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Did you know that author Ian Fleming, who wrote James Bond, altered the iconic main character to reflect the life of Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond, after meeting him?
In the latest episode of SYSK's Summer Movie Playlist on iHeartRadio, hosts Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark zoomed in on the fictional 007 agent's family. Fleming did not initially plan for Bond's father to be Scottish, but after meeting and casting Connery, he decided to revise the script.
"So it turns out James Bond had a Scottish father, which he didn't originally. Ian Fleming was not a big fan of Sean Connery at first. And then, Sean Connery is like, 'Check this out,' and he made one peck go up while the other went down. A bunch of times, and Ian Fleming just like clapped and squealed, and that was that. He was a big fan, and he said, 'You know what? You are, James Bond.' And he actually went back and changed James Bond's history to match Sean Connery a little bit because he came to see, like, 'This guy is Bond.' So he gave James Bond a Scottish father."
Listen to SYSK's Summer Movie Playlist on iHeartRadio for the full scoop!