George Lazenby Talks 007 & On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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- After impressing audiences with his performance in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby decided not to return to the role that changed his world, and now he explains why to me in an exclusive interview.
This never happened to the other fella :)
George was lucky he got his car back!
One of the best Bond lines.
Greatest Cult movie, of the Bond Franchise!!
He did a great job considering he had never acted before. He should have came back for Diamonds Are Forever.
What's up with his accent. he had a sort of English accent in the 70's.
+James Carmichael Old age
He's Australian
+James Carmichael his lines were dubbed in OHMSS
His lines weren't dubbed by another actor. I'm having a senior moment, ah yes, looping is when the voices aren't clear during filming so the actors have to repeat them in a studio. It used to be done a lot more back in the day.
I'm talking about interviews. I've never seen OHMSS.
Lieing about being an actor in order to sleep with more women. He is bond
George Lazenby lied his way into an audition. He's a real life James Bond.
Exactly! That was my thought all along, pity he took his manager's advice.
And, being an Aussie when he'd had enough of their shit, he flipped them the bird and swaggered off into the sunset. Just like James bond.
Sue P Not if he's still talking about it decades later.
Spot-on!
Pity he was so deluded at the time and cost him a career. But I guess that's fine.
His fight scenes were the best. He knew how to throw a punch!
he was the brawlers of the bonds,
He bluffed HIS way into playing James Bond??? RESPECT!
+Vinay Seth thats why nobody can say he is a bad actor :) he was great...
+John Blaze -Universal Exports- Haha true!!
He's a great bullshit artist.
@@OneUltimateWarrior You have no class
Shane Hess he did bullshit his way into meeting Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman and told them he had experience as an actor and later said he never acted before besides doing commercials. They liked how showed himself and said that was acting when said he never did any of the things he had told producers including taking acting classes which never did.
OHMSS was voted the greatest 007 film of all-time in 007 magazine. I agree 100%. James Bond fan and collector since 1981.
+Fred Scuttle excellent taste sir :)
LOL
Who voted? George ?
@@joeygonzo he wasn't the greatest Bond, but he was in the greatest Bond film
@@Modernww2fare You could be right!
Nag Goldfinger
GL was badly advised after OHMSS. He would have been a good Bond. He would have held his own in "Diamonds..." However history dictates otherwise...
George Lazenby had the potential and had he stuck to his 7 picture deal he would have established himself as an actor and as potentially one of the best Bond Actors
And if Lazenby has stuck around he would’ve probably ended on For Your Eyes Only
He was terrible.
Whether you like him or not, O.H.M.S.S remains, to me, one of the best Bond films.
+Julia Hutchinson I agree, I don´t like lazenby as Bond but OHMSS is the best movie of the franchise in my opinion
+Julia Hutchinson Totally agree!!
***** I politely disagree. Casino Royale is a strong film, IMO
***** Spectre and Quantun of Solence are shit, But Skyfall and Casino Roayle are realy good.
***** Ok this is your opinion and I don´t care. But I hated "SPECTRE" (2015)
.On her majesties secret service was massively underrated.
Not anymore
This is the best bond film ever, it had everything. Lazenby was very good in it, it was just he was following Connery and everyone associated bond with Connery.
He was a good bond, especially considering he wasn't British and had no acting experience. I think he would have been much better than Moore as time went on. I think OHMSS is easily up there with the best Bond films alongside GoldFinger and Casino Royale.
For sure. He should have made até least 2 movies. Crazy story
From Russia With Love > Goldfinger. Those sets were awful. All that green screen and back projection. He’s at a resort and none of it was shot on location. And FRWL should have been the model. Less cartoony stuff, more spy thrillers.
@@christhornycroft3686Bro you're right. From Russia With Love is the best Connery. For me it's either From Russia With Love or Thunderball. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, From Russia With Love and Thunderball are my favourites
he did a wonderful job, stands out as one of the strongest of the films.
Even Albert Broccoli gave him a A for effort.
