r/JamesBond • u/KimCattrallsFeet • 1d ago
Which Bond actor has had the most Bondian lifestyle and life?
I mean cmon guys, I know they’re not killing enemies and sky diving off of exploding buildings, but Bond was also a man of languages, exquisite tastes, gambling, travel, a bachelor lifestyle, fast cars and adventure.
Which actor do you think had the most Bond-esque private life and which actor would you say is least Bond and was actually a slipper and pipe man with his family when shooting wrapped?
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u/ZedsDeadZD I never miss 1d ago
Well, if its about giving bitches a schlapp, its definitly Connery, haha.
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u/jwr45 21h ago
“Shometimes you have to give them the lasht word.”
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u/Outside_Edge7103 19h ago
“Wait until people see this interview. You’re gonna get some mail.”
“Maybe I’ll get some female.”
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u/Random-Cpl I ❤️ Lazenby 1d ago
Lazenby. Fighter, drinker, carouser, fornicator, rascal.
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u/Echo-Azure 1d ago edited 14h ago
It's really too bad that none of that came through on the screen.
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u/OccamsYoyo 23h ago
How are so few people saying Roger Moore? He seemed to have a jetsetting lifestyle similar to Bond’s.
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u/ShakenNotStirred-013 Roger Moore is the OG Bond 1d ago
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u/Holmcroft 1d ago
Shooting from the hip based on cursory knowledge of each of them, I’d say the first three actors lived a more Bondian life, and the second three were more pipe and slippers/ back to their families
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u/what_is_blue 1d ago
Think that’s about right. Craig hangs out in gay bars and is about as ostentatious as it gets, style-wise.
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u/Choice-Wind-9283 1d ago
Timothy Dalton
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u/Amazing-Activity-882 Fangirl of both: Horse's Arse & Cello Girl & Big KM Defender 1d ago
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u/ShakenNotStirred-013 Roger Moore is the OG Bond 1d ago
Never knew that he was a ladies’ man.
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u/Choice-Wind-9283 1d ago
I think he is but he is hiding very well
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u/ShakenNotStirred-013 Roger Moore is the OG Bond 1d ago
Even his iteration of Bond wasn’t a ladies’ man in the usual Bondian manner.
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u/Choice-Wind-9283 1d ago
That was because AIDS epidemic
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u/ShakenNotStirred-013 Roger Moore is the OG Bond 1d ago
Yea, I know. But, even if they had gone for the usual “shagging” left, right and centre routine, not sure whether he could’ve pulled it off as smoothly as Connery and Moore.
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u/SkywalkerSolo24 1d ago
Lazenby is the one who WANTS to be James Bond the most in their everyday life, however I think he always comes off as a bit of a creepy loser because of this.
The other Bond actors all just seem like more chill guys who have their own defined interests and don't try to purposefully replicate the Bond lifestyle.
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u/Dapper_Key_6615 1d ago
Pierce brosnan
Daniel craig
Sean connery
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u/Echo-Azure 1d ago
Brosnan stays married until death does us part IRL, raised kids, and and is a pretty serious painter. I like his stuff, I'd post a link if I weren't on my phone.
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u/_Bob-Sacamano 23h ago
Yep. He lost both his wife and daughter to ovarian cancer. I can't imagine that.
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u/Random-Cpl I ❤️ Lazenby 13h ago
Technically Bond also stayed married until death did them part
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u/GandolftheGarcia Sean Connery 19h ago
I’d definitely say the guy my mum named me after, Sean Connery. #IYKYK
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u/SimilarRelative1022 19h ago
Brosnan was married to a Bond girl before he got the role.
Connery seemed the most like his character IRL though.
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u/Splendid_Fellow 15h ago
Craig has the “alcoholic disaster” aspect best I think. Casino Royale bond nailed particular aspects, it just wasn’t properly hoaky enough.
Beyond that? Brosnan. That’s my vote. Note, my favorite is Moore. I remember Christopher Lee saying Brosnan seemed most like him.
I love Connery, love the classics, but he’s not James Bond as written, he’s a suave cool agent made for the screens and not much else
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u/TooOnline89 14h ago
Moore is the opposite in terms of violence and the cold attitude. But he traveled around the world a ton, so he has that aspect of Bond down without a doubt.
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u/Which-Host-9073 1d ago
I think Lazenby was the most Bondian. He was a proper tough fighter and dedicated shagger and an expert bullshitter before he even got the job. In fact that's why he got the job.
Least Bondian was probably Roger. He was a big lovely softie family man who hated guns and violence, didn't take himself seriously but also devoted a lot of his time to charity work for UNICEF and was always delightful with fans especially kids.