Top 10 Unbelievable James Bond Facts 

"Bond sleeps with a lot of women" - Wow what an UNBELIEVABLE fact, thanks for sharing!

RIP Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 - 23 May 2017).

I feel sorry for the person who had to count all of the times that he has been shot at.

007 wasn't shot by a sniper rifle in Skyfall, he was shot with a 5.56MM M4 style carbine with a 4x zoom ACOG style scope that inaccurately showed a 6x zoom.

I don't agree that Brosnan was the most ridiculous Bond. True, there was the space laser weapon in Die Another Day, but Roger Moore actually went into space.

George Lazenby was underrated because he followed Sean. If he'd been given more time the fans would have accepted him.

Who THE Hell , was so bored to actually count the number of times Bond was shot at ? Kind of amazing , kind of sad

Anyone who's shot at Bond must have Stormtrooper aim.

I love how everyone has their own favorite Bond actor and their own favorite Bond film. Like, there are some that most of us can agree are better or worse than others, but you can't really say anyone is wrong for liking or hating them; for example, I know people that love Roger Moore the most because of how goofy his films were, but other people say their favorite is Brosnan because of his suave, action-packed take on the character; and still others like Daniel Craig for his intensity or George Lazenby for his (in my opinion, underrated) more emotional portrayal of Bond. It's just all over the board and I love it.

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"We love Adam West, but he made Batman look dorky." Wasn't that the whole point of the series?? To be campy? So that wasn't Adam's fault... Also, I'm amazed they didn't talk about any other actors like Cary Grant.

Timothy Dalton is underrated as Bond

The Vodka Martini Bond always drinks is said to be shaken, not stirred. But in reality he always gets a stirred Vodka Martini. If he had gotten a shaken, the Vodka Martini would have been opaque instead of transparent

10: James Bond was the name of a noted ornithologist author which Fleming lifted for his character as boring, but manly. 9: Roger Moore had to finish The Saint and didn't become Bond until he was aged 45. 8: Adam West, Clint Eastwood, and Burt Reynolds supposedly turned down the Bond role. 7: The Bond character is actually Scottish. This makes him "British" rather than English. 6: George Lazenby lied to get the Bond role, inflating his resume with non-existant past roles. 5: Bond is a womanizer, bedding 55 women in 23 films. 4: The Bond theme was adapted from a stage musical song, "Good Sign, Bad Sign". 3: Pierce Brosnan's Bond was deadliest, killing 76 to 135 (depending on how it's counted) out of 350 people killed in the 23 movies rated. 2: Sean Connery, considered most masculine by many, has used a toupee' for all of his Bond movies. 1: The Bond character has been shot at 4662 times, unaccountably surviving. That may save someone 13 minutes or so.

“He made Batman look dorky.” Next thing you know, they’ll be saying Cesar Romero’s Joker wasn’t crazy enough.

RIP Sean, & Roger. You Two Are, Always, & Will Be The Best 007 Ever. No One Comes Close, PERIOD.

The name is duck... A duck.

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sean connery and pierce brosnan are my favorite bonds

Brosnan was the most deadly but Dalton was definetley the darkest!

How do you figure the Brosnan movies were the most over the top?? What about Moonraker? What about Jaws and Oddjob??? Isn't that over the freaking top??

Clint Eastwood as Bond... Movie would be 30 minutes long because Bond would've shot the villain before he could invite him into his lair.

Brosnan did not have the most "over the top" films. He had ONE over the top film that "focused more on special effects than telling a good story" and that was the dreadful Die Another Day. Goldeneye was one of the best Bond films ever made, The World is Not Enough is an underrated gem in the franchise, and his Bond had some of the coldest and best kills in the series. Every actor that's played Bond has had a movie that was over the top (Connery had DAF, Craig had QOS, Moore had every film he was in sans TSWLM and FYEO)

The first actress to play Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell, stayed on until "A View to A Kill" after she originally intended to quit the role following "Diamonds Are Forever". The reason why she stayed on for so long, was because Roger Moore was a good friend of hers, and she stayed in the role during his tenure as a result.