While Connery is the best Bond. Lazenby and Craig are the best physical fighters in the whole series. But I dont think the series would have survived the 70s with anyone other than R. Moore.
merkury06 I have to agree. Lazenby could have played James Bond until the 90's, but the series was in need of a makeover and Moore was perfect for that.
Craig just uses this high speed may thai style of fighting with cant even be kept up with withbtge human eye. Sean's fights were totally realistic and so were Lazenby's.
Brosnan was the most bad-ass for sure
Lazenby was brilliant as Bond, imagine if he had a wiser agent and did a couple of sequels, that would have been awesome.
Imagine making one film and ur part of an amazing franchise and ur name will live on forever.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service was one of the best Bond films. Ironically, it was panned when it was released. According to Diana Rigg, Lazenby was a complete jerk during the filming of the movie. He expected the full star treatment because her was not used to being a celebrity. He has admitted this himself on interviews.
+jeffrey a All true.......except the film wasn't panned........there was just not the full acceptance at the time from the public of another actor playing Bond.......as this was the first time of a changeover in the lead role that had occurred, and no one knew what to expect, or what effect it would have on the franchise!
jeffrey a he was difficult to work with on set and even Producers Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli couldn’t stand his behavior and thought he was too cocky as thought carried himself as big star. Director Peter Hunt didn’t like Lazenby and they had a difficult working relationship on set as well to the point of Hunt of not working with Lazenby on training him as an actor for the role during filming or not giving him advice. Lazenby’s cockiness annoyed Broccoli and didn’t like his arrogance. Lazenby told his agent he didn’t know if wanted to play anymore and that didn’t make producers happy when found out he was planning to leave the role
I imagine Connery as Bomd Pleasence as Blofeld and Savakas with hair as Lieter in cameo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service all the time rest cast same.
OHMSS had one of the best music scores of any 007 film.
If i were interviewing the man who made 1 Bond movie before quitting the franchise because of colossally bad advice from his manager i probably wouldn't begin my interview with 'congratulations'...
I liked him. A good Bond.
Although I like Donald Pleasance as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, I think Telly Savalas in OHMSS is the best actor to have played him.
+gary Iyons I am Greek and Aristotelis ''Telly'' Savalas is Greek and advertise Greece (What were all the world's charms to mighty Paris, when he found that first dawn in the arms of his Helen?) but for Blofeld must play Yul Brynner. Savalas must take the role of Yul Brynner in ''Battle of Neretva''.
gary lyons : My sentiments exactly - along with Christoph Waltz, Savalas truly held "his own", as far as I'm concerned, he's an excellent candidate!.
LOOMIS
@black panther I want to say that doesn't affect me the common origin, but the needs of the film.
Donald Pleasance, as much of a phenomenal actor as he was, his take on Blofeld was just bizarre. Telly Savalas' Blofeld was a megalomaniac who was really concerned about the bigger picture and had a really crafty evil scheme. And the small elements in his acting, like the way he held his cigarette or stopped in the middle of some of his sentences only to prolong the vowel in another word to emphasize the point he was making really made the character complete.
Christoph Waltz was godawful as Blofeld imo, even Charles Gray was better. I've always rooted for Ben Kingsley to be Blofeld. He would have nailed it.
It's a shame he didn't do a few more Bond films, Lazenby was an interesting choice for 007.
He played the role perfectly... x
+paul jardine he really did, and the film was perfect too
and there was the vision of him in that fitted shirt.......
Lazenby was a great Bond. It is a shame that we didn't got at least another film with him. Could have saved us from Connery performance in Diamonds are forever.
Antonio DE LA HOZ What's wrong with DAF? Can't be worse than Thunderball.
Connery in DAF better, even sub-par! Connery could have elevated OHMSS if he loved the script, that would motivate him!
Connery performed better in DAF then YOLT.
@@dennisbaker1002 He would he said loved done it.
It's a Shame that diamonds are forever ignored the events of on her majesty's secret service.
Lazenby was great as Bond,,,its a pitty that he had no sense to stay
He wasn't his own counsel!
He was a good Bond but was under to much pressure. The producers wanted Connery look alike, and he was. O.H.M.S.S. is a great Bond film, still one of the best of the series. He just should have done a couple more at least.
