Britt Ekland thinks Bond girls now have it easier - but had more fun in the past
Britt Ekland says the Bond girls of today do not have as much fun as they did in her era.
But the 80-year-old actress admits her time as a sex symbol in films in the 1960s and 1970s was “tough”.
And Britt, who played Mary Goodnight in 1974 007 film The Man with the Golden Gun, reckons things have changed for the better in some ways.
She said: “There are no more Bond girls, they’re Bond women today. With political correctness and MeToo, they have a much better time than we had.
“But I don’t think the end product is as fun, because we were pretty and we had good bodies, and we didn’t try to look sexy, we just were. Today, everything is so, ‘Don’t do that as that will upset that side’. We didn’t have that.
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Britt as Mary Goodnight in 1974 Bond (Allstar/Cinetext/UNITED ARTISTS)
Britt with Peter Sellers in 1965 (Rex Features)“We were always in a bikini and all these people [now] are fully dressed.
“So, I think today the Bond women have it – from a political correctness point of view – in a much better position. But I think we had more fun.”
She also recalled the difficulties of filming 1973’s The Wicker Man with her Bond co-star Christopher Lee.
Britt, who was pregnant at the time, said: “It was tough. We didn’t have the facilities of today, catering and people taking care of you... an intimacy coach when you do scenes of a sexual nature. We just had to make do... There were no regulations. That’s why the MeToo movement took everyone by surprise. Maybe today it’s over-regulated, I don’t know as I’ve not done a film for a long time.”
Britt with 007 Roger Moore in 1974 (Danjaq/EON/UA/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)Asked about post-MeToo Hollywood, she said: “Put it this way, it has changed a little bit but not that much.”
Swedish Britt wed British icon Peter Sellers in 1964 and they had daughter Victoria before divorcing in 1968. She had son Nicolai with record producer Lou Adler in 1973 and dated rocker Rod Stewart from 1975 to 1977. In 1984 she wed Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom. They had son Thomas Jefferson and divorced in 1992.
Britt with Christopher Lee in 1974 (Getty Images)Reflecting on her Bond days, Britt described Roger Moore as “a fabulous person” while producer Cubby Broccoli was “friendly and funny” – but thought she was too thin. She said: “He’d seen The Wicker Man and he’d say, ‘Nice boobies, we’ll take her’. Then I arrive on set with the baby and no boobies, so he said, ‘You’ve got to eat more’.”
And speaking to mark the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man, Britt, who was also in Get Carter and Scandal, admitted she has avoided watching her own films. She said: “I was too shy.”
The Wicker Man’s 50th anniversary restoration is in cinemas on Wednesday.
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