My favourite Bond. Lazenby was only 29. Young generation must learn how to look at his age, speak, move, think and behave. Someting inside was so strong in George Lazenby. With respect
The thing is: Lazza was a hippie at heart. Bond was just an acting job. He proved he didn't like behaving the suave gentleman, by turning up at promo junkets in a scruffy beard and long hair. He wanted Bond to move with the times, with the counter-culture generation. So don't get fooled by his acting job. He was a good guy, but he was not on board with the whole Bond ethos.
Jon Dunmore disagree. He paid for his own promotional tour of the movie. He simply wanted to bring Bond into the 70’s and had they listened to him, Lazenby/Bond movies of the 70s would have been stunning..a whole new ball game. But they ended up with Moore and a pretty dismal, forgettable decade.. The very first of his, live and let die, strangely enough had a few real touches to bring Bond into that era but they pissed that away. Should have gone to LazenbySavers..
George had such big shoes to fill from Sean, who basically defined the role. And yet, he still did a great job at taking on a more human and vulnerable Bond that hasn’t been seen before.
This guy was a great Bond. It's tragic that we didn't at least get a trilogy of Lazenby Bond movies continuing the story arc after his wife is murdered. Would have been epic. Instead we got the dung pile that was Diamonds are Forverer.
I love OHMSS and George Lazenby is a great man, so sweet and clever always available for a chat with the fans and He was fucking fascinating then as now a true legend because his own portion in the franchise take a stand on his own, greatest Bond for me but not for all
Best james bond no doubt...he was tough,yet had a heart, unlike connery...who simply couldnt have pulled off the ending of this wonderful film...of allow tje bonds...only george coulda pulled it off...cause he LOOKED. like flemings bond....the others didnt....
herb petrillo how can you say that Connery couldnt have pulled that off? Lazenby is a GREAT bond....the natural successor to Connery...but OHMSS ought to have been Connery’s swan song.
I don't think he comes off as arrogant at all; in fact, I'm struck by the candor and self-deprecation in his early interviews and the reflective tone of his more recent comments. What's really interesting to me is that he actually comes off as a bit more Bond-like in the informal interviews than he did in a few of the scenes in the film (which is my favorite Bond movie, incidentally). I think it's a shame he didn't do more Bond films.
It was a great Bond movie. As a 14 year old in 2000 to find out there was a man who did One Bond film, at the end of the swinging 60s, was beyond mind blowing. He's not connery, who is? This is a great solid Bond Movie, one of the best. Great way to end the best Bond decade
He left the role on his accord due to poor advice he received from his acting agent that the James Bond series would not be successful in the 1970s and should not do a multi picture deal. Lazenby was so inexperienced as an actor that he took the advice and thought he could be successful without James Bond which didn’t make the producers happy when Lazenby was telling others including the press he would be better with out the Bond films. Lazenby was difficult to work with and had cocky attitude which turned everyone off. Lazenby decided to leave the role towards end of production as didn’t like the regime he was put through to be bond and the filming schedules along with the pressures of being Bond after Connery left. Lazenby turned down a multi picture deal which would have made him millions and he was offered to come back for Diamonds Are Forever but refused. All together had Lazenby stayed with series he could have done Diamonds Are Forever and option to do 4-5 more Bond films. Lazenby hurt his acting career by leaving his contract and opting to do the Martial Arts films he did which were low budget films in Hong Kong which he thought he could be successful in and wanted to star with Bruce Lee in movies but Lee died in 1973. Besides the low budget films he did he only made appearances in some tv shows although he was one of actors in the war movie Gettysburg. Lazenby chose to do the low budget film Universal Soldier in 1971 rather then return as James Bond for Diamonds Are Forever.
Scott Knode a comprehensive but simplistic summation. Lazenby WAS treated like a c*** by the producers and actually IGNORED by the director. They were rude to him even when Saltzman kicked a briefcase of money over to him with his foot and pointed to a contract for him to sign. They were arrogant RUDE b*******, and I THINK it’s important in any aspect of life to be treated with humanity amd respect. The main point however, is that these same b******s sighed his death warrant and ensured that he was blackballed from the entire industry..hence the hong kong film (in which he was portrayed like a c***) and the tiny cameo in Gettysburg.The pieces of s*** who run the industry just love to wield their power, punish newcomers, and teach others the ‘lesson’ of what happens if you dont bow down and suck c**k.
It's my favourite Bond film by a distance, the best directed (the only one I feel is directed by an auteur) and Lazenby is VERY good. Dialogues are crisp and witty and the Scope photography is beautiful compared to the colourless digital images of today's blockbusters. The score is sublime and I love the costumes. Maybe we miss Ken Adam's imaginative designs but Piz Gloria has to be filmed in a real location and the only one available was the Brutalist rotunda atop the Shilthorn mountain. Personal opinion, of course.
