At the Obi-Wan club, guests pass by non-stop
James Bond was born in 1953 by Ian Fleming, a former World War II combatant who used all his knowledge and imagination to create the secret agent we all know. In fact, the audiovisual industry immediately became interested in it: in 1954 the anthology series Climax! adapted Royal Casinowith Barry Nelson’s face as the agent. There were still eight years left until Sean Connery will premiere in Against doctor No. The rest, as they say, is history… Or not.
Spielberg stirred, not mixed
There are many James Bond films that have never been made, from prequels to stories with robot sharks to adaptations directed by Alfred Hitchcock or Quentin Tarantino. But there is one in particular that would have been incredible: the one that Steven Spielberg intended to make in 1977 before George Lucas will stop him by introducing him to his new character. And it was all the result of mere chance.
Lucas had long had in mind to film the adventures of an archaeologist named Indiana Smith, and Spielberg couldn’t stop thinking about 007. When Star Wars appeared in theaters, the director took refuge in Hawaii trying to silence the negative reviews, and invited his friend and his wife to spend the holidays there. After talking for a while, Lucas introduced him “a character like James Bond“but that would give him absolute creative freedom. Exactly: Indiana Jones was born.
But to get rid of the thorn, Spielberg still winked at that truncated film dressing Harrison Ford with Sean Connery’s famous white tuxedo, while playing at the Obi-Wan casino. Let no one say that they didn’t do Raiders of the lost ark with all the love in the world.
