24 For Your Eyes Only
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This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.
24 For Your Eyes Only
More frequent questions arise from this film than any other. Here are the
facts.
First, fans clamor to know if that was actually Blofeld in the opening
sequence of "For Your Eyes Only". Yes it is. The character is never
mentioned by name since in 1981 EON was legally barred from using Blofeld.
See this Section's E "Thunderball"/"Never Say Never Again" for details. But
on the Special Edition DVD of the film, both producer Michael G. Wilson and
director John Glen mention that it is Blofeld in a direct reference to "On
Her Majesty's Secret Service".
Another question involves the Blofeld plea promising Bond a "delicatessen in
stainless steel" in exchange for his life. It seems Cubby Broccoli is
responsible for the line being used in the film. Both Michael G. Wilson and
John Glen confirm this. It seems completely out of character and not
terribly clever.
Also recurrent is asking if the "Bond girl" was once a man. The answer is
NO! One of the bikini-clad women hanging out at Gonzales' pool is a
British actress named Tula, a.k.a. Caroline Cossey, who later grabbed
headlines by revealing she had started life as a man. Although the world
press played up the Bond angle ("Even 007 can't tell the difference! "),
Tula's role in the film was nearly non-existent. But the actual "Bond girl"
of the film is Carole Bouquet.
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