Plus a outside force interfered with fate to where he walk from doing more. In a perfect world, Diamonds Are Forever would've been with him returning, Peter Hunt directing and Richard Maibaum writing the script; it would've been ten times better than the farce we ended up with that was all style and camp with 0 heart and soul.
kory stephens
True. + with Charles Gray as Blofeld, it would have been absolutely funky.
John Mahmud Minus the awful drag scene to boot
Imagine if Connery had done this movie? It would have been hailed as the best in the series, it had too much to live up to though. Lazenby was a fine Bond. This is the movie they should remake with Craig.
kory stephens
Let's hope.
Interesting that here he claimed he had no regrets leaving the role of Bond. At other times he’s said it was a mistake. Clearly he’s of two minds concerning James Bond. Given time, he could’ve made the role his own, but bad advise and his desire to fit into the counter culture made it impossible. Still, he’s maintained a somewhat below-the-radar career for all these years, which is admirable considering he seems to have disdain for the entire acting profession…
A great movie and GL should have gone on to do at least two more bonds to mature and maybe be rated as the best bond
SC is my favorite but I believe GL would have been a very serious contender for the top spot.
I love OHMSS
I'm extremely curious to what "Live and Let Die" and "The Man with the Golden Gun" would've looked like with Lazenby instead of Moore.
Keven Klayne I imagine not much different. Less tongue-in-cheek perhaps, but otherwise pretty much the same. I can easily see Lazenby in Harlem and fighting Scaramanga.
Diamonds Are Forever would've been the revenge film we should've gotten.
Keven Klayne yeah a shame diamonds are forever would have been a completely different film if he had stayed 😞
Keven Klayne George Lazenby was originally offered a 7 picture deal that would have netted him a lot of money and probably have gone on to be a great James Bond had he stayed on at least for a few more times. He turned down to star as Bond again and resigned as Bond during production of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. He was supposed to Star in Diamonds Are Forever and would have been a darker Bond film it was going have Lazenby back avenging the death of his wife Tracy. Telly Salavas would have been back as Blofeld and Illse Steppat as the hench woman Irma Bunt with Bond killing them off in the movie. That all changed with Lazenby quit the role and actress Illse Steppat died after production ended for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service in 1969 of a heart attack
@@scottknode898 If Lazenby was to be brutally honest with himself; the opportunity as a completely unknown offered to play James Bond made him lose all reasonable sense and purpose. He wanted it all now! Wanted to party 24/7 all the women fame money without giving back the responsibilities the role came with. Such as refusing to cut his hair shave beard as he wanted to look like a mod. He certainly could have re-invented himself had he put in the work ethic. I think arrogance was his biggest downfall...sadly. He could have rivaled Sean as the next best Bond.
That's awesome how he's so personable.
Ken Coleman he wasn’t always that way he was very difficult to work with onset and cocky which caused a lot of problems during production of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Producers especially Albert Broccoli and the Director Peter Hunt disliked Lazenby and didn’t help him with anything during filming like acting coaching.
It's a Shame that George lazenby didn't continue on as James Bond
George really did fuck up huge. The movie was great and he was great. He bought into the lame hippy attitude and gave up the role of a lifetime. Where are those dopey hippies now ?
zigzagbigbag Grew a beard for the premiere - new Star shows up unrecognizable as James Bond.
George was just the perfect actor on the perfect movie !
He wasn't perfect to work with though. May have been too much too soon for first time acting on screen or elsewhere.
Excellent Bond , one of the best Bond movies... top guy. Would love to shake his hand
Richard Clarke lots of current videos with george on our channel.
Cool dude!
George Lazenby should have done another two or three more Bond films. O.H.M.S.S. is one of the best Bond films ever and gave the character a Vulnerable side, I really wish he'd done Diamonds are Forever, I think it would have been a better film altogether, no disrespect to Sean, however, but he seemed bored, as he was with the whole Bond franchise.
