Description

This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.

53 Bright Leiter (James Bond)

The novels and the films never had the chance to follow a continuous
pattern. Bond meets Leiter for the first time in the initial showing of
each, but in different stories. In the novels, Leiter's second appearance,
in "Live And Let Die", has him brutally maimed by a shark. He returns on
occasion after that. The films used him often, but did not feature the shark
attack until "Licence To Kill", some sixteen films into the series. When the
movie came out, Bond author John Gardner decided to try to fit the scene
into Fleming's continuity when writing the novelization, and explained that
Felix was fed to a shark again. Perhaps the two mediums should remain split.

 

Continue to:

• prev: 52 The Walther and other machinations (James Bond)
• Index
• next: 54 The websites (James Bond)

Share and Enjoy

Tags

entertainment, James Bond, Ian Fleming, actors, 007, films, books, movies