Becoming Bond (2017)

Directed by

Josh Greenbaum

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

10

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

George Lazenby, the actor who played James Bond only once, tells his own story through interviews and playful reenactments. The film covers how he got the role, why he walked away, and what that choice meant for his life and career afterward.

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What happens

Becoming Bond is a 2017 American docudrama film that explores the early life and casting of Australian actor George Lazenby as James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, his eventual decision to leave the role and the effect it all had on his career and the rest of his life. The film employs the use of re-enacted dramatizations of Lazenby's life interspersed with actual interview footage of him. The film was written, produced, and directed by Josh Greenbaum, and premiered on Hulu on May 20, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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