I like the part where he was dressed in that Scottish Kilt getup and at the dinner table and that girl was running her hand up his Kilt to mark her room number with her lipstick and when you see the dormant expression on his face, Irma Bunt says "Is anything the matter Mr. Hillary?" then he responds with "Just a slight stiffness coming on" lol
The Australian James Bond!
He may not have done stuff after OHSS, but he got to be Bond. After Connery no less.
Yes
Living that kind of lifestyle can overwhelming. Having to do all those interviews and tours, the vices involved, being controlled by the studio. I get why he walked away to some extent, but I think if he had been cooler headed, a compromise with Broccoli could've been reached for Diamonds Are Forever and maybe another sequel.
For people who wanted to bash him and consider him an afterthought, he does deserve it. It was like winning a multi-million dollar lottery then setting all the money on fire.
In this film (the most difficult) producers and director must not give Bond's role to a non-actor, hoping he will do it. O.H.M.S.S. was shot as in the book, and Bond is an experienced man in the book as well as in the sixth film. Look at the actors in the other roles. All experienced and professionals. Producers and director must adapt the film to Lazenby, or to help him (in the original script, Bond undergoes plastic surgery to disguise him from his enemies, and to allow an unrecognisable Bond to infiltrate Blofeld's hideout, and help the audience accept the new actor in the role. Wikipedia). Until now the producers - with a more conventional Bond films - did not provide the role of Bond in a model that is no actor and is completely novice.
This didnt happen to the other fellow
For me, James Bond will always be the one and only George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 1969). When I was "Bunny Deana" at the London Playboy Club, in the 60s and 70s, I was privileged to have been crowned Playboy Bunny of The Year by George, and I shall treasure the memory forever. The very precious (to me at least) photo of George performing the crowning, immaculately dressed in his beautiful Bond-style suit, is a proud part of my unique, personal Bunny Deana's Playboy Photo Album, available online.
+Diana Turner Must of been an amazing time in your life!
A nice memory.
thanks for sharing a nice memory.
He's kicking himself in the arse 4 not doing more Bond films....
He sounds American
Sad for George. Wasted opportunity. Should not have listened to his Manager. He could have made millions.
He was the hottest of all of the James Bonds
akuma930 Connery.
James Bond star George Lazenby pays tribute to Sean Connery on his 90th birthday:
georgelazenbyofficial
Happy 90th birthday to the all time greatest @007 - Sean Connery. Sean, for me, was always the man. I walked in his footsteps - I had to look and dress like Sean Connery - I went to his barber's and tailors. I had no fear when I went up for the role - he was the guy who inspired me to never hesitate. Another thing we have in common is that we're both family men, so best wishes to Lady Connery, your kids and grand kids and stay safe. Love George x
One of the best bond films ever made.Also the best theme tune EVER
SEAN CONNERY IS JAMES BOND !!!
I concur with many of the pro-Lazenby/OHMSS comments on this thread. I think he made an excellent Bond. He was an great physical actor, his fight sequences were excellent and he looked like he could handle himself. The film itself is grossly underrated I think too. It's one of the very best in my humble opinion. Far better than the contemporary Craig films on so many levels. Lazenby's Bond displayed wit and humour, which made him likeable. Craig is a cold fish, devoid of any warmth or humour.
Hess didn’t return as Bond because he wasn’t asked to. He apparently acted like a Diva on set, and made the production a living hell for all concerned.
Peter Hunt doesn't get enough credit for the brilliant job he did directing On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
OHMSS was the best film of the franchise. I don't know if it had been that good with Sean Connery. Incidentally, Connery (IMHO the best Bond) never played James Bond in any film with action in a snowy setting. With Connery it was always sun and/or tropics, I can't really imagine him performing ski stunts or any bobsled action.
Sean Connery I imagine him in On Her Majesty's Secret Service all the time.
Great interview, delighted Lazenby's story was chronicled in the documentary 'Becoming Bond' which is a must see
OHMSS is my fav Bond movie, and I thought Lazenby was terrific in it. He was the perfect mix of toughness, sophistication, and vulnerably. A shame he didn’t do more and let Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman work with him and refine his Bond. He probably would have been the best Bond had he kept going.
