Did a list of the female models in the opening credits throughout 007.

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• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  March 2022 edited March 2022 Posts: 14,539

  Impressive list, @AI2I. A couple of my initial thoughts (SF, others) checked out.
  
  For updates I suggest you edit your original post to keep the list complete, using the little gear icon upper right.
  
  
  You could consider DAD and the performer known as Sarilya/Sarllya Tyi/Tymarah for the Scorpion Guard that transitions from the film to the titles.
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
• AI2I USA

  March 2022 Posts: 6

  Got it. In fact you've just reminded me of another actress that I forgot to post on DAD, which I've already updated.
• Dwayne New York City

  March 2022 edited March 2022 Posts: 3,009

  Thanks @AI2I. This is an impressive level of research. As I stated in another thread, someone should interview them to get their recollections on what these sessions were like. ^:)^
  
  PS. OHMSS??
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  March 2022 edited March 2022 Posts: 14,539

  A couple items to note.
  
  LTK where you mention Diane Lee-Hsu, she has among the clearest (and surely most total number of) appearances in the titles shown below in addition to your descriptions of dancing, etc. And appears in the film as character Loti: SHE'S HONG KONG NARCOTICS!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  TMWTGG: also for consideration, Wei Wei Wong is uncredited but reportedly appears in the titles opening, then after. Plus as the Bottoms Up Girl in the film.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• moneyofpropre2 France

  March 2022 Posts: 889

  Nice job
• Gerard

  March 2022 Posts: 6,175

  The Spy Who Loved Me
  Anna Noble (Brunette, One of the girls with a gun)
  Carolyn Cheshire (Blonde, Another girl with a gun, also later appears in The Man With The Golden Gun as the dancing girl with the sparking red background)
  Perri Small (Penelope Smallbone, possibly the blonde holding the Tommy gun)

  
  What I want to know is : Who's the gymnast ? Because she certainly has talent (and her inclusion was probably due to the 1976 Olympics where Nadia Comaneci brought gymnastics on the forefront.
  
  Oh, and CR '06 has one woman : Eva Green, as the queen of hearts. Blink and you'll miss her.
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  March 2022 Posts: 14,539

  You Only Live Twice
  Sylvana Henriques (Silhouette fan dancer)
  Mai Ling ( Japanese girl with traditional geisha hair)

  
  Sylvana Henriques. Looking it up, as stated she appears in the YOLT titles (Japanese Fan Dancer, silhouette) and also in OHMSS (as The Jamaican Girl). Successful model of the day with credits in Kaleidoscope, Deadlier Than the Male. Active at Bond-related gatherings as happen at Piz Gloria.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  IMDb also suggests: Kiyomi Kobayashi (as Title Geisha).
  
  

  

  
  
• AI2I USA

  April 2022 Posts: 6

  Thanks for the updates bruvs, keep 'em coming if you guys find out more!
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  April 2022 Posts: 14,539

  Oh yes @AI2I, I had this one ready.
  
  
  
  SP: Ellen Claire Sutherland for Eyes in Title Sequence, according to IMDb.
  
  
  
  
• Birdleson

  April 2022 Posts: 2,161

  Nice work @AI2I .
• AI2I USA

  April 2022 edited April 2022 Posts: 6

  Hey guys, been awhile. I did some digging again and I found out who was with Charlotte Edwards during the Skyfall titles given her name was a clue and she's blonde. Her name's Natasha Lambelin, and both of them were very likely the negative/mirrored dancers in the middle of the sequence. It's been updated.
  
  https://mi6-hq.com/news/images/skyfall_credits_natasha.jpg
• CarlosBondGirls Spain

  July 2 edited 3:55pm Posts: 9

  A View to a Kill: Full List
  
  * Toni White (Girl unzipping her jacket).
  
  
  * Andrea Kovic (Girl dancing with fluorescent makeup, a pink/red gun, and glowing red lips).
  
