‘I was conned out of thousands by villain’ Says James Bond star George Lazenby
If you are a fan of James Bond and want to see his movie then you don’t need to wait. On Monday, 05, June 2023 the iconic James Bond film titled “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” is ready to hit your Television screens that means the audience can watch this film on TV and it is telecasting on ITV. James Bond is one of the most famous and iconic characters who gave us wonderful memories. The name of this character is enough to tell about it and now the fans are happy to see the film on ITV. Those people who don’t know will surely get amazed by the fact that this movie was the turning point for the series, as it was the 1st picture sans Sean Connery as 007.
Instead of him, Bond bosses appointed George Lazenby to be part of this film but his tenure did not last long. George Lazenby played the role of James Bond in just 1 film prior to his being let go by the franchise owners, forcing Sean Connery’s victorious comeback to the series for 1 final film. The Australian actor made the most of his time as James Bond. Now he shares his experience of playing the role and how he got this role. The actor popularly asserted the Bond role by walking into the London officers of MGM and asking for an audition. However, he did not have any experience in the acting field but was quite convincing in his screen test that he broke the nose of another actor at the time of the test fight.
Before becoming an actor, he was a model but he always wanted to play the lead role. When he comes up on the set of the film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, he had a different kind of experience. The American actor gave his interview to a famous media website in 2010 in which he disclosed that “I had been given thousands of dollars of spending money and it was all pilling up in my suitcase.” He was allegedly being paid up to £1,000 per day, all of which he was keeping in suitcases around the set of the film.
But when Telly Savalas, the on-screen villain of the movie got to know about the huge amount of cash rolling around, he made a devious plan. Telly played Ernst Starvo Blofek in the film and had a great rapport with George, but things fastly got out of hand between them. Sevalas decided to invite George to play a poker game with him in which he lost his all wealth.