Good performance from George Lazenby as bond! Real shame he didn't stay on in the roll of 007 because he would have got even better, on her majestys secret service is without doubt one of the best bond films of all time.
If i had a time machine, i would have changed Lazenby's stupid decision, made him to do atleast one more BOND movie, the continuation of his revenge story from OHMSS
I don't care what anyone says, OHMSS is a great film. Lazenby wasn't a great actor, but it's not like he butchered it. In fact, he nailed that final scene. It's too bad things transpired the way they did. If he continued he probably would have become a great Bond.
Lazenby doesn't fit as Bond in O.H.M.S.S. and in the era of comedy/parody that was coming. That era begins with ''Diamonds are Forever'' and finishes with ''Octopussy''. Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man for that time (except ''A View to a Kill'' had to play Dalton). Producers didn't come back to Lazenby, as they did with Connery although he said he left the role, and until now with more conventional Bond films, they didn't provide the role of Bond in a model who is no actor and completely novice.
Μακης Λ wrong analysis. athe seventies bonds were comedic and silly because Moore could not act. Connery should have bowed out with OHMSS and Lazenby brought in to do a more 70's Bond...that would have been a very memorable decade for the Bond franchise with Lazenby as the best Bond since Connery, And not the 'carry on' movie style that suited Roger Moore.
I liked George as James Bond 007 for the worth of story line James Bond getting married. George had a hard act to follow behind Sean Connery. However other Bond actors wasn’t as close to Sean Connery as George.
I think he did a very good job, considering he never acted before. The critics were very hard on him because he was following Sean Connery. Sean Connery had already done five films. If he would have done one more film, who knows.
Best bond film and George lazenby did a great job as 007 the only travesty was he didn't do anymore ,one consolation for him OHMSS is without doubt a brilliant film from beginning to end ,pure class throughout and with John Barry and the unforgettable theme it's a retro blast that stands the test of time .
He did get a raw deal. I think he did very well and I honestly enjoy On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. As far as the character of Bond is concerned, nowhere else did he show *love*. I understand though. It’s no different than a new singer trying to replace a beloved previous one. I can only think of one instance where that happened. AC/DC. But I digress. Lazenby was a great Bond. 😸
They blacklisted Him in the States after the film . that was wrong , He made a mistake listening to a crappy Manager and paid the price . Karma was that the film became popular and He was in one of the best Bond Films ever . Hollywood looks down on ex Bond stars . Connery was lucky since He was the first an most popular an got work an a Oscar. Moore was in a Van Damme film , Dalton stuck to stage work and Brosnan finds a film here an there.
Thing is.. he may not have had the best start being compared to connery..but history has judged ohmss as one of the closet to flemings books and a real fan favorite, hes had the last laugh , bond has come to an age of realisim it holds up with the bonds of today that is complex and has heart , it now holds up as one of the best bonds , its also better than a few of connerys, moores and brosnans...given the chance he could have been one of the best bonds...peter hunt should have done more too.
Strange, really. There are 3 interviews in this upload. In the first, he seems perfectly relaxed about the role, in the second the doubts have started to creep in and in the third he knows where it all went wrong...
In my opinion he should of carried on into diamonds are forever bringing Connery back in that film may have been a mistake don’t get me wrong Sean Connery is a great bond just didn’t feel right reprising his role again after being one sequel out.
You have it almost right, but Sean should have made OHMSS as his 6th Bond film, quitting as the 1960's ended, George a younger Bond would have fit great in the 1970's as a new Bond.
the same arrogance that chose a short blonde guy for the role was the same arrogance the producers had that fired Lazenby AND MADE SURE HE NEVER WORKED AGAIN. They're all c#%*s out there.
jim bob George Lazenby quit the role, he wasn’t fired from playing James Bond. He put in his resignation towards the end of filming On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as he followed poor advice from his acting agent telling Lazenby that the James Bond wouldn’t last into the 1970s. Lazenby thought he could be successful with out James Bond and didn’t like the stress of the grueling film schedules he experienced as a new actor and fame that went with it along with the pressures of taking over from Sean Connery. He quit the role and turned down an offer to return for Diamonds Are Forever which would have been his next film. He had also received a multi picture deal contract to do an additional 4-5 films after Diamonds Are Forever which would have made him millions but he turned it all down and asked to get out of his contract. Lazenby did have strained relationships with producers and director Peter Hunt but it had to do with his own cocky attitude and difficult behavior on set and acted like he was a big star on set and that should been treated like one.