  
  * Jilly Johnson (Dancing girl in the scope, highlighted in red).
  
  
  * Therese “Bunty” Bailey (Girl dancing with orange hair and lips, arms raised). She is the girl in the iconic A-ha music video “Take On Me”.
  
  
  * Gloria Douse aka Glori Gylsson (Girl dancing with white lips and a white gun). Gloria is a former model who appeared as one of the Zorin Party Girls in A View to a Kill, and appeared as one of the models in the opening credits.
  
  
  * Caroline Hallett (Girl on skis). Caroline is a former model who appeared as one of the Zorin Party Girls in A View to a Kill, and appeared as one of the models in the opening credits.
  
  
  * Jenny Kay aka Jenny Swire (Appeared as a blonde Bond Girl in the teaser trailer for A View to a Kill, wearing a white swimsuit and holding binoculars, under blue lighting).
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  July 2 Posts: 18,452

  Good work, how do you find these out?
• CarlosBondGirls Spain

  July 2 edited 2:32pm Posts: 9

  mtm wrote: »

  Good work, how do you find these out?

  
  Through my friendship with a Personal Appearance Agent-who is in contact with nearly all of them-and through publications, the press, and interviews, I'll continue updating the list of other Bond movies featuring the models who appear. I've gathered more information.
• mtm United Kingdom

  July 2 Posts: 18,452

  Oh that’s great, thank you.
  Are there any of the names of any who have played Bond when it’s not been the main actor? I know it’s Eddie Kid in GoldenEye, but there might be a few more, like the kid Bond in Skyfall.
• 007HallY

  July 2 edited July 2 Posts: 5,549

  mtm wrote: »

  Oh that’s great, thank you.
  Are there any of the names of any who have played Bond when it’s not been the main actor? I know it’s Eddie Kid in GoldenEye, but there might be a few more, like the kid Bond in Skyfall.

  
  Was it ever actually confirmed if it was a kid or just a younger Craig in the SF PTS? Pretty sure it was from a QOS publicity photo that was reused… but I do remember the last time this was a discussion on here, haha. Am kinda curious though.
  
  Apart from Eddie Kid I’m not aware of any other Bond doubles. But I remember getting the Eddie Kidd fact here: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/goldeneye/
  There’s a few other Bond films that have similar interviews/credits, although the credits are a bit minimal. Can’t think of any title sequence that visibly don’t have the main actor though if they include Bond (I know for instance Craig did a whole shoot for the SF one and generally they seem to feature the actor. Maybe CR used doubles to design their graphic renditions of Bond fighting etc? Don’t know…)
• mtm United Kingdom

  July 2 edited July 2 Posts: 18,452

  007HallY wrote: »

  mtm wrote: »

  Oh that’s great, thank you.
  Are there any of the names of any who have played Bond when it’s not been the main actor? I know it’s Eddie Kid in GoldenEye, but there might be a few more, like the kid Bond in Skyfall.

  
  Was it ever actually confirmed if it was a kid or just a younger Craig in the SF PTS? Pretty sure it was from a QOS publicity photo that was reused… but I do remember the last time this was a discussion on here, haha. Am kinda curious though.

  
  Well it’s Bond as a child (the first one) so it won’t be Craig. Plus they’d have to shoot him in pretty much macro for the eye closeup, as well as very particular lighting, so it’s not a recycled shot. The later shot of Craig in the same spot I think Kleinman said they filmed a bit too close so had to expand the shot digitally so you saw more of his face.
• 007HallY

  July 2 edited July 2 Posts: 5,549

  mtm wrote: »

  007HallY wrote: »

  mtm wrote: »

  Oh that’s great, thank you.
  Are there any of the names of any who have played Bond when it’s not been the main actor? I know it’s Eddie Kid in GoldenEye, but there might be a few more, like the kid Bond in Skyfall.

