2007-02-17 07:33:22 · 16 answers · asked by ALAN H 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yes there was a real James Bond. But he wasn't a spy - he wrote a book called 'The Birds of the West Indies', and Ian Fleming used his name when he wrote Casino Royale, the first Bond novel.
By the way, in Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan picks up a copy of this book together with the binoculars when he's going to spy on the island clinic in Cuba while sitting on the beach. (The scene where he meets Hayley Berry). This was a very cool touch to the movie.
2007-02-17 11:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by alienaviator 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
007 Creator Ian Flemming chose it because he wanted a boring name.....it explains it on this website
Ian Flemming is believed to have based the character of James Bond on this man: Sidney Reilly.
Also Flemming was never a British Spy. He wrote James Bond as a fictional novel of this he wanted to do. If you ever want to read a little more about it there is a book called Uncle John's 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader. There is a few entries about it.
2007-02-17 09:02:31 · answer #2 · answered by Carrie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - Fleming took the name James Bond from a book he had on his bookshelf by the Ornithologist James Bond.
2007-02-17 15:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi: you like Pierce Brosnan as Bond? that is positive by ability of me. yet i myself like the way Daniel Craig is portraying Bond now. he's bringing some thing to the franchise that has been misplaced for some years: Emotion. I additionally like the way the franchise has desperate to portray Bond now: much less gadgets, greater actual. Plus a very sturdy tale. The franchise is in sturdy palms with Daniel Craig as Bond. My own scores of the Bond actors: # a million - Sean Connery # 2 - Daniel Craig # 3 - George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's secret provider) # 4 - Pierce Brosnan # 5 - Roger Moore # 6 - Roger Daltry Take care. :-)
2016-11-23 15:20:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real James Bond was a guy called Buster Crabbe,,,,,read his story.
2007-02-17 08:07:16 · answer #5 · answered by lambert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and Bond Street (in London) is named after him because he lived there.
You will notice the numerous spy shops on Bond Street.
2007-02-17 07:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are real secret agents but doubt any went be the name james bond, and i doubt they did as many chicks or as much stuff and not died as the movie character
2007-02-17 07:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. Ian Fleming was a spy and Bond was based off of his experiences
2007-02-17 07:42:18 · answer #8 · answered by Snowboarder91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a character in a series of novels by an author named Ian Flemming.
2007-02-17 07:41:21 · answer #9 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not by name but the character is based on flemings experiences as a spy.
2007-02-17 07:39:10 · answer #10 · answered by samfisher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