Scott Knode You’re right..that is the official story. Personally I think they treated a newbie like a complete @#£& The experience must have been more terrifying than Lazenby let on. In fact the first thing he did after the film was take acting lessons. Nevertheless, even when Saltzman pushed a briefcase full of money o er to him with his foot while he was still on the phone ust have been the last word in rudeness. In any event, the producers made sure HE NEVER WORKED MEANINGFULLY IN THE BUSINESS ever again. So they most definitely are the ones who are arrogant, power wielding scumbags, and Hunt deserved a failed (at the time) movie for treating Lazenby like a doormat.
jim bob your right and Lazenby has said no one helped him with acting lessons during filming or give him advice on how to go through the grueling shooting schedule to get down the role of Bond especially with taking over from Connery who by time he left the role was a big star and Lazenby had big shoes to fill. Lazenby said he had strained relationships with Producers Saltzman and Broccoli along with Peter Hunt the director who wouldn’t Lazenby any sort of advice or guide him.
I really think it would have been interesting seeing his portrayal of Bond evolve as the decades went by, i can imagine that the 70s films he would have done as Bond would have been more revenge based and have a more volatile rogue Bond, by the time he got to the 80s i think Bond would be a more calm, but colder character with attachment issues. Would have made Bond allot more interesting in the 80s for sure, since the Moore era was all gadgets and one liners.
George out hucked the biggest huckers/producers in the business to get that part, the Doco/Movie ( Becoming Bond ) is better than any Bond film because it shows how he got the biggest role out there with no acting experience only pure hutzpah. He was just a Aussie knockabout in London at the time chasing skirt. George is the only one out of that lot who could actually do any Bond stuff, good on you George.
He bullshited his way through brilliantly like a lot of Aussies do and the Doco 'Becoming Bond' featuring George is more interesting (apart from the first two Movies) than the real Bond films.
Very unlucky and yet bold intelligent actor, definitely deserved better. Can never believe they did not let him go on the tour spare for that wonderful beard being a reason ! 🤷🏻♀️
OHMSS best Bond movie ever imho. Close to the book. The lovely Diana Rigg. The gorgeous Swiss mountains. Best John Barry Bond Soundtrack. Lazenby was awesome. 29 no experience as an actor. What a talent. That interview reminds me a lot of todays Keanu Reeves with his beard and attitude. A pity it was his only Bond movie.
I watched OHMSS for the first time on Easter...I thought it would be terrible, but this man is nothing less and nothing more than Bond..he's no more Bond then Sean Connery, Roger Moore, etc.
We have all made mistakes in our past who hasnt,its a great pity that he was cast in the first place as bond , may be his life would have been a lot better he should have married that girlfriend of his before Bond if only a person could go back and do some things differently regrets theres not a person alive that dosent have a lest some.
hello all, BIG JAMES BOND FAN HERE! but i have a curious question, how come George Lazenby was fantastic in my opinion why didnt he do more bond films? i thought he was awesome. but such as hollywood i guess. i saw the interview but despite the problems stated was there a deeper reason? blessed be to all here.
amarsbarr that’s bullshit ... he never had a chance to turn down Diamonds because his idiot agent had convinced him there was no future with Bond as it was a dead formula. That is also Lazenby’s fault for not making up his own mind.
I saw this when it came out 50 years ago! Saw it in a sleaze theater in Times Square. I enjoyed it but the guy had trouble replacing Connery for me....
Looks like a young Cary Grant, and Lazenby generally had an excellent manner for the role, but shouldn't have broken the "4th wall" in the pre-titles scene of OHMMS. Other than that, OHMMS had an excellent tone to it .... And Lazenby and Rigg and Savales were very good in their roles.
well he was very young to so of course he going to be arrogant we all our when young but when we got older we get riser but i know what you mean I give george alot of credit with a guy with no acting experience to step in sean connery's shoes that takes alot of balls ohmss grew on me not because of him i thought he was good but there were things about the movie it i didn't like but i put up with it know and enjoy
yes i can guess he was a real pain in the butt - but he comes across well in his interviews and i agree his bond could have been more human .. the 'oh yes mr bond we have your favorite room ' didnt work for him
"If she gets uptight and if she finds it a bit hard..." haha!! George is so funny. This interviewer sure just has some dumb Q's. "George how are you at love scenes? How do you compare to Sean? "
in my Opinion, after probably seeing each Bond Movie, at least average 6-8 Times, but for example on "HMSS" probably 40 times, and for example "Thunderball .. 20 times, and Casino Royal.... 25 times, in my opinion, Nr. 1 is either Thunderball/Goldfinger, Nr.2 HMSS. Nr. 3 Casino Royal, so...... end of Mess. from Prof. James Bond😆😘😊
Yes, a great movie...but Lazenby was always going to suffer the same fate as all the other actors to follow, being compared to Sean Connery...he and Roger Moore suffered the most which was why Moore played it as a parady of the character.
I think he was bound to be a bit full of himself when he first got the part because he went from being a nobody to being worldwide famous so its bound to go to your head, its a shame he didn't go on to do a few more because I prefer Lazenby to Roger Moore, he was alot harder and there was no camp humour which Moore brought to the films.
