Before No Time to Die: 5 things to know about James Bond – from the true meaning of 007 to where Daniel Craig, Sean Connery and every other Bond actor is really from
- Released worldwide from September 30, No Time to Die is the 25th official James Bond film, landing 59 years after Scot Sean Connery introduced the role in Dr. No
- Daniel Craig and Roger Moore might be English, but did you know Pierce Brosnan is Irish, Timothy Dalton is Welsh and George Lazenby is Australian?
Born on paper
James Bond started life on the page, his name taken from the cover of a Jamaican birdwatching book because author Ian Fleming wanted something as mundane as possible.
Fleming was able to draw from some rich real-life experiences, having served in naval intelligence during World War II.
One of Commander Fleming’s key missions was Operation Goldeneye, aimed at sabotaging ties between Spain and Germany – which later gave him the name for his Jamaican home, and inspired the 1995 movie of the same name.
His first novel, Casino Royale, was released in 1953 and was a huge escapist hit at a time of post-war rations and hardship in Britain.
He went on to write 13 more Bond novels and also penned the hit children’s musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for his son. He died in 1964 at the age of 56, just two years after the first film appeared.
Big money
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