Diana Rigg was my childhood hero! I remember having to fight to watch "The Avengers". Ms. Rigg was so far ahead of her time- in her personal and professional life. She was amazing in "The Avengers" and has consistently portrayed strong women in her lifetime. Thank you, Ms. Rigg!
I have never heard anyone ever have a bad word for Diana rigg,she speaks beautifully and she behaves like a lady which she is but also she is a wonderful actress. I wish there where more Diana Riggs in the world.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU WHITE NIGHT I THINK SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ON THE PLANET I WANTED SO BADLY TO LOOK LIKE HER SHE WAS STUNNING AND A FAB ACTRESS BUT THERES ONLY ONE DIANA RIGG 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Daniel Radcliffe runs into one of _The Avengers_ women while working as an extra in this sitcom. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VrSH_UOaO9w.html
In my eyes the only girl on telly who could truly compete with Diana Rigg back then was Alexandra Bastedo of the Champions ...both were stunningly beautiful.
@@unowen-nh9ov You’ve made this point before! But do you mean that everything she did in sixty years was “award nominated”? Would that apply to her 70s sitcom “Diana,” which lasted about a month? Even if you were correct, does that give her licence to act like a snooty little twit in this interview?
I’ve loved Diana since early teens and have followed her career for years A relative of mine went to school with her in pudsey Yorkshire, she is a great actress speaks beautifully she is a model lady 👍👍❤️
I loved Diana Riggs my hero when I was a little girl I love to see her and I love to see her outfits and her boots in her cute dresses I sometimes played and I pretended I was Diana I Riggs Miss peel
Diana is brilliant. True pro ,still working , enjoys what she does. Thanks so much Dame Diana Rigg. Bravo! On core! Also British girls are the best! Bar none! Natural class and charm, British charm. Thanks so much!
God, I was pissed when they killed her in "On Her Majesty's..." That's the only Bond movie I've only watched just one time because of it. She's such and elegant woman...and my first crush when The Avengers aired when I was 11.
Sure, when “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was first released, many critics were hard on George Lazenby. Just as many were favorably disposed toward him. His problem was basically two-fold: he was the first to replace Sean Connery (so firmly fixed in the public imagination); and, he was a complete unknown. Appreciation for Lazenby - and the film - has grown over the years. In fact the film is now considered among the best. The director, Peter Hunt, decided at the outset to remain faithful to the novel - one of Ian Fleming’s best. That’s why the ending is exactly like the one in the book, including Bond’s closing line.
Qué hermosa era Diana Rigg.....siempre la veía en los Vengadores.....Me gustaba como se vestía ...se veía hermosa como fuera ....Hermosa hermosa ......Saludos desde Chile
She was stunning. I grew up in the 90's but on terrestrial TV in the uk, I think pretty much every old TV series got repeated. Though it was hard not to talk about it without some adults saying " that's before your time ain't it " lol
@@UKfan1975 I know. Several year ago, I went to hear a Q+A with Ray Davies, who is from the old socialist Labour party background, but the interviewer at South Bank only wanted to talk about politics. He was visibly frustrated and talked about the death of the old style under New Labour. He really wanted to talk about his art and that was what all his fans were there for, no matter what their political alliances were. He shone through at the end. These neo-Marxist totalists are suffocating.
Because he was problematic? They co-starred in Theatre of Blood, she also worked with Oliver Reed & George C. Scott, all 3 actors drank themselves to death,
Translates from French as "Melon Hat (!) and Black Boots".I loved Diana Rigg when I was a kid and then her replacement Linda Thorson. Childhood heroines, much more fun than mum or schoolteachers. And Mr.Patrick Steed was the perfect Englishman.
Actually George Lazenby was not fired. He was offered the role back for Diamonds Are Forever and turned it down. He chose to leave Bond. And was told by Harry Saltzman and a few others he'd never work again in Hollywood because of it. It has been well known he quit, and the producers never contradicted that story. Yes Harry did say he was difficult afterwards but also maintained he quit. There's been a couple documentaries about it too. So she had it wrong there.
I had one of my greatest disappointment in life when I made a special trip to New York to see My Fair Lady specifically to see her. I remember sitting in the theater before curtain time going through the playbill looking for her biography. To my dismay she had played her last show just one week ago and had relinquished her part to Rosemary Harris. Of course, she passed away a year later so some things were just not meant to be.
The other male actor was Ian Hendry - it is well documented. So, in my humble opinion, I don't believe Dame Diana when she says she can't remember who. I wonder if something happened.
We all get a slip of the memory from time to time. She sets the record straight on who the first truly emancipated female character was though.....that being Mrs. Catherine Gale.
Strange, then, that Joanna Lumley, Angela Scoular, Terence Mountain, and others involved in the Bond film said how good George Lazenby was to work with. Harry Saltzman had planned to use him in non-Bond productions (which unfortunately never came about). Stuntman Vic Armstrong described Lazenby as “fit, active, and fun, and he enjoyed hanging out with us.” Venerable old “Dame Diana” gets something else wrong: Lazenby WAS invited to do more Bond films; HE turned down the offer due to bad advice. And he himself joked about the garlic business: “If she did eat garlic before our love scene, it tasted like Dom Perignon.” The British press blew that whole thing up, since they were piling on him even before the film came out! Even with her experience, the Dear Old Dame was capable of occasional crap: “The Assassination Bureau,” “The Hospital,” and “Diana” - a US sitcom that lasted about a month! And the film version of “A Little Night Music” was a box-office dud!
@@unowen-nh9ov Nominations and awards - like money - don’t necessarily bestow class on anyone. Rigg proved as much in this and other interviews, in which she blasted Lazenby. Had she limited her comments to appreciating the film and its place among Bond fans, she’d have displayed more grace (despite the prodding of this mediocre interviewer). By the way, Lazenby, to the best of my knowledge, did not respond in kind. In fact, when Rigg passed away, Lazenby wrote a nice tribute to her on Twitter. That’s class! If it makes you feel any better, I enjoyed Rigg’s work in “The Avengers,” and in TV presentations of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “King Lear.”
The Assassination Bureau is not that bad. A lightweight 60s vehicle for Oliver Reed really, and Diana' s part didn't require any great acting. Any number of starlets could have taken the role, so she was wasted.
Always so negative when it comes to george lazenby. Now she is helping her self out by saying he is good but there were so many times she shut him down. Why?
Excuse my ignorance, but that was the freshest idea I've heard in a decade, i.e., a part written for a man played by a woman. I wonder if there are examples of this particular casting tweak? For some reason, I got an immediate jones going for a movie with randomly assigned roles between the sexes, races, species...
The British press did play it up; they were biased against Lazenby even before the film came out. Peter Hunt, the director, had some differences with Lazenby; but even he said the press had a field day with trivial matters. Lazenby himself later joked about the garlic business: “If she did eat garlic before our love scene, it tasted like Dom Perignon.” And “Dame” Diana’s rant against Lazenby doesn’t obscure the fact that he was terrific as James Bond.
I could never take British theater actors seriously. I don't care how great you think you are. At the end of the day all you are doing is pretending. This is child's play. There may be some technique and training involved. (ok, to look strong don't blink) but i will never look at actors, be it theater or screen as "Important" . Acting is a SILLY job. It is not something you need to take seriously.
Well, with no nips & tucks at 81 this summer, her mind and personality more than make up for aging. Actually, she had been holding up well into her 60s but age has a way of catching up with oneself - you'll see. Hmmm...Diana Rigg's looks aging for several decades or yours staying exactly the way you are. Why there's no competition, you lose.