"This never happened to the other fellow"!.
Really fucking bad audio on Lazenby.
I love OHMSS, and I think he was a good Bond, but it is well documented that he was such a pain in the ass to work with he was *not* asked to come back.
So all the talk about his agent telling him JB was finished is just him saving face? Interesting.
Mr. Lazenby is just pure natural talent. He sounds american now.
ristomatti kolsi he’s been living in LA
@@JamesBondCanada That explanes it. Thanks.
ristomatti kolsi no prob. He was just on the 50th anniversary tour with us in Portugal and Switzerland. Lots of videos on our channel with george. 🍸
Spot-on!
George Lazenby was incredible as Bond. The chemistry between him and Diana Rigg was powerful... oh, what could have been!
He would have been a better 007 than Moore!
No
LeMeir YES! Roger Moore played Bond as a "fop"! He played Simon Templer, "The Saint", playing 007. Roger Moore was "Bond pussified!"
There was no substance to his character!
You just don't like the act of Roger Moore, but there are enough people who liked him whit that. So he just is another kind of Bond. It shouldn't be good when every Bond acted the same. You can't say Lazenby IS better, but you THINK Lazenby is better than Moore.
LeMeir No sir. I KNOW that Lazenby was a better 007 than Moore. Not taking anything away from Mister Moore. He was a wonderful actor, just not the caliber to be Bond. 007 was never written to be a "Fop" until Moore took over the role.
Yes, Especially since Lazenby was a new-comer to the acting universe, at the same time, Roger Moore starred in "The Saint", an espionage tv show in the 60s, so Moore had a better idea of what espionage brings to the table for an actor.
He was so supidly obsessed with long hair and hippy look that he had no interest in doing Bond.
Obsessed with the perks and very arrogant ended a promising career. Had no desire to put in the hard work not so enjoyable aspects of movie making.
This was one of the most important and depressing Bond films. AWESOME score composed and conducted by John Barry.
OHMSS is an incredible film and Lazenby was one of the best Bond's. David Picker was so wrong.
OHMSS was great and so was Lazenby.
George Lazenby is the oldest James Bond actor still living. It’s crazy how subtle his Australian accent is.
Would have liked to see him do another one. I've heard so many stories. Reportedly he turned down a seven picture deal. Reportedly they didn't want him to do another one. I guess we'll never know.
GL looked and played a majestic performance throughout. OHMSS had everything, including the great D Rigg, AND the greatest J Barry Film score with no less than L Armstrong.
The best actors, the best locations and the best wardrobe, even kilts!
And it had love.
What more could you want?.
George is Awesome! When you want a part go and get It!
I absolutely love his attitude! He should have made a few more movies. Money is not everything.
Lazenby was to me the best James Bond - to me he represented the character perfectly. Sean Connery is Sean Connery and Moore, Dalton and Craig don't feel right to me.
You sir are not a James Bond fan! I can only agree with you about Craig, he's a complete unbearable bore!
i think of all the bonds Lazenby brought the humanity of bond.everone else was playing this hero image,Lazenby just became bond.
With all do respect to Lazenby, but OHMSS would have been 10x better with the original Bond, Sean Connery.
Damn good flick and 50 years old now too
How wrong can an actor be? It's true that Easy Rider was a smash in 1969, and hippies, and Woodstock, but man, he had the part. He was badly advised, and was also inmature and arrogant. It's true that by 1970 the franchise was in a bit of a low point, but it came back with a vengeance in 1977. Another low in the late 80s, but came back strong in 1995, and again in 2005. I'm glad Roger took over in 1973 though.
Very good points! Alothugh I must say as a second generation James Bond fan, I like Sir Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton(Highly underrated in my humble opinion.) Daniel Craig Pierce Brosnan, and of Sir Roger Moore more that Mr. Lazenby.
Fer Abra He was young and daft. Not to mention it was his first acting gig. I think we should be glad he gave us OHMSS.
anyone else notice a good bit of American in his accent?
