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That or for product placement.
This reminds me of Giuliano Gemma, a very good looking Italian actor from the 1960s/70s. He appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns, however he also did a James Bond spoof called "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang".
I often notice a small scar on his cheek, a single tiny imperfection on his otherwise immaculate facial features, and wondered about it. Apparently I'm not the only one, as it features in most of his internet biographies...
In 1944, while he was playing in the fields, he found an explosive device that went off in his face, causing several wounds, one of them still visible as a scar on his left cheek.
So yes a small scar can be easily visible in movie closeups, yes a scar does add to the mystique, and conclusively "Fleming wrote that Bond had a three-inch long, thin vertical scar running down his right cheek."
People would think that the scar is given to make the actor look tougher and more masculine.
You think adding a small scar is too cumbersome. to apply every time...?
“I’m so grateful for Drax. I love him, but there’s a relief. It wasn’t all pleasant. It was hard playing that role. The makeup process was beating me down." stated Bautista.
Virginia Hey is an Australian actress, known for her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in the science fiction television series Farscape, playing the "Warrior Woman" in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and General Pushkin's girlfriend, Rubavitch, in the Bond film The Living Daylights.
She left the show early in the third season for health and personal reasons: the prosthetic makeup worn over her head and chest to achieve Zhaan's appearance and the stress of the long filming days caused her kidneys to bleed, subsequently causing a decline in her health, and she grew tired of having to shave her head and eyebrows for the role
Maybe cumbersome wasn’t the right word! It’s more a case where it’s too much effort for a detail that doesn’t matter story wise and has no precedent in other Bond films.
Make it a prerequisite when casting the role. like a younger version of Tommy Flanagan?
Tommy Flanagan, known for his role in "Sons of Anarchy," carries a "Glasgow Smile" scar from a knife attack.
Lets move on. During Roger's era we had a case of a returning character. One villain and the other an ally, though of some questionable pedigree. Both times as far as I can tell these characters returned due to the audience enjoying them on screen so much. In one case the creative team had to get real creative shoehorning the returning character in.
Lets see if they producers were correct in bringing back the character!
Would you rather watch Sheriff J.W. Pepper in LALD OR TMWTGG?
Please consider the performance and just the character. Which film had the better appearance of this character.
In LALD we see the Sheriff in his natural habitat. At home in Lousiana. Our Sheriff was a bewildered mess. Often the punch line to his jokes. He had an air of racism and was a buffoon that seemed to mess up more than fix. I love his line "On whose side!!!!"
In TMWTGG we see the Sheriff as a fish out of water. Suddenly thrust into a high speed chase this version seems to be just as racist and just as uncouth as the first film appearance. He tumbles, and bumbles but seems to enjoy tagging along with Bond.
So which film would you rather watch in order to take in the Sheriff in his glory?
In TMETGG he was a fish out of water, but not in a good way.
BTW You may consider that disfigured villainy is an antiquated concept, bit it is also pure Fleming.
In TMWTGG he was obviously put in there as none other than a comic relief, no use whatsoever, and to top off it all, his racist remarks are also very annoying due to how out of place he was, he had no purpose there, he's just there so AMC could promote their cars for Product Placement 😅 as he had led us to that car flip which wouldn't have happened had JW Pepper didn't bought that car.
He has no business in tmwtgg
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Agreed, Pepper is not needed in TMWTGG!