Week 6 Action! Reading 3 Leggi il brano su James Bond poi rispondi alle domande. Do you know who played James Bond? James Bond, code number 007, is the famous secret agent created by the writer Ian Fleming in 1953. He was a spy himself during the Second World War and invented the character of an attractive, brave and clever officer in the British Secret Intelligence Service. Fleming wrote twelve novels and two short-story collections; Bond s adventures had such a great success that they were adapted for radio, comic strips, video games and especially films. When you think about the actors who played this role, you might remember Sean Connery, Roger Moore or the latest, Daniel Craig. However, you may be surprised to know that there were many more! American Barry Nelson was the first James Bond in 1954 in a one-hour television adventure film of Casino Royale , while in 1956 Bob Holmes provided the voice for a radio adaptation of the novel Moonraker. In 1962, Eon Productions released the first cinema adaptation of the novel Dr No featuring Sean Connery as 007 and started the popular series of James Bond films. Connery in fact starred in another five films from 1963 to 1971, until On her Majesty s Secret Service in 1969, in which George Lazenby took the part. In 1967, David Niven, Fleming s favourite actor as this character, starred in a parody of Casino Royale for another film production. In 1973, Roger Moore was given the role in Live and Let Die and played Bond for another six times until 1985 when Timothy Dalton had the part in two films. Meantime, in 1983, S. Connery was Bond again in a remake of Thunderball, entitled Never Say Never Again. After an interruption of ten years, due to a lawsuit for the film rights, Pierce Brosnan became Bond in GoldenEye in 1995 and remained in the role for four films, leaving in 2002. Daniel Craig acted in Casino Royale in 2006, in Quantum of Solace in 2008 and in Skyfall in 2012. In the same year, on the occasion of the Olympic opening ceremony in London, James Bond-Daniel Craig had the chance to act with Queen Elizabeth II in a short film: a joint celebration of the Queen s Diamond Jubilee and the evergreen secret agent s 50th anniversary in film! 1 Who is James Bond? 2 How many actors have played the role of 007? 3 Who was the first actor to play the role and when did he play it? 4 How many films did Sean Connery appear in? 5 Who starred in Casino Royale? 6 Why did Daniel Craig play Bond with Queen Elizabeth II? USEFUL WORDS adaptation = adattamento; evergreen = sempreverde, sempre attuale; to feature = presentare come protagonista; joint = unito, comune; Jubilee = Giubileo; lawsuit = azione legale, processo; to play = recitare; to provide = fornire; remake = rifacimento; to star = avere la parte principale. 56