. He was someone who was mysterious. I like Daniel Craig and I agree that he is a different Bond BUT I can't imagine Fleming being completely satisfied with him myself. I mean just look at IF, he is the kind of guy you can imagine calling someone like DC a "brute".

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Everthing you just said about flemming

whating a tall dark hansome blue eye killer.Fleming

did'nt get.He did'nt what connery.but his performance

was so great he changed his mind.

[mrbain123]

I think Connery looks more like Fleming than Craig does though. When you look at that famous drawing he did (I think it was him that did it), the resemblance is closer to Connery. I suppose Connery was slightly bigger than Fleming imagined BUT he had that "gentleman " look. Fleming realised this. I can't help but think IF would not have been able to accept the way DC looked. A little too brutish and muscley!!

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Okay look I cant say to much because

its not letting post my comments but,

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 When fleming saw connery he though he

was to urifined.What if craig was the first pick,Fleming

would have liked craig.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Because he looked like a rufless

killer and had that ripped up cut up body.He's

is that perfect match for someone that looks

like a cold blooded killer.Thats who fleming

was looking for and what he wrote about.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Craig is so different form the others

and thats why I like him.He's a real badd ass.I've

never seen a bond like that!

[58fenix]

Its not letting me post I will send you a message.

[mrbain123]

IMO Connery looked more like the "Ian Fleming" Bond than Craig does

[mrbain123]

What I just said abt DC about him being a 'thug' probably was a bit harsh but I still think he would have preferred Brosnan and Dalton over Craig purely because of the way they looked. Remember IF was a snob (Sean Connery apparently said so) and the way Bond appeared would have been very important to him.

[mrbain123]

I think Fleming initially didn't like SC because he was a former body builder BUT he came round because he saw the way Bond looked in a suit. He was tough, rugged and dark (both in terms of his personality AND his hair) yet there was a sense of glamour and a cheeky glint in his eye. Remember Bond had the look of a gentleman, NOT a thug in a suit.

[mrbain123]

you say its not about looks but that IS important as IF describes Bond in a VERY specific way in the books. Yes Craig has the toughness, and in that sense he is like the Fleming character BUT he doesn't have that "gentlemenly" look IF was probably looking for. I don't know, perhaps if he had looked more like PB, TD or SC but with the same darker style then maybe. Remember Bond was atheletic but NOT muscley.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 To me all the people who have played

bond all have something bond has or looks like.

Connery,Moore,Brosnan and Craig.Have you

ever notice that.

[mrbain123]

@58fenix Yeah I have and I think ur right, they all have elements of the Ian Fleming idea in them. Some I suppose are closer to others.

[mrbain123]

Listen to IF's voice, look at his posture. People who have studied him know that he put a lot of himself into the Bond character, that includes JB's physical appearance. JB was an old school stiff Brit with an element of snobishness (like Fleming himself), however he could also kill extremely effectively if he wanted. Yes there are no perfect Bonds but I think Connery, Dalton and Brosnan are ALL closer to the Fleming idea.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Will first of all dalton is no were near has

perfect and no were close cause we really dont know.

he did'nt do enough for us to know.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Yes you are right fleming based the character

of him.But does connery look like fleming no.He really based

it of who he is not his looks.And it is based of looks.I'm saying

again there is no one that has been a complete perfect fit for

bond.

[58fenix]

If fleming was still around.Craig he would have liked.

I know that for sure.

[mrbain123]

@58fenix I doubt it. I don't think he would have liked the way he looked.

[mrbain123]

@58fenix He originally wanted James Mason or David Niven in the role. He apparently said of connery "I wanted commander bond, not an overgrown stuntman" (altho he did grow to like him). Out of all of them Craig has that "stuntman" look and not that "gentleman" look IMO.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 Im not talking about his look.I'm talking

about his performance.How he wrote the character.

He did'nt what connery at first but when he saw his

performance he changed his mind.

[58fenix]

@mrbain123 He would have liked craig.Trust me.Casino

Royale is what he wrote bond to be and craig is the

answer.Remember there is no perfect bond.

Christerpher lee had said it too.

[atomichead777]

thank u ian fleming for creating an epic masterpiece!

ur legacy shall live on!

also, r.i.p.

[mrbain123]

The brilliant irony is that "James Bond" is now anything but a "flat, quiet name". RIP Mr Fleming.

[Lighteningpictures]

I didn't know there was an author named James Bond in real life.

[stevin1971]

THE BEST

[TOMGPII]

No wonder he died at 56, every video of him he has a smoke!

[58fenix]

He smoked all day and drink 4 bottles

of gin!

[E6589B]

We miss you Ian.

[tenaciousharmonizer]

cool now i know what he looks like was he a real life IN HER MAJESTIES SERVICE??

[LoneOutlaw1]

That's the first time I"ve heard Flemming's voice. Thanks for posting that.

[jamesbondwatches]

Rather an important anchor to the origins of the James Bond character. It's sometimes easy to forget that this is a legacy that's thrived because of strategic branding (including selection of the "James Bond" name itself), and that Ian Fleming was the vision behind it.

[spunkeez]

It's thought that the character of Bond is either based on Sidney Reilly, Ace of Spades, or Sir William Stephenson - both spies during the early 1900's.

[dragonknight1984]

James Bond is a cool sounding name,but Don Pendleton created a real name for REAL hero vs bad guys stories and "Books with BALLS" action adventure,and boldly spells absolute true terror and DEATH to all bad guys.

MACK BOLAN:THE EXECUTIONER.

Ian Fleming is awesome,the current series approved writer James Gardner is fantastic for writing Bond adventures,but Don Pendleton created a master men's action adventure series,which has yet to be made into films.

[digitalArtform]

He looks like Geoffrey Rush

[Blakeney007]

I agree

[Fitopito66]

wow he reall does sound like pierce brosnan lol great job and thxns for posting this, its reall rare

[poizon009]

Wow is it me or does he sound like Pierce Brosnan?

[DramaFreakMolzie]

im related to this dude somehow says my mum ;)

he is very cool!

XXXX

[ahall2929]

That guy was a genius. Thank you so much for posting!

[xJamesBond007]

IS my friend IS A GENIUS

[epbski]

Wow!!! How did you find this video? I love James Bond and this interview is rare. Thank you for uploading this.