Originally posted by Loomis
I never knew (or suspected) that Dalton had such a colorful love life. Whoopi Goldberg, Russian models, Barbara Broccoli.... This thread makes fascinating reading!
Well, since I've been madly in love with Tim since I was in high school and have been following his career with other Tim fans since Jane Eyre first broadcast in the US, I kind of know a LOT about him!
I could tell you the story about a famous British stripper (known for her rather large bosoms) who vocally proclaimed herself to be Tim's #1 girl in the late 80s, causing her boyfriend to threaten Tim's life. (Tim did date her for awhile). Or the fact that Tim took Ursula Andress out once in Rome. The Italian press proclaimed that Ursula was disappointed that he wouldn't take her out again (this is all hearsay of course). Or about the very silly interview with the cast of Charlie's Angels when talking about Tim's appearance on that show---they're all giggling and saying how jealous they were of Farrah that she got to do love scenes with him. Jaclyn Smith later specifically asked for Tim to play her romantic lead for her miniseries FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. (Quote: "I wasn't going to let Farrah have all the fun.")
This is the first time I've read that he and Babs were an item - [/B]
Yes, they were. There was some gossip in the Mexican press back then from the people who worked at the hotels where the crew stayed at. One of the hotel workers says (I'm translating): "They were at the pool for hours talking and when he saw that no one was around he gave her a very long, passionate kiss." During LTK's filming, and a few years after LTK, Tim would show up at premieres and other such functions with only one of two women on his arm: Vanessa or Barbara.
does anyone know how long they were together for? And wasn't he with Vanessa Redgrave for quite a number of years?[/B]
From what I gather, Tim and Barbara were a steady item until a year after the filming of LTK and then continued to see each other on and off, but weren't a steady couple. By the way, to this day, Barbara remains a huge, staunch fan of Tim's. She thinks very highly of him (as do Dana and Michael W.). Same with Cubby until the day he died. He's very close to the family. One of the writers of a terrific little 1992 book on the Bond films has interviewed Barbara, Tim and the whole Broccoli family. I correspond with him occasionally and he's mentioned several times how well Barbara thinks of Tim.
As for Vanessa, they met on the set of MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS in the early 70s. At that time, she was partnered with Franco Nero (Lancelot in CAMELOT), who was a big heartthrob back then. She had a child with Nero. Tim became famous for "stealing" Vanessa from Franco. (Tabloid headline: "FRANCO NERO HEARTBROKEN! LOSES VANESSA TO YOUNGER MAN!") They were together steadily for about 10 years and almost got married. But her political activism strained the romantic relationship. They still saw each other on and off for several years, and remain very close friends to this day. (He came to NYC recently to see her on Broadway and to attend the Tony awards where she won the Best Actress award). Vanessa's autobiography has some very interesting stuff to say about her relationship with Tim. They were very much in love but her political activism got so much in the way that Tim got fed up. At one point he laid down the law with her (demanding that she NOT leave him to go to a rally in London) and she went anyway. He told her if he did, their relationship was at an end. She describes how her daughters comforted her because she was crying all the way home because she'd lost Tim for good. Makes interesting gossip reading, that's for sure!
If he did chase Talisa Soto, well, I can't blame him for that[/B]
I've just never heard this. I doubt it, but who knows.
I don't think Carey Lowell liked Dalton very much, though. I remember a documentary (I think it was the Bond girls one Maryam d'Abo made) in which she implied that he was a little too enthusiastic during kissing scenes and had a terrible case of smoker's breath.[/B]
I have that documentary on tape and Carey says she "adored him." She says she hung out a lot with him at parties. She says they became very close friends. What she says about their kiss on the boat is that she thinks Pam should just initiate and kiss Bond aggressively while Tim is telling her that Pam should try to use her seductive charm and kiss Bond slowly, romantically. (Tho I do wonder about the smoker's breath, he was such a chain smoker). On the LTK audio commentary, she says how great it was to work with a better actor than she because she learned so much from him. She also says that the kissing scene surprised her because she hadn't known how Tim would approach it. And then she says her reaction was "Oh, he's kissing *ME*." She says "Tim is very intense." That's the kind of thing I've read all the time from his co-stars. By the way, Tim had the reputation of being a good kisser. In several of the interviews I have on video of him (especially the UK ones, where the tabloids were always after him), the host always mentions his reputation of being a good kisser. (Sela Ward, Fran Drescher, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith are all quoted saying the same thing).
Believe me, Tim's love life was always fodder for the tabloids, right from the start. I have an early 70s issue of Movieland magazine (US) describing in great detail how Tim had all the women at a Hollywood party wanting to meet him. And then there's the famous issue of Seventeen magazine where a whole letters page was devoted to responses to an interview with him. Then there's a great interview I have on tape from a UK talk show with Joan Collins saying how much she wanted Tim to play her lover on her miniseries SINS (he played her brother) and how much she wanted him to play her lover in a recurring role in DYNASTY. She then says that Linda Evans her co-star got quite interested in doing scenes with him as well. And that the women on DYNASTY were all mad at her for getting their hopes up that he'd do the show, when it turned out he couldn't.
And this is ALL FAR MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW!!
While we're gossiping, it's rumoured that Roger Moore and Maud Adams were more than just friendly colleagues at one point.[/B]
I've heard that too. Whether true or not, Maud always speaks very well of him in a way that to me clearly shows she was very attracted to him.