I doubt that he was that bad. It's the producers and director and Diana Rigg who were the divas treating him like a piece of toilet paper and then flexing their childish powers to make sure "George will never work again because he didn't bow down at all times and behave like an English foot soldier". Their loss and ours.
How do you know? He wasn't a fan of bubble gum pop. He was a blood sweat and tears fan and some popular music may have been ideal for the seventies era. Didn't harm Midnight Cowboy.
P puh6tfrz oh dear. But they DID fuck with the formula..all the way to a short Blond actor playing the role. And may I remind you that a song was used in OHMSS. If a song can be used to emphasise a romantic interlude, so can rock, pop or classical be used to emphasise action.
@@mrswozzle You're talking about something that happened 37 years later. I think the success of the formula was due to the mix of violence, sex and adventure not the colour of Bond's hair. Yes, a song was used in OHMSS but it was a love song and it was appropriate because it was first the time in the film series where Bond fell in love. Pop or rock music wouldn't be suitable because, in all likelihood, it would quickly date and neither would they be appropriate in action scenes.
Bit arrogant.............true, but he should have done "Diamonds are forever " which was a revenge movie against Tracy !! instead it was a bloody shambles !! ( and lets remember he was with Mrs Peel !! )
It was a shame for George, he always seems like a genuine, honest man. I thought the film was a dud and he was foolish to have bale after just one film. He could have done more and would have made a good replacement for somebody who was a very tough act to follow.
Lazeby was good looking dude - tall, broad shouldered with a dimple in the chin like Cary Grant, but he is the worst actor ever to play Bond. He was taken when he was not ready for the role and was asked to emote on screen which he could not. He was challenging the producers when he grew a beard right after the release of the movie and God knows why. I heard that Oliver Reed was almost cast as Bond in this movie but the producers felt his image was too strong to be changed to that of Bond. I wish they went ahead with that choice and then OHMSS would have been a classic Bond.
My favourite Bond. Lazenby was only 29. Young generation must learn how to look at his age, speak, move, think and behave. Someting inside was so strong in George Lazenby. With respect
Yes you right, I think so too. And one more interesting detail. If great Bruce Lee didn't die they've made 3 good movies together
The thing is: Lazza was a hippie at heart. Bond was just an acting job. He proved he didn't like behaving the suave gentleman, by turning up at promo junkets in a scruffy beard and long hair. He wanted Bond to move with the times, with the counter-culture generation. So don't get fooled by his acting job. He was a good guy, but he was not on board with the whole Bond ethos.
Jon Dunmore disagree. He paid for his own promotional tour of the movie. He simply wanted to bring Bond into the 70’s and had they listened to him, Lazenby/Bond movies of the 70s would have been stunning..a whole new ball game. But they ended up with Moore and a pretty dismal, forgettable decade.. The very first of his, live and let die, strangely enough had a few real touches to bring Bond into that era but they pissed that away. Should have gone to LazenbySavers..
@007 CM He looks MARVELOUS with the beard!
@@jondunmore4268 He looks MARVELOUS with the beard!
he did a great job for that being his first major film role, sadly his agent was an idiot and he didn't do any more after.
His agent was that irish asshole who died last weekend
I like his shot at 'the other guy' in the intro scene lol
@@peterfranks6243 Really he was Irish
@@peterfranks6243 The agent liked Sean Connery.
George had such big shoes to fill from Sean, who basically defined the role. And yet, he still did a great job at taking on a more human and vulnerable Bond that hasn’t been seen before.
This guy was a great Bond. It's tragic that we didn't at least get a trilogy of Lazenby Bond movies continuing the story arc after his wife is murdered. Would have been epic. Instead we got the dung pile that was Diamonds are Forverer.
Still one of the best Bond movies ever
I love OHMSS and George Lazenby is a great man, so sweet and clever always available for a chat with the fans and He was fucking fascinating then as now a true legend because his own portion in the franchise take a stand on his own, greatest Bond for me but not for all
Best james bond no doubt...he was tough,yet had a heart, unlike connery...who simply couldnt have pulled off the ending of this wonderful film...of allow tje bonds...only george coulda pulled it off...cause he LOOKED. like flemings bond....the others didnt....
herb petrillo how can you say that Connery couldnt have pulled that off? Lazenby is a GREAT bond....the natural successor to Connery...but OHMSS ought to have been Connery’s swan song.
@@mrswozzle Connery looked very brutal.
I don't think he comes off as arrogant at all; in fact, I'm struck by the candor and self-deprecation in his early interviews and the reflective tone of his more recent comments. What's really interesting to me is that he actually comes off as a bit more Bond-like in the informal interviews than he did in a few of the scenes in the film (which is my favorite Bond movie, incidentally). I think it's a shame he didn't do more Bond films.
