Mary Goodnight is an inexperienced field operative and the main Bond Girl in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. Portrayed by Swedish actress Britt Ekland, Goodnight is based on the literary character who appeared in several Ian Fleming’s novels.
Two Swedish models were cast as the Bond girls, Britt Ekland and Maud Adams. Ekland had been interested in playing a Bond girl since she had seen Dr. No, and contacted the producers about the main role of Mary Goodnight. Director Guy Hamilton met Adams in New York, and cast her because “she was elegant and beautiful that it seemed to me she was the perfect Bond girl.”
When Ekland read the news that Adams had been cast for The Man with the Golden Gun, she became upset, thinking Adams had been selected to play Goodnight. Producer Albert R. Broccoli then called Ekland to invite her for the main role, as after seeing her in a film, Broccoli thought Ekland’s “generous looks” made her a good contrast to Adams.
Mary Goodnight is the Bond girl to spend the longest amount of screen time in a bikini. She is the second Bond girl to reject Bond’s advances (even if its only brief). This was also cleverly helped by having the extras in the scene conveniently applaud at the line for something in the background.
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