14 centrespread centrespread 15 AUGUST 19-25, 2018 AUGUST 19-25, 2018 The Bond Legacy 26 Bond movies (original and adaptations) have been made since 1962. That’s almostt one movie every two years As rumours that Idris Elba will be the new Bond have propelled the British spy franchise into the midst of a Bond movies have won close to public debate on diversity over the past few weeks, 40 prestigious ET Magazine explores some of the lesser-known trivia around one of the longest-running film franchises, its awards over the last six decades, which includenclude contribution to popular culture, and the biggest cinematic five Academy Awards, two Goldenn successes on the back of diversity in the recent past Globes and three BAFTAs :: Shephali Bhatt

Trivia Treats Bond movies have made several attempts at diversity in the past with the inclusion of Bond girls and villains of coloured origin. Former Indian tennis player Vijay Amri- traj made an appearance as an intelligence service agent in the 1983 Bond movie Octopussy

German police pistol Walther PPK was ’s choice have entered his life of firearm in several novels and movies. Adolf Hitler shot him- only to kill James Bond. self with a Walther PPK. Elvis 60% Bond girls That’s still a 40% chance Famous children’s author Roald Dahl wrote of finding true love Presley owned a silver Walther the screenplay for the 1967. SeanIt’s the Connery only Source: TheBondBulletin.com, Excerpts from Ian Flemings’ PPK that had TCB (taking care of starrer You Only Live Twice novels, news reports business) inscribed on it. It was movie where Bond doesn’t drive a car. In put up for auction in 1999, 22 a famous blooper from the same movie, years after the King of Rock & Roll died of a heart attack a left-hand-drive car driven by the Bond Diversity in Hollywood girl, Akiko Wakabayashi, changes into a right-hand drive car in the next scene Only 1.4 out of 10 Less than 1 out lead actors in Hollywood films film directors are people of colour of 10 are female Source: UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report 2018 Pop Culture The Martini - shaken, Adding More Flavours not stirred In the last five years, Hollywood has made several attempts at including diversity, some of which have reaped huge profits for the producers, turning diversity into a good business strategy A cocktail invented by in his 1953 James Bond novel , Vesper was According to the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report: In 2016, films representing 21%-30% minorities in their Unsolved Mysteries made of British gin (3 measures), Russian vodka cast earned the highest median global box office sale and return on investment. Films with racially and ethni- (1 measure) and a half measure of Kina , cally homogenous cast were the poorest performers that year. A look at some recent successes: an aperitif of wine, orange peels and macerated liqueurs with a touch of quinine . Fans have not been June 2017: Wonder Wom- November 2017: Coco — an — DC Comics’ superhero Disney’s animated feature, From Russia With Love It is suspected that Ian Fleming, author of the Bond series of novels, made a Fleming named it after the origin movie about a fe- a tribute to the Hispanic cameo in the 1963 Bond movie character of an original male superhero — directed culture, netted $800 mil- able to say with certainty, though, if it was indeed Fleming they spotted , Vesper Lynd, by Patty Jenkins, earned lion at the box office and 1:16:03 into the movie. (Not everyone is as easy to spot as Stan Lee in a who appears in the same $822 million during its won the best-animated fea- novel. Bond never orders theatrical run to become ture film title at both the Marvel movie, y’know). The Bond movie producers never revealed the truth Some mixologists say it is one Bond’s code name is 007 (Read as Double O Seven, where the two the drink again in the the sixth-most profitable Academy and the Golden so the mystery remains till date of the most overrated cock- Os stand for special agents with a licence to kill). Where did 007 following novels or movies movie of 2017 Globe Awards in 2017 tails of all time — ordered only come from? Fans have speculatedWas it on based various on Rudyardpossibilities: Kipling’s short because the eponymous .007, told from the point of view because James Bond did once. Was it the story character (spoiler alert) February 2018: Black Panther — it was Disney-Marvel’s first superhero movie with an dies at the end of the novel The drink is so strong that Was it inspired moniker he of steam engine trains, where the train you can’t walk straight after entire cast and director of colour. Earning $1.4 billion from its theatrical run, it became the by the bus route borrowed from with the serial number .007 was the having just two. Vesper also highest grossing solo superhero movie and the ninth-highest grossing movie of all time from Canterbury Queen Elizabeth protagonist? Was it all of the above? Incidentally, the original laid the foundations of the to London that I’s famous spy Vesper martini also died in iconic phrase “shaken and not In the entertainment world, OTT players like Netflix have provided a global platform to Ian Fleming was John Dee? 1986 when Kina Lillet was stirred” — the way Bond likes comedians of colour like Hasan Minhaj and Aziz Ansari, the broadcasting world has seen familiar with? replaced with a sweeter his Martinis. It later became actresses of colour like Mindy Kaling and Priyanka Chopra play leading roles in popular variant called Lillet Blanc "shaken, not stirred" prime-time shows like The Mindy Project and Quantico, respectively No one knows for sure Source: News reports