My favourite bond film
the best
"This never happened to the other fellow" lends credence to the theory that James Bond is a codename handed down to each 007 and each Bond is in fact a different person. While all of them are still with us, they should do a special feature with all of them meeting up just for fun.
+Lord Funface The Atomic Toaster That is exactly what I was thinking, that James Bond was just a fake name for the 007 agents. I think it would be a fun and yet moving thing for a movie to be made with all the James Bonds and they are giving advice to a new agent on how to do/or not do the job and maybe even say something about the death of Tracy that occurred with the one who got married.
***** Well, that's me told. Good and proper.
Its just a wink to the audience. No evidence what so ever hat its a code name.
***** Chill out old bean, I'm not a pretentious fanboy.
Old bean? Is that you fellows in Toaster call each other?
this never happened to the other fella.
I thought he was a pretty good Bond
The only Bond to Play him Real, besides Craig.Shame about his Manager, could have done well doing, one more Bond. Like Diamonds are Forever!!
Timothy Dalton.
kristopherm3 Yes you are right Dalton played Bond Real.Its just he agreed that the Films he did ,weren't that great.Cause it was the 80's!!
Lazenby is much of a man.
I am confident in my hetero sexuality to say he was and is an attractive man.
His movie was great
George... you could've been amazing!... a legend even!... 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️... you chose arrogance... stubborness... & ignorance... a real shame... for all Australians at the time!!!
This was actually a really good movie.
They should have cast George Lazenby in For Your Eyes Only. In the opening sequence of this great film James Bond visits his wife's grave and poignantly places flowers on her grave. This would have been a great reintroduction for George Lazenby and would have worked as a sequel to On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I feel that For Your Eyes Only is a classic Bond film and one of the best but it had the misfortune to go up against Raiders Of The Lost Ark and came off second best.
Padraig Hoxey George Lazenby was originally offered a 7 picture deal but he turned it down himself and officially resigned from playing James Bond during filming of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
yes the actress was hot in it also.Lazenby coming back would have been intense.
I guess Lazenby's reasoning makes some sense. An actor today would never turn down an offer to play Bond again if they'd already completed one film. But back then, they had no idea Bond films would be around for 50 years! Still, it would be pretty hard to turn down a million bucks. There's probably lots of guys around the world today who are much like Lazenby. They've got little or no acting experience, but look the part. However, unlike Lazenby they'd probably be happy with the million bucks or even a tenth of that.
+Harold Platypus ..............true but Lazenby's asshole of a manager kept telling Lazenby to ask for more money.....until it got to the point where the producers just gave up with him!
+scrmepal Yep, you've got to wonder who Lazenby's agent was and whether or not they went on to have a successful career. Even though Lazenby made some bad acting career decisions, apparently he got into real estate and made a shit ton of cash. Perhaps in the long run he made the right choice....he's an extremely wealthy man, but not famous enough to be harassed every two seconds on the street by annoying fans.
He was not offered to return to the role... he is lying
He isn't they wanted him to do 7 more thank fuck he left.
i don't care what people say, his Bond and movie are one of my favorites in the series.
Tried to watch this just this Sunday, ended up putting on Austin Powers and The Spy Who Shagged Me instead, much more fun!
No accent!
Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Never Say Never Again-those are the epic Bond films.
Best James Bond Ever ! far better than Connery. OHMSS was the best Bond Film.
Lots of current Lazenby videos over on our channel. Come over and check them out !!
Despite being a very successful film overall..............its staggering to think that because this was Lazenby's one and only Bond film..........the general concensus from non Bond followers is that this film was a failure, and not popular..........even though this is completely untrue
Even today in the UK, our TV station ITV, regularly doesn't broadcast this film during a Bond season, but will broadcast it on its own at a different time. What a load of ignorant muppets!
+scrmepal The distribution company had a lot to do with the disassociation of this Bond film from the others. This is way they are usually not shown together. Funny that it is overall the best of all Bond films. So many references to it in "Skyfall".
+scrmepal OHMSS grossed significantly lower than the previous and following Bond films with Connery.
in another interview : " I have beautiful kids, which I may not have had if I continued with Bond, instead I was Bond-ing with my children!" lol