Trivia Question!

[thewayne]

I just learned this and was quite surprised!

Which Bond movie also had TWO Avengers in it?!

Answer under the cut, and best of luck!


The infamous 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby!

And who are the two Avengers?

Dianna Rigg and Joanna Lumley!

I never said they were Marvel Comics Avengers, did I?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_Secret_Service_(film)

Comments

[murakozi]

I'll admit I fell for the trap and thought of the movies. It's one of my favorite shows (at least the Rigg seasons are). I only ever saw a few episodes of The New Avengers and really don't remember them.

So with Honor Blackman, that makes 3 of Steed's partners that were in Bond films.

[thewayne]

Very true!  The original Avengers were kind of slow coming to the USA, The New Avengers were kind of hot on their heels, and Joanna is an absolute babe in those.  I saw Patrick McNee at San Diego ComicCon one year - he looked terrible!  I thought he couldn't have more than a year or two left in him, but he lasted a good decade more.  He wrote an autobiography, IIRC it was called Blind In One Ear.  He had a VERY complicated upbringing, and an insanely lucky WW II experience!

[moonhare]

Ah, ok… I couldn’t have answered this correctly for either Avenger reference. I don’t pay enough attention to the casts of these types of flicks.

[thewayne]

I knew about Honor Blackman and Dianna, but didn't know Joanna Lumley was in OHMSS with Rigg.  Three Avengers in two movies!

[murakozi]

It's been a long time since I've seen the movie, so I looked it up to see what part she played. She's credited as 'The English Girl.' That makes me think she was one of the women being brainwashed.

[thewayne]

She was.  There for "treatment for allergies", while being brainwashed to distribute a deadly virus.  It's been ages for me since I saw any of the older Bond movies, I wouldn't have remembered her.