It was a great Bond movie. As a 14 year old in 2000 to find out there was a man who did One Bond film, at the end of the swinging 60s, was beyond mind blowing. He's not connery, who is? This is a great solid Bond Movie, one of the best. Great way to end the best Bond decade
George was a great james bond he should made more james bond movies his movie on her majesty service service was four stars all the way
He left the role on his accord due to poor advice he received from his acting agent that the James Bond series would not be successful in the 1970s and should not do a multi picture deal. Lazenby was so inexperienced as an actor that he took the advice and thought he could be successful without James Bond which didn’t make the producers happy when Lazenby was telling others including the press he would be better with out the Bond films. Lazenby was difficult to work with and had cocky attitude which turned everyone off. Lazenby decided to leave the role towards end of production as didn’t like the regime he was put through to be bond and the filming schedules along with the pressures of being Bond after Connery left. Lazenby turned down a multi picture deal which would have made him millions and he was offered to come back for Diamonds Are Forever but refused. All together had Lazenby stayed with series he could have done Diamonds Are Forever and option to do 4-5 more Bond films. Lazenby hurt his acting career by leaving his contract and opting to do the Martial Arts films he did which were low budget films in Hong Kong which he thought he could be successful in and wanted to star with Bruce Lee in movies but Lee died in 1973. Besides the low budget films he did he only made appearances in some tv shows although he was one of actors in the war movie Gettysburg. Lazenby chose to do the low budget film Universal Soldier in 1971 rather then return as James Bond for Diamonds Are Forever.
@@scottknode898 George was four stars on her majesty. I am sorry he did not continue he made a big mistake
Scott Knode a comprehensive but simplistic summation. Lazenby WAS treated like a c*** by the producers and actually IGNORED by the director. They were rude to him even when Saltzman kicked a briefcase of money over to him with his foot and pointed to a contract for him to sign. They were arrogant RUDE b*******, and I THINK it’s important in any aspect of life to be treated with humanity amd respect. The main point however, is that these same b******s sighed his death warrant and ensured that he was blackballed from the entire industry..hence the hong kong film (in which he was portrayed like a c***) and the tiny cameo in Gettysburg.The pieces of s*** who run the industry just love to wield their power, punish newcomers, and teach others the ‘lesson’ of what happens if you dont bow down and suck c**k.
It's my favourite Bond film by a distance, the best directed (the only one I feel is directed by an auteur) and Lazenby is VERY good. Dialogues are crisp and witty and the Scope photography is beautiful compared to the colourless digital images of today's blockbusters. The score is sublime and I love the costumes. Maybe we miss Ken Adam's imaginative designs but Piz Gloria has to be filmed in a real location and the only one available was the Brutalist rotunda atop the Shilthorn mountain. Personal opinion, of course.
The direction is good, but admit it - the rear projections in this film are LAUGHABLE!
Also, the editing is atrocious during the fight scenes.
Yes.this movie was a masterpiece...great visuals...great story, closest to Fleming's book....
Jon Dunmore disagree. Front projection was used a lot and it made the fight scenes very thrilling unlike anything from previous Bond scenes.
Aside from Sean, George was the best Bond.
Should've been Bond longer, what a shame.
That would have been the end of James bond.. Lazenby was horrible in the role
Good performance from George Lazenby as bond! Real shame he didn't stay on in the roll of 007 because he would have got even better, on her majestys secret service is without doubt one of the best bond films of all time.
If i had a time machine, i would have changed Lazenby's stupid decision, made him to do atleast one more BOND movie, the continuation of his revenge story from OHMSS
Hes so honest ...he just takes it on the chin, takes the blame and i admire him for that.
Everyone calls him Arrogant.But he was First to Play Bond Real, and the Best Physical Bond.Even though he was not really an Actor.
@007 CM If that's true, then you're probably drowning in gash.
Fascinating! He was a very good Bond, it's one of the very best- he plays very well with the lovely Diana Rigg.
I don't care what anyone says, OHMSS is a great film. Lazenby wasn't a great actor, but it's not like he butchered it. In fact, he nailed that final scene. It's too bad things transpired the way they did. If he continued he probably would have become a great Bond.
Amen.
correct.
Lazenby comes across, even as a younger man, as thoughtful and pleasant. He even seems philosophical, regarding his treatment by the press.
I thought George Lazenby's fight scenes were superb.
Diamonds would have been better ,if he was there .especially his rage at getting blowfeld back for killing his wife
Still a better bond than connerys sequels & sir Rogers anti type bond performances . I reckon he was a great Bond . Shame we had no more of them .
Lazenby doesn't fit as Bond in O.H.M.S.S. and in the era of comedy/parody that was coming. That era begins with ''Diamonds are Forever'' and finishes with ''Octopussy''. Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man for that time (except ''A View to a Kill'' had to play Dalton). Producers didn't come back to Lazenby, as they did with Connery although he said he left the role, and until now with more conventional Bond films, they didn't provide the role of Bond in a model who is no actor and completely novice.
