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[YOLT]

I think one of the most interesting things about James Bond that he is not English. As we all know his father is Scottish and his mother is Swiss. Isnt it interesting? Britains no.1 super agent is not English and only half British. My question is what was Flemings reason for making 007 only half British? He might have seen the future about the EU perhaps

[00-FAN008]

Two french girls actually won a contest to meet Pierce Brosnan on the set of The World Is Not Enough. The question they had to answer was "What is James Bond's Nationality?". When Pierce asked them what they put for an answer, they replied "British". Then Pierce explained to them they had actually won on false pretenses- Bond is not British at all.

(I got this information from the novel "Martinis, Girls, and Guns: 50 Years of 007")

[Bondian]

Wasn't it Flemings intention that Bond should look 'non-English'?.

[BondIsMoore]

His background is swiss and Scottish but he was born in britain so that makes him british.

Edited by BondIsMoore, 10 December 2004 - 12:05 AM.

[Johnboy007]

According to John Pearson's bio, Bond's a "kraut", a German.

[YOLT]

Cant this be used to turn 007 into a European Secret Agent? Also isnt Blofeld Swiss.

[Atticus17F]

I think Blofeld was a bit of a mixed bag, too. Born in Poland if I remember rightly.

[SnakeEyes]

I think some of us are confusing English and British. Bond is most certainly British, but most certainly not English.

[YOLT]

My question is why did Fleming made James Bond half-Swiss. Is there any special reason?

[hrabb04]

Fleming made Bond part Scottish due to Connery playing the part. That bit came out in the novel U Only Live Twice, released after Connery started playing the part

[YOLT]

Fleming made Bond part Scottish due to Connery playing the part.  That bit came out in the novel U Only Live Twice, released after Connery started playing the part

Allright but what about the Swiss part? By which reason Fleming made 007 half Swiss?

[Triton]

Didn't Ian Fleming go to a boarding school in Switzerland? I believe that one of the documentaries on the Special Edition DVDs mentions that he received support and encouragement while in Switzerland for his writing.

[Atticus17F]

[quote name='YOLT' date='11 December 2004 - 23:20'][quote name='hrabb04' date='11 December 2004 - 18:16']Fleming made Bond part Scottish due to Connery playing the part.