2:07 actually Connery retired a second time when Moore took over the role. He retired first after "You Only Live Twice (1967)", and then came back for "Diamonds Are Forever (1971)" when Lazenby didn't really work out...

The name is Bond Chemical Bond. DAMN IT chemistry class!!!

Other Facts Timothy Dalton was approached many times to take the role since OHMSS, live And Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy Then A View To A Kill, but then he was Offered to the unmade unofficial bond film "Warhead" Thunderball was Remade 4 times since the 50's but never made, the original 1965 then Never Say Never Again and then the unmade unofficial film "Warhead" The Producers and Desmond Llewellyn loves Timothy Dalton's Bond and working with him When the Producers cast Daniel Craig, because of the Daniel Craig's Movie "Layer Cake" as Agent xxxx, also Daniel Craig And Ben Wishaw worked together twice sincr Layer Cake then Skyfall Sam Neill Was almost bond in the living daylights as he performed a screen test, the critics love him sam neill as bond but the producers feels doesnt right for the role so they chose pierce brosnan and Timothy Dalton was the 2 candidate There might be now 26 official bond films if the third bond film Property of A Lady 1991 and Bond 93, Unmade Bond Films: Property Of A Lady 1991 Bond 93 Casino Royale 1999 Once Upon A Spy Warhead Thunderball 50s Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan was Almost a Bond Director Pierce Brosnan Confessed to be the Worst bond actor after The World Is Not Enough Timothy Dalton's Bond was considerably the best and underrated Almost bond actors: Sam Neill Liam Neeson Sean Bean Clive Owen Henry Cavill Christian Bale Ewan Mcgregor Hugh Jackman and others more

Most macho Bond, Sean Connery The coolest Bond, Roger Moore Most suave Bond, Pierce Brosnan

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The mystery of James Bond, the legendary secret agent “007”, was additionally enhanced by the statement of his creator Ian Fleming, when he revealed to the media that the double agent from the World War II, known as “Tricycle”, served him as an inspiration. And after “Tricycle” himself described the mysterious life of spies in his memoirs, the controversy re-merged. Who was that man? He was born in 1912 in a well-off Serbian family in Titel, a small town in what today is Banat, and at that time a part of the mighty Austro-Hungarian monarchy. His name was Duško Popov.

James Bond is actually half Scottish and half Swiss. According to the book, His parents obituary in You Only Live Twice, Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix-Bond died in a climbing accident in the French Alps, orphaning him at the age of 11 with his aunt.

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Here's an interesting point; in the classic Bond theme, the iconic guitar riff kicks in at 0.07 seconds.

Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan the best 007´s

Best WatchMojo intro ever!!!