Shame he had no chance to grow into the role.
Μακης Λ wrong analysis. athe seventies bonds were comedic and silly because Moore could not act. Connery should have bowed out with OHMSS and Lazenby brought in to do a more 70's Bond...that would have been a very memorable decade for the Bond franchise with Lazenby as the best Bond since Connery, And not the 'carry on' movie style that suited Roger Moore.
I liked George as James Bond 007 for the worth of story line James Bond getting married. George had a hard act to follow behind Sean Connery. However other Bond actors wasn’t as close to Sean Connery as George.
So great to see those 3 interviews together. Thanks you. OHMSS is my favorite Bond movie.
I think he did a very good job, considering he never acted before. The critics were very hard on him because he was following Sean Connery. Sean Connery had already done five films. If he would have done one more film, who knows.
Best bond film and George lazenby did a great job as 007 the only travesty was he didn't do anymore ,one consolation for him OHMSS is without doubt a brilliant film from beginning to end ,pure class throughout and with John Barry and the unforgettable theme it's a retro blast that stands the test of time .
He did get a raw deal. I think he did very well and I honestly enjoy On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. As far as the character of Bond is concerned, nowhere else did he show *love*.
I understand though. It’s no different than a new singer trying to replace a beloved previous one. I can only think of one instance where that happened.
AC/DC. But I digress. Lazenby was a great Bond. 😸
Imagine this today... He did a really good job keeping his cool. The movie is One of the best. George deserved at least 2 more
They blacklisted Him in the States after the film . that was wrong , He made a mistake listening to a crappy Manager and paid the price . Karma was that the film became popular and He was in one of the best Bond Films ever . Hollywood looks down on ex Bond stars . Connery was lucky since He was the first an most popular an got work an a Oscar. Moore was in a Van Damme film , Dalton stuck to stage work and Brosnan finds a film here an there.
The best Bond Ever..If Lazenby didnt quit....no way Connery & Moore could make it
Thing is.. he may not have had the best start being compared to connery..but history has judged ohmss as one of the closet to flemings books and a real fan favorite, hes had the last laugh , bond has come to an age of realisim it holds up with the bonds of today that is complex and has heart , it now holds up as one of the best bonds , its also better than a few of connerys, moores and brosnans...given the chance he could have been one of the best bonds...peter hunt should have done more too.
It's ending is the best of them all and it's second best overall for me after From Russia With Love.
George, please give us your autobiography...you've led an amazing life
What a waste of an opportunity...what was he thinking ?
One of my favourite bond films and the best Bond
music score.
Strange, really. There are 3 interviews in this upload. In the first, he seems perfectly relaxed about the role, in the second the doubts have started to creep in and in the third he knows where it all went wrong...
sorry..what's strange?
On her magestys secret service was a great movie !
In my opinion he should of carried on into diamonds are forever bringing Connery back in that film may have been a mistake don’t get me wrong Sean Connery is a great bond just didn’t feel right reprising his role again after being one sequel out.
You have it almost right, but Sean should have made OHMSS as his 6th Bond film, quitting as the 1960's ended, George a younger Bond would have fit great in the 1970's as a new Bond.
And Sean would have made his most emotional and greatest performance not only as Bond but an actor as well!
If only George would have kept at the role of James Bond. But, then again Sean was great in Diamond's are Forever. So it worked out for the better.
Anybody but Daniel Craig. He looks more like a Bond villain and I have never been able to watch any of his films except Casino Royale...
the same arrogance that chose a short blonde guy for the role was the same arrogance the producers had that fired Lazenby AND MADE SURE HE NEVER WORKED AGAIN. They're all c#%*s out there.
jim bob George Lazenby quit the role, he wasn’t fired from playing James Bond. He put in his resignation towards the end of filming On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as he followed poor advice from his acting agent telling Lazenby that the James Bond wouldn’t last into the 1970s. Lazenby thought he could be successful with out James Bond and didn’t like the stress of the grueling film schedules he experienced as a new actor and fame that went with it along with the pressures of taking over from Sean Connery. He quit the role and turned down an offer to return for Diamonds Are Forever which would have been his next film. He had also received a multi picture deal contract to do an additional 4-5 films after Diamonds Are Forever which would have made him millions but he turned it all down and asked to get out of his contract. Lazenby did have strained relationships with producers and director Peter Hunt but it had to do with his own cocky attitude and difficult behavior on set and acted like he was a big star on set and that should been treated like one.