  
  Was it ever actually confirmed if it was a kid or just a younger Craig in the SF PTS? Pretty sure it was from a QOS publicity photo that was reused… but I do remember the last time this was a discussion on here, haha. Am kinda curious though.

  
  Well it’s Bond as a child (the first one) so it won’t be Craig. Plus they’d have to shoot him in pretty much macro for the eye closeup, as well as very particular lighting, so it’s not a recycled shot. The later shot of Craig in the same spot I think Kleinman said they filmed a bit too close so had to expand the shot digitally so you saw more of his face.

  
  Yeah, I remember reading that. This one they did work on, and you can sort of tell:
  
  
  
  But this one:
  
  
  
  I always presumed was a very zoomed in, softened, and recoloured image of this or another snap from the same shoot. I think it'd be possible to zoom in on it even that much, but the fact that the skin looks so smoothed out/touched (and the fact that it looks so similar) gives me that impression. Plus they do make it look a bit blurry. But obviously I don't know for sure.
  
  
  
  Sorry, rubbish quality for the last picture as well.
  
  I do remember this being quite frustrating because there seemed to be very little information on it (even in Kleinman interviews). I actually remember messaging an old co-worker who worked at Framestore about this I was that interested! But I don't think there's ever been a credit to any 14 year old, and generally the credits for later title sequences are well recorded.
  
  But I really don't know for sure one way or the other.
• CarlosBondGirls Spain

  July 3 edited 3:54pm Posts: 9

  Moonraker (1979):
  
  * Vicki Rebecca aka Vicki Scott: the glamour model appeared as a jumping silhouette.
  
  
  * Leslie Bevis: captured in close-up shots and illuminated by blue lighting.
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  July 3 Posts: 18,452

  007HallY wrote: »

  
  I always presumed was a very zoomed in, softened, and recoloured image of this or another snap from the same shoot. I think it'd be possible to zoom in on it even that much, but the fact that the skin looks so smoothed out/touched (and the fact that it looks so similar) gives me that impression. Plus they do make it look a bit blurry. But obviously I don't know for sure.

  
  Bear in mind the kid does move in it: his eye opens wider as if he's seeing something horrible, so I don't think it's just a static photo. And me it just doesn't look like Craig: when you put the two together like that, everything is a different shape.
  

  CarlosBondGirls wrote: »

  Moonraker (1979):
  
  * Vicki Rebecca aka Vicki Scott: the glamour model appeared as a jumping silhoutte.
  
  
  * Leslie Bevis: captured in close-up shots and illuminated by blue lighting.
  

  
  Nice work!
• 007HallY

  July 3 edited July 3 Posts: 5,549

  mtm wrote: »

  007HallY wrote: »

  
  I always presumed was a very zoomed in, softened, and recoloured image of this or another snap from the same shoot. I think it'd be possible to zoom in on it even that much, but the fact that the skin looks so smoothed out/touched (and the fact that it looks so similar) gives me that impression. Plus they do make it look a bit blurry. But obviously I don't know for sure.

  
  Bear in mind the kid does move in it: his eye opens wider as if he's seeing something horrible, so I don't think it's just a static photo. And me it just doesn't look like Craig: when you put the two together like that, everything is a different shape.
  

  
  For what it's worth my impression is the eyebrow only starts moving once it gets quite close to the eye. Otherwise it looks like a still image. Personally, I think it looks almost exactly like that picture of Craig! (Like, even the shadows of the lighting match up, and it even looks like they've composed the crack his face is within to accommodate that. It's just been softened and recoloured quite extensively to make him look younger, although it does genuinely look good. You even see the sweep of Craig's left eyebrow which he does have). The last image of an older Craig's definitely a still as well, so I don't see why it wouldn't be.
  
  Again, it's a bit annoying because there's so much stuff about these titles and this very particular point is never quite made clear! It's cool reading into the process though. Whenever Kleinman references that bit of the titles it's a bit unclear, and just from this quote you can probably argue either:
  
  "There was a bit of a stumble over Daniel Craig's eyes at the end of the sequence, which were meant to be a reprise of his young eyes from earlier on."
  