When will WatchMojo do a top ten over the James Bond soundtracks? probably the best scores in cinema history. Here is my pick: - 10. Moonraker (John Barry) 1979 Beautiful emotional score - Barry explores new ways of doing Bondmusic A Track especially worth mentioning: The centrifuge and Corinne puts down - 09. A View To A Kill (John Barry) 1985 Barry at his best. A memorable action theme, great love themes, and great instrumental versions of the Theme song. A Track especially worth mentioning: Golden Gate Fight - 08. GoldenEye (Eric Serra) 1995 Controversial and experimental score but most welcome after the series six year hiatus. Serra made a good mix of percussions and sample sounds and it was a great idea to play the Bond theme on Timpanis A Track especially worth mentioning: The GoldenEye Overture - 07. Thunderball (John Barry) 1965 Part os Barrys golden period. Experience great Trumpet tunes by Derek Watkins. Barry really delivers atmosphere and aggresiveness. A Track especially worth mentioning: The Bomb - 06. The Spy Who Loved Me (Marvin Hamlisch) 1977 Marvin Halisch gives us a score with less music but very well timed mash ups. The disco action theme works very well for Roger Moores Bond. The epic music when the sub leaves the sinking tanker Liparus at the ending is definitely worth mentioning A Track especially worth mentioning: The Tanker - 05. The World Is Not Enough (David Arnold) 1999 Arnolds best and most melodic shot. The World Is Not Enough is more diverse and more melodic than Tomorrow Never Dies and balances the mix of symphonic orchestra and electronic music better than Die Another Day. It succeeds in using the theme song within the score in a Barry-like fashion. A Track especially worth mentioning: Welcome To Baku - 04. You Only Live Twice (John Barry) 1967 Part of Barrys golden period. YOLT is a more diverse score than the two entries that came before it (Goldfinger and Thunderball) and mixes beautiful and agressive pieces very well. The score is far better than the movie. A Track especially worth mentioning: The Wedding - 03. Diamonds´Are Forever (John Barry) 1971 The end of Barrys Golden Period and the end of the Connery-era. Diamonds Are Forever has a weak point: The Action music, but the rest of the score works just perfectly. It makes good use of the theme song within the score and it has some very beautiful stellar tracks alongside the suspense music. A Track especially worth mentioning: Death at the Whyte House - 02. The Living Daylights (John Barry) 1987 John Barry leaves the Bond franchise on a high. The score for Daltons first outing as Bond is nothing else but a masterpiece. Barry delivers a strong score with great and updated action music, a fantastic love theme and some very dark tracks that help distinguish Daltons Bond from Roger Moores Bond. A Track especially worth mentioning: Murder At The Fair Honourable Mentions: Live and Let Die (George Martin) 1973, Die Another Day (David Arnold) 2002, For Your Eyes Only (Bill Conti) 1981 - 01. On Her Majesty´s Secret Service (John Barry) 1969 The peak of Barrys Golden Period. A New Bond presented a need for a new Sound and John Barry delivers just that with an updated score which makes references to the previous Bondfilms starring Sean Connery but with a twist. Barry uses A Moog syntheziser to distuingish Lazenby from Connery. This was the first time a movie score mixed Symphonic orchestra and Moog Synthesizer and you can hear and numerous tracks throughout the score/Soundtrack. It´s also a darker and more epic score than what the audience was used to at the time. A Track especially worth mentioning: Ski Chase

You overlooked Australian-raised Irish-American Mel Gibson (Rejected The Offer), North Irish Liam Neeson (Rejected The Offer), and Robert Pattinson (Was Rejected For Hygienic Issues).

pierce brosnan was originally cast to play in Casino Royale.

Glad you did a video about bond keep up the good work

Brosnan was actually one of the best bonds

I think one of the more interesting things in the franchise isn't even official canon, but a fan theory; that James Bond isn't just one person throughout the movies, but rather a code-name applied to every 007 agent.

Bronson starred in the most over the top Bond films? Uhhh, they had a flying car and were fighting, in space, with laser guns, in Moore's films. Do you even Bond bro?

"Well hey there miss moneypusseh.. Wanna jump on my jet pack?"

Skyfall was not the only time he was seriously wounded... He was killed in You Only Live Twice. Hence the name

I would be happy to see Pierce again.

I like the Craig movies best, but Connerys character best

I know this is late but I had to say it, Bond was married in fact it has been mentioned in 3 Bond movies with different ppl playing him before Daniel Crage, and Telly Savalas played a Bond villain as well

The name is Mojo watch mojo! it's just cracked me up so hard lol

Hmm so now this brings up and important question. Will you guys do a versus with Ethan Hunt vs James Bond??

Rip roger Moore

Anthony Dawson played the mysterious Blofeld in From Russia With Love and thunderball. His face is covered in both movies and is in the credits as "?" He was also Professor Dent in Dr. No.

Thank you for this 😍

No.1: Timothy Dalton is underrated.

After connery my favorite Bond actor is still Brosnan

Oh my God! Here it is guys! The first good list from WM in 2015

Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond in Casino Royale (1967): "My doctor says that I should never have bullets enter my body at any time! You realise this means an angry letter from the Times?!?" LOL

It's a wonder STDs alone haven't offed the MI5 agent! lol

Lazenby played the part of Bond well. He was lucky to play the part in the best Bond film too. The Bond who never was is Lewis Collins. Dalton got the part.

Damn this is a great list right here wow I am a die hard 007 fans and I didn't know a lot of these facts!!!