Scott Knode You’re right..that is the official story. Personally I think they treated a newbie like a complete @#£& The experience must have been more terrifying than Lazenby let on. In fact the first thing he did after the film was take acting lessons. Nevertheless, even when Saltzman pushed a briefcase full of money o er to him with his foot while he was still on the phone ust have been the last word in rudeness. In any event, the producers made sure HE NEVER WORKED MEANINGFULLY IN THE BUSINESS ever again. So they most definitely are the ones who are arrogant, power wielding scumbags, and Hunt deserved a failed (at the time) movie for treating Lazenby like a doormat.
jim bob your right and Lazenby has said no one helped him with acting lessons during filming or give him advice on how to go through the grueling shooting schedule to get down the role of Bond especially with taking over from Connery who by time he left the role was a big star and Lazenby had big shoes to fill. Lazenby said he had strained relationships with Producers Saltzman and Broccoli along with Peter Hunt the director who wouldn’t Lazenby any sort of advice or guide him.
He looks better at ease , He tried too hard an the producers wanted Him to act like Connery
A gutsy guy.
Class act’
ABSOLUTELY!
Should have casted Sean Connery looking back Lazenby was ok only.
The best Bond movie!
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OHMSS is one of my favorites! Lazenby did really, really well! Telly Savalas was awesome, too!
It seems his independent spontaneous nature got him the part and got him into trouble later.
I really think it would have been interesting seeing his portrayal of Bond evolve as the decades went by, i can imagine that the 70s films he would have done as Bond would have been more revenge based and have a more volatile rogue Bond, by the time he got to the 80s i think Bond would be a more calm, but colder character with attachment issues. Would have made Bond allot more interesting in the 80s for sure, since the Moore era was all gadgets and one liners.
Yes, we all wish it would have been Sean. Oh well...
George out hucked the biggest huckers/producers in the business to get that part, the Doco/Movie ( Becoming Bond ) is better than any Bond film because it shows how he got the biggest role out there with no acting experience only pure hutzpah. He was just a Aussie knockabout in London at the time chasing skirt. George is the only one out of that lot who could actually do any Bond stuff, good on you George.
He bullshited his way through brilliantly like a lot of Aussies do and the Doco 'Becoming Bond' featuring George is more interesting (apart from the first two Movies) than the real Bond films.
Very unlucky and yet bold intelligent actor, definitely deserved better. Can never believe they did not let him go on the tour spare for that wonderful beard being a reason ! 🤷🏻♀️
Would of been cool to see him do one more film
You have to admit that he really could fill out a suit well.
of course he couldnt stay. he was honest..thoughtful..spoke his own mind and his own man. in other words uncontrollable :)
OHMSS best Bond movie ever imho. Close to the book. The lovely Diana Rigg. The gorgeous Swiss mountains. Best John Barry Bond Soundtrack. Lazenby was awesome. 29 no experience as an actor. What a talent. That interview reminds me a lot of todays Keanu Reeves with his beard and attitude. A pity it was his only Bond movie.
I watched OHMSS for the first time on Easter...I thought it would be terrible, but this man is nothing less and nothing more than Bond..he's no more Bond then Sean Connery, Roger Moore, etc.
We have all made mistakes in our past who hasnt,its a great pity that he was cast in the first place as bond , may be his life would have been a lot better he should have married that girlfriend of his before Bond if only a person could go back and do some things differently regrets theres not a person alive that dosent have a lest some.
Hard to replace Connery!
Especially at that time and in this film.
@jksonny yesss indeed and that was in 1981 :) way before Goldeneye
At 4:40 onwards, I thought he looked like George Best with the beard
hello all, BIG JAMES BOND FAN HERE! but i have a curious question, how come George Lazenby was fantastic in my opinion why didnt he do more bond films? i thought he was awesome. but such as hollywood i guess. i saw the interview but despite the problems stated was there a deeper reason?
blessed be to all here.
George declined Diamonds Are Forever before producers got hold of Sean because he thought he already made it as an actor
amarsbarr that’s bullshit ... he never had a chance to turn down Diamonds because his idiot agent had convinced him there was no future with Bond as it was a dead formula.
That is also Lazenby’s fault for not making up his own mind.
I love you! you have balls like Bond...James Bond, Shaken not stirred.
I think he was great Connery seemed old and tired in diamonds are forever but think of how good George lazenby would have been 🎰
I saw this when it came out 50 years ago! Saw it in a sleaze theater in Times Square. I enjoyed it but the guy had trouble replacing Connery for me....
Looks like a young Cary Grant, and Lazenby generally had an excellent manner for the role, but shouldn't have broken the "4th wall" in the pre-titles scene of OHMMS. Other than that, OHMMS had an excellent tone to it .... And Lazenby and Rigg and Savales were very good in their roles.
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I thought he made a great bond he had the perfect look. Personally i think george was far better than Roger Moore who was just too smooth for me.
Roger Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except ''A View to a Kill'' had to play Dalton).