  To me it's interesting he refers to them as Craig's younger eyes, not Bond's. Again, unclear, but to me that implies they're both Craig's eyes. But like I said it can go both ways.
  
  Anyway, not trying to restart the debate as such, I'm more curious as to what they actually did. Maybe it deserves its own thread (actually I think that'd be cool if anyone here has specific VFX experience they can chip in with - it's not my area in Post Production frankly and it'd be interesting to hear from people with a bit more knowledge). Or maybe it'll forever be one of those great Bond mysteries fans debate, haha.
• mtm United Kingdom

  July 3 Posts: 18,452

  007HallY wrote: »

  mtm wrote: »

  007HallY wrote: »

  
  I always presumed was a very zoomed in, softened, and recoloured image of this or another snap from the same shoot. I think it'd be possible to zoom in on it even that much, but the fact that the skin looks so smoothed out/touched (and the fact that it looks so similar) gives me that impression. Plus they do make it look a bit blurry. But obviously I don't know for sure.

  
  Bear in mind the kid does move in it: his eye opens wider as if he's seeing something horrible, so I don't think it's just a static photo. And me it just doesn't look like Craig: when you put the two together like that, everything is a different shape.
  

  
  For what it's worth my impression is the eyebrow only starts moving once it gets quite close to the eye. Otherwise it looks like a still image. Craig's one later definitely is (in fact I think

  
  Yes, I think you're right: my guess would be that it's likely two static shots- there's the wide shot and then when we get in closer to the eye I think they've probably shot that much closer with a different lens which allows for an extreme close-up, and they've stitched the two together digitally with a virtual camera zoom; so the wide shot probably is a still, and then the close-up of the eye is that bit of footage of him moving, as you say.
  

  007HallY wrote: »

  Again, it's a bit annoying because there's so much stuff about these titles and this very particular point is never quite made clear! It's cool reading into the process though. Whenever Kleinman references that bit of the titles it's a bit unclear, and just from this quote you can probably argue either:
  
  "There was a bit of a stumble over Daniel Craig's eyes at the end of the sequence, which were meant to be a reprise of his young eyes from earlier on."
  
  To me it's interesting he refers to them as Craig's younger eyes, not Bond's. Again, unclear, but to me that implies they're both Craig's face. But like I said it can go both ways.

  
  Yeah I think as you say, it can go both ways.
  

  007HallY wrote: »

  Anyway, not trying to restart the debate as such, I'm more curious as to what they actually did. Maybe it deserves its own thread (actually I think that'd be cool if anyone here has specific VFX experience they can chip in with - it's not my area in Post Production frankly and it'd be interesting to hear from people with a bit more knowledge). Or maybe it'll forever be one of those great Bond mysteries fans debate, haha.

  
  Yeah it would be interesting. If it is a child model then he's probably the most significant person to have played Bond in the movies apart from the main six actors! :)
• 007HallY

  July 3 Posts: 5,549

  mtm wrote: »

  007HallY wrote: »

  mtm wrote: »

  007HallY wrote: »

  
  I always presumed was a very zoomed in, softened, and recoloured image of this or another snap from the same shoot. I think it'd be possible to zoom in on it even that much, but the fact that the skin looks so smoothed out/touched (and the fact that it looks so similar) gives me that impression. Plus they do make it look a bit blurry. But obviously I don't know for sure.

  
  Bear in mind the kid does move in it: his eye opens wider as if he's seeing something horrible, so I don't think it's just a static photo. And me it just doesn't look like Craig: when you put the two together like that, everything is a different shape.
  