I cannot express how much I would love to see an Adam West Bond movie. Also I lmao at the explosion 3:45

Watchmojo: “#1 Bond has been shot at a lot!” Me: No shit sherlock

Timothy Dalton is underrated as Bond. if i wanted a bond to save the world it would be him.

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Lazenby did a fine job. In fact On Her Majesty's Secret Service is probably in the top 3-4 Bond films

The most interesting fact is one you didn't mention, when Roger Moore was serving his national service time in the British Army he was in a miliitary intelligence unit in West Germany.

You know what you should do: Top 10 James Bond Henchmen. And don't forget to include Jaws in there!

R.I.P. Burt Reynolds

piers brosnan was my favorite bond

It would be interesting to know how old James Bond is. He is about 30-35 in the novels and the first novel Casino Royale was published in 1953. So this makes Bond 90-95. He is really fit!!

I ADORED SEAN as Bond / 007. But one of his greatest movies EVER imho was when he co-starred with Michael Caine in "The Man Who Would Be King." If you are over 40 and have never seen it, get your hands on it and ENJOY.

Its good to know that the most iconic English man is Scottish oh Freedom

3:18 As much as I love Clint (and Hugh Jackman for that matter), I would very much regret it if the role of Bond were to be taken up by a non-Brit - so thank you Clint for 'agreeing that Bond should stay British'. Anyways, the Harry movies, In the Line of Fire, Blood Work and Tightrope are more than good enough - and (even though this is somewhat unrelated) let us not forget the Man with No Name.

Another fact about the James Bond series is the opening credits e.g "For your Eyes Only" sung by Sheena Easton she was the only one to feature in the opening credits of all the James Bond films.

Connery, Moore and then Brosnan, 1,2,3..perfect.

Still cant believe that it wasn't Timothy Dalton who had killed the most men, given that that was the sort of Bond he aimed to play.

"..but West made Batman look like a dork"? That was the joke, he was supposed to be funny :P

the song though, i was laughing

While its true that Bond's mother was Scottish, and the family manor was in Scotland, Ion Flemming always said his father was Swiss. That was why Bond was such a good skier, up until his parents were killed in an avalanche they took young Bond skiing in dad's Swiss alps several times a year. Bond saw them die and it was a major factor in developing his personality. Thanks for posting!

RIP Roger Moore, nobody did it better.

According to Mojo, an AR-15, or derivative of, counts as a sniper rifle.

A fact I would have added was why Bond got his signature Walter PPK sidearm. In the first book, Bond had a different gun. A fan who knew about guns sent Fleming a letter saying how much he liked the book, but said that Bond's sidearm was unrealistic for its purpose. He proposed alternatives, including the PPK, and Fleming added that in. This is touched on in the film Dr. No, where Bond reluctantly turns in his current gun and is issued a Walter instead.

I find the first gun-barrel sequence from Dr. No the funniest, the music starts like five seconds after he shot the gun

James Bond is based upon the real live WWII agent Dusko Popov (Agent Tricycle) whom Ian Fleming was ordered to observe when Fleming worked for the British government.

What about the fact that James Bond invented the jets in The Spy Who Loved Me?

Great piece - Forgot to mention that James was based on a Canadian gent , named Bill Stevenson .

Wow that Im just here for the birds line has a whole new meaning.

Yes Connery for the win

"A FEW GOOD KILLS" WOULD MAKE A GREAT TITLE FPR A JAMES BOND STORY

Sadly, George Lazenby retired from Bond shortly after his one 007 movie, but not for the reason you'd expect. While on a TV Talk Show to promote the film, Lazenby was accidentally drugged with LSD. The former radio and at the time TV host, Simon Dee, had attempted to give the dosage to a friend of his who worked on the talk show before the show but the drink was consumed by Lazenby before they began recording. During the show the intoxicated actor proceeded to ramble incoherently, claiming that he had a list of US Senators who were involved in the conspiracy to murder JFK to the confusion of Dee, the studio audience and the other two guests, John Lennon and Yoko Ono. George did end up recovering his accidental trip and did parts in some shows and movies before retiring to become a successful and wealthy property developer. As for Simon Dee, his career was ruined as the LSD incident was the last straw in a number of incidents (he had accused his line-manager's daughter of getting a comfortable job by giving someone a blow-job) and was seen working as a bus driver in the months after he was fired from the BBC.

