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Maud Adams

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Stunning Swedish born ex-model who broke into film in 1970, and quickly appeared in several high profile films including playing the ex-wife of James Caan in the futuristic Rollerball (1975) and the ill-fated lover of super-assassin Francisco Scaramanga played by Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). To date, the beautiful Maud Adams has appeared in three James Bond films... the other two performances were as one of the lead villains in Octopussy (1983) and as an extra in A View to a Kill (1985). She has appeared in numerous television specials on the Bond series of films, and also played the love interest of crazy Bruce Dern in Tattoo (1981). In the late 1990s, Adams had a regular role on a Swedish soap opera; however, she has not been seen on cinema screens since late 1996.
- IMDb mini biography by: firehouse44@hotmail.com

Has appeared in three Bond movies (the only Bond Girl to do so). She starred in Octopussy (1983), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and appeared as an extra in a crowd scene in A View to a Kill (1985).
She enjoyed working with Christopher Lee, who played the villain in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). She had no idea that he understood Swedish, until he caught her and Britt Ekland having a secret conversation in Swedish. Fortunately, the two Swedish actresses hadn't said anything that was too damaging.
Roger Moore said that she was his favorite leading lady in the James Bond films. He also enjoyed working with Britt Ekland. All three worked together on The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
She is fluent in five languages: Swedish (her native tongue), English, Italian, German and French. She also studied Latin and once thought of working as an interpreter.
At age 37 in Octopussy (1983), Maud Adams was the second oldest Bond girl, just being beaten by Honor Blackman, who was 38 in Goldfinger (1964).

I had never been in a situation of this scale before; it was pretty nerve-wracking. I had never received this kind of attention. I was just completely overwhelmed when they had the first press conference before we'd even started shooting The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). I remember walking in just expecting a few journalists to talk to me but instead it was this giant room crammed full of journalists from around the world. Suddenly I realized just how big the Bond world was. I was pretty intimidated and beleaguered. But Roger Moore had handled this in the past and was pretty cool about it all. He was very sweet and supportive. [interview with David Giammarco, Elle Canada, November 2002]
[on why her first marriage to photographer Roy Adams ended in 1975] I was more successful than Roy, and it ultimately broke up our marriage. He knew how to entertain, how to be witty, he took care of that for me. I was divorced from him, but for a long time I was divorced from myself, too.
[on her James Bond, Roger Moore]: 007 may have saved the world but it was Roger who saved the Bond franchise, giving it a sense of humor.

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