Bond girl Ursula Andress is furious with the James Bond makers

When Honey Rider rose from the sea, it wasn’t just James Bond (then Sean Connery) holding his breath. Ursula Andress played the first Bond girl in 007 history. Thanks to her legendary bikini scene in “007, Dr. No », the women are also an inseparable part of the cult series.

But now, 60 years later, the actress no longer looks back fondly on her role in the first film. But on the contrary. “I don’t want to talk about Bond anymore,” she clarified in an interview with Bild newspaper. “I am disappointed and especially angry with the Bond makers.” But why is the now 86-year-old so upset?

The film was a box office success, grossing $60 million in total. She herself received ‘only’ $10,000 for her performance. There was no further compensation. “I never got any recognition. No thanks, not a cent extra, not even a bunch of flowers,” she explains. Albert R. Broccoli produced the Bond films until the late 1980s. In the mid-1990s, his daughter Barbara took over about the company.

The Swiss actress, who now lives in Rome, is sure that without her and Sean Connery in the role of the secret agent it would have remained on that one 007 comic. “Sean and I played great at the time. If the first Bond hadn’t been a success, there wouldn’t have been another movie. I know Sean felt the same way.”

For Sean Connery, it was about “007 chasing Dr. Nee” on with James Bond. The Scotsman imitated the role a total of six times before handing it over to George Lazenby. Ursula Andress, on the other hand, was no longer seen in a Bond film, but She did receive role offers, for example in “Battle of the Titans” or “The Mystery of the Iron Mask”.

(t-online,rix)