Bond has been played by a Scot (Connery), and Australian (Lazenby), a Welshman (Dalton), an Irishman (Brosnan) and even an American (though that was in an awful TV adaptation of Casino Royale and not considered canon). The only two Englishmen to play him have been Moore and Craig.

Nice Facts: 10. The original James Bond is actually a bird seeker. He seeks lovely chicks. 9. Roger Moore retires as James Bond at the age of 57, but he looks good at his age until now he's pretty old. 8. More cast was selected to play James Bond like Liam Neeson, Goran Visnjic, Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, and many more. 7. James Bond was born as a Scottish person. 6. He only played on role at the age of 31. 5. James Bond banged lot of gorgeous ladies more than a million. 4. We always love that theme song for many generations. 3. Pierce Brosnan is actually a killer machine. If you played "GoldenEye" from N64, he fucking kills more bastards in each level. Yes, he's probably a Die Hard video game expert from seven years. 2. Wow, Connery lost his hair at the age of 21? That was unbelievable. At least his hair stays normal in each film. and... 1. James Bond Will Return to be Alive.

Brosnan was the best Bond, even if his movies were less than great. Craig's too serious and broody to be the best.

this was awesome

Love bond my favorite action hero, he has the cool swagger the intellect the luck the gadgets to do anything.

Seriously, I'm so f***ikng tired of Brosnan era bashing !!! Especially with the poor main argument of "realism" (especially when, overall, only the 4th Bond of Brosnan era was above-average of goofiness for Bond saga). Because, all we all know, Bond movies since the beginning are always SO realistic ! Jaws who cut the cables of a cable railway with his teeth (!!!) in Moonraker is more stupid that EVERY moment in Die Another Day including the invisible car or kitesurf.

Christopher lee is Ian Flemings cousin and he played the man with the golden gun in I don't have to tell you

No Bond's super cars highlight?

Here are 6 more for you. 1.Before Roger Moore was actually cast they wanted Timothy Dalton for the role as they wanted a younger actor. But Dalton turned it down feeling he was to young for the role and Moore was cast. Then later before they cast Dalton in the role they actually wanted Pierce Brosnan to play the role, but he was contracted to Remington Steel, so they cast Dalton in the role. Also Ian Fleming actually wanted David Niven to play James Bond originally, but the producers wanted Sean Connery. 2. An American actor was in line for the role alongside Daniel Craig in fact he made it to the final 2. Goran Visnjic who is famous for the Elektra film and ER TV series was in line for the role before Daniel Craig was cast. 3. Lazenby was also Stupid. Producers wanted to sign him to a multi film James Bond contract but he believed if he signed a 1 film contract, then they would pay him a lot more to sign up to do more after On her Majesties Secret Service was released. He believed it would be a huge hit so he would be able to negotiate a bigger contract. Unfortunately for him the film wasn't a huge hit and they didn't ask him back for a second film. He was famous before James Bond for the old Milk Tray chocolate ads. 4. Goldeneye was Brosnan's best Bond film. Its director Martin Campbell also directed Daniel Craig's first Bond film Casino Royale. Campbell insisted on doing as many non CGI shots as he could on the films. In fact in Casino Royale there was only one CGI shot in the whole film. I guarantee if you don't know what it is you would never guess it. 5. Woody Allen played the villain in the James Bond Spoof of Casino Royale which featured David Niven playing James Bond. 6. Sony Picutres produced the remake of Thunderball, Never Say Never Again.They later distributed some of Daniel Craig's Bond films. Also the book to Thunderball is the only book that is based on the films screenplay. It was the reason Sony were able to remake it. The guys who wrote the screenplay Kevin Mcclory and Jack Whittingham took Eon and Fleming to court to claim Thunderball was their idea and so the rights belonged to them and the courts agreed. They did a deal with Sony to allow them to remake it. Ian Fleming only wrote the novel after the screenplay was written. It is also the reason they couldn't use the organisation Spectre for years as they were created in the book Thunderball and they came under those rights.