He sounds humble and respectful. I agree with Connery - the problem was Cubby "Fatboy" Broccoli
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well he was very young to so of course he going to be arrogant we all our when young but when we got older we get riser but i know what you mean I give george alot of credit with a guy with no acting experience to step in sean connery's shoes that takes alot of balls ohmss grew on me not because of him i thought he was good but there were things about the movie it i didn't like but i put up with it know and enjoy
The Pete best of the bond franchise. Maybe they mistakenly thought they could mould him to what the wanted him to be
1:25-1:26 haha listen to the 'oooowwww'
Cool guy
Where's the b/w footage of Lazenby in '70? Grew his hair and a beard. He was explaining his side.
Lazenby rules as the first most realistic Bond to be replaced by Dalton and Craig Later
THE KILT.
Apologies uploader. Footage i was after is included
ok well no sooner than i post my comments i saw another video that answered my question. but if anyone has more to add greatly appreciated.
yes i can guess he was a real pain in the butt - but he comes across well in his interviews and i agree his bond could have been more human .. the 'oh yes mr bond we have your favorite room ' didnt work for him
"If she gets uptight and if she finds it a bit hard..." haha!! George is so funny. This interviewer sure just has some dumb Q's. "George how are you at love scenes? How do you compare to Sean? "
in my Opinion, after probably seeing each Bond Movie, at least average 6-8 Times, but for example on "HMSS" probably 40 times, and for example "Thunderball .. 20 times, and Casino Royal.... 25 times, in my opinion, Nr. 1 is either Thunderball/Goldfinger, Nr.2 HMSS. Nr. 3 Casino Royal, so...... end of Mess. from Prof. James Bond😆😘😊
Yes, a great movie...but Lazenby was always going to suffer the same fate as all the other actors to follow, being compared to Sean Connery...he and Roger Moore suffered the most which was why Moore played it as a parady of the character.
Suprise Lazenby Sir Hillary Bray and Connery returns for one last Bond.
I think he was bound to be a bit full of himself when he first got the part because he went from being a nobody to being worldwide famous so its bound to go to your head, its a shame he didn't go on to do a few more because I prefer Lazenby to Roger Moore, he was alot harder and there was no camp humour which Moore brought to the films.
I doubt that he was that bad. It's the producers and director and Diana Rigg who were the divas treating him like a piece of toilet paper and then flexing their childish powers to make sure "George will never work again because he didn't bow down at all times and behave like an English foot soldier". Their loss and ours.
@@mrswozzle Probably somewhere in the middle. A lot of ego and power madness in the showbiz world.
I loved OHMSS but after seeing this Im not supprised MrLazenby went on to do others
I think he looks better with a beard.
So bloody arrogant, yes. But somehow he was so, so brilliant in the role.
no he wasn't arrogant. The director was arrogant.
Should have been Sean Connery.
5:55 Pop music?
Not a good idea, George.
How do you know? He wasn't a fan of bubble gum pop. He was a blood sweat and tears fan and some popular music may have been ideal for the seventies era. Didn't harm Midnight Cowboy.
@@mrswozzle This was the most successful film franchise in the world.
You don't fuck with a formula that's making tons of money.
P puh6tfrz oh dear. But they DID fuck with the formula..all the way to a short Blond actor playing the role. And may I remind you that a song was used in OHMSS. If a song can be used to emphasise a romantic interlude, so can rock, pop or classical be used to emphasise action.
@@mrswozzle You're talking about something that happened 37 years later.
I think the success of the formula was due to the mix of violence, sex and adventure not the colour of Bond's hair.
Yes, a song was used in OHMSS but it was a love song and it was appropriate because it was first the time in the film series where Bond fell in love.
Pop or rock music wouldn't be suitable because, in all likelihood, it would quickly date and neither would they be appropriate in action scenes.
Bit arrogant.............true, but he should have done "Diamonds are forever " which was a revenge movie against Tracy !! instead it was a bloody shambles !! ( and lets remember he was with Mrs Peel !! )
I've got balls like George Lazenby, but you are obsessed by this movie and my opinion about it
It was a shame for George, he always seems like a genuine, honest man. I thought the film was a dud and he was foolish to have bale after just one film. He could have done more and would have made a good replacement for somebody who was a very tough act to follow.
The most bad James Bond.
Sorry story about his naiveté.
talent and arrogance don’t work together
They actually do.. the most brilliant actors are the most arrogant ones.
Lazeby was good looking dude - tall, broad shouldered with a dimple in the chin like Cary Grant, but he is the worst actor ever to play Bond. He was taken when he was not ready for the role and was asked to emote on screen which he could not. He was challenging the producers when he grew a beard right after the release of the movie and God knows why. I heard that Oliver Reed was almost cast as Bond in this movie but the producers felt his image was too strong to be changed to that of Bond. I wish they went ahead with that choice and then OHMSS would have been a classic Bond.
Worst Bond ever