  
  For what it's worth my impression is the eyebrow only starts moving once it gets quite close to the eye. Otherwise it looks like a still image. Craig's one later definitely is (in fact I think

  
  Yes, I think you're right: my guess would be that it's likely two static shots- there's the wide shot and then when we get in closer to the eye I think they've probably shot that much closer with a different lens which allows for an extreme close-up, and they've stitched the two together digitally with a virtual camera zoom; so the wide shot probably is a still, and then the close-up of the eye is that bit of footage of him moving, as you say.
  

  007HallY wrote: »

  Again, it's a bit annoying because there's so much stuff about these titles and this very particular point is never quite made clear! It's cool reading into the process though. Whenever Kleinman references that bit of the titles it's a bit unclear, and just from this quote you can probably argue either:
  
  "There was a bit of a stumble over Daniel Craig's eyes at the end of the sequence, which were meant to be a reprise of his young eyes from earlier on."
  
  To me it's interesting he refers to them as Craig's younger eyes, not Bond's. Again, unclear, but to me that implies they're both Craig's face. But like I said it can go both ways.

  
  Yeah I think as you say, it can go both ways.
  

  007HallY wrote: »

  Anyway, not trying to restart the debate as such, I'm more curious as to what they actually did. Maybe it deserves its own thread (actually I think that'd be cool if anyone here has specific VFX experience they can chip in with - it's not my area in Post Production frankly and it'd be interesting to hear from people with a bit more knowledge). Or maybe it'll forever be one of those great Bond mysteries fans debate, haha.

  
  Yeah it would be interesting. If it is a child model then he's probably the most significant person to have played Bond in the movies apart from the main six actors! :)

  
  Well, I suppose there's also Bob Simmons and Eddie Kid which wouldn't be dissimilar. I guess SP shows Bond as a young kid in a photograph too (although I'm pretty sure they just stuck an old photograph of a very young Craig's face onto that).
  
  Anyway, I'll do a quick thread and see what people have to say about it. Could be interesting or could just be confusing, haha.
• mtm United Kingdom

  July 3 Posts: 18,452

  Oh yes Bob Simmons! Yes you're right, he's definitely more of the 'fifth Beatle' of Bond!
• QBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.

  July 3 Posts: 15,223

  @CarlosBondGirls Nice work figuring out who these people are (and everyone else in this thread prior as well).
  
  It's a little known fact that the Walther PP returns in the AVTAK title sequence (Grace Jones suddenly plays on the radio as I type this) - do we have an identity for the girl who holds the blue Walther PP in this sequence, or is it one of the girls already mentioned?
• AI2I USA

  8:31am edited 8:51am Posts: 6

  Back again. Congrats to @mtm for the additional info, btw! Found another one. Thanks to @CarlosBondGirls here, he had an interesting reel on the models on his IG fanpage for the classic Bond girls particularly the opening credits reel and we have one by the name of Janine Andrews in Octopussy with her hands up panning from her bust to her head, Tina Harlow from Tomorrow Never Dies as the model with the floating diamond necklace sequence and Heather Stewart for License to Kill as the girl on the left with the jeweled necklace when the title reveals itself.
  
  I will update the description based on the new findings so far.
• AI2I USA

  8:45am edited 8:51am Posts: 6

  @CarlosBondGirls, maybe with your luck you can help find out more references on the other lost girls not yet mentioned nor known fully, particularly the Kleinman era starting with Goldeneye. Those models are hard to find.
• CarlosBondGirls Spain

  1:02pm edited 3:56pm Posts: 9

  Octopussy (1983):
  
  * Model Janine Andrews
  
  
  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997):
  
  * Model Tina Harlow
  
  
  Licence to Kill (1989):
  
  * Model Heather Stewart
  
  
  * Diana Lee:
  
• CarlosBondGirls Spain

  3:21pm edited 3:56pm Posts: 9

  The Living Daylights (1987):
  
  * Catrina Skepper
  
• CarlosBondGirls Spain

  3:50pm edited 3:54pm Posts: 9

  GoldenEye (1995):
  
  * Natasha Wightman