The "Jameseims Bond" franchise lasts a long, long time. It is one of the most durable franchises in the whole pop culture, without exaggeration. For many, it started when John Connery first put his stamp on 007 in "D -R." in 1963 in 1963 in 1963 in 1963 Truth be told, it really started with the author Ian Fleming and his original novel "Bond", "Casino Royal" in 1953. That book will continue to serve as an inspiration for Daniel Craig's first environment as an MI6 agent. However, according to Craig, another Fleming Book was a greater inspiration for his version of the character.

In an interview in 2021 with The Guardian Since Craig was preparing to say goodbye to 007 when "no time to die" took place to the theaters, the actor was asked which Fleming novel served as the greatest impact on his Bond version. In response, Craig cited the second book in the series, "Live and Let it Die":

"It's probably live and let him die, because I read it first - it was my first in the movies and there were many differences. He goes to the quartmaster in the book and removes the gun and which are basically speed pills. And you think, 'Oh, wow, ok: gun and speed pills, it's a safe combination.' But it does not indicate that it is distorted.

Indeed, Craig's relationship had little advantage. In "Skyfall", which remains the biggest hit of the box office in the history of the Jameseimes BondWe see a man who barely holds together with pills, alcohol and a sense of duty to his country. That gels with Craig's comments and that gels with Fleming's book.

Released in 1954, the novel sees Bond as opposed to G -Din Big, a ruthless gangster of Harlem, who uses Voodoo to manage his criminal empire. He smuggled British pirate treasure into Newouper from a remote island of Jamaica as he engineered profits in Moscow. Bond must prevent the bad man and return all these treasures to England.

"Live and Let Die Die" was not just one of the inspirations for Craig's takeover, but it was also an inspiration for another actor's first film as a character: Roger Moore, whose first entrance came in 1973, after Connery left the role. To say that the film differs from Fleming's book will be a bit dramatic underestimation.

The film has many characters from the book, but it's a camp adventure, the one that will set the tone for Moore's mandate like Bond. Directed by Guy Hamilton, the film was a great success and set Moore for a long, seven image. However, that "perverted" nature that Craig alluded is very absent from the film as it exists. For what is worth, "Live and Die" is still considered one of Moore's better filmsThere with the likes of the "spy who loved me" and "just for your eyes."

This is an interesting case of literary creation to be different from its cinema. For what is worth, Connery was not a big fanboy of Fleming's work on Bond novelsSaying at one point that the author is "much more interesting than his writing". Even so, the films would not exist without the books, and Craig's relationship would not be the one who was "live and let it die".

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