Talk:Vesper Lynd

Source of identity.

Vesper Lynd seems to be a combination of Pocahontas and Lady Randolph Churchill with the glamour of Vivien Leigh written in for contemporaneous credibility.  Polish agent Christine Granville is undoubtedly reserved for Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love.

The extraordinary Lady Randolph Churchill would test the irresistible challenge that a writer would enjoy to use when she as model would be there for creating a character.

If this were the case, Fleming would have to find a name for her applicable to name a cocktail after her.

It is a legend that Lady Randolph Churchill was responsible for the recipe to the Manhattan. Fleming reworks the legend in that he creates a new cocktail inspired by his created character in Casino Royale and naming the cocktail after her, Vesper.

The story Fleming weaves elsewhere other than in Casino Royale to arrive at the completion of this satisfactory literary feat is as wondrous as a story from the Arabian Nights.

Polish agent Christine Granville was indeed murdered 15 June 1952, ten months before the publication of Casino Royale 13 April 1953, and this dramatic fact may have been experienced by way of prescience by Miss Granville, as does the imminence of mortality at the hands of others appear to Vesper Lynd. There was, however so much within the identity of the Polish aristocrat that to draw further at the well to find Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love would certainly be within the writer's license to do.--Laurencebeck (talk) 07:55, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Apparently Fleming had some sort of relationship with Skarbek during the war years, so her inspiration for VL is at least plausible. It's always risky to assign literary characters to actual people though, at least without the author's confirmation.--Ef80 (talk) 17:23, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Why shouldn't we mention Yusef Kabeira is played by Simon Kassianides‎ on this article?

Putting a face to such a name is trivial? Vesper Lynd betrayed James Bond for him. And it turned out the former boyfriend was a total crook.

Under section 1967, it is written, "Bond (played by David Niven), now in the position of M at MI6, uses a discount for her past due taxes to bribe her into becoming another 007 agent, and to recruit baccarat expert Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) into stopping Le Chiffre (played by Orson Welles)."

Under "Related Character", it is written that "Instead, the character was replaced by a new character named Valerie Mathis, played by Linda Christian, who is depicted as an American. She also betrays Bond (played by Barry Nelson), but comes to his rescue after he is shot by Le Chiffre (played by Peter Lorre)."

There is a lot of "played by" mentions in the above. Can we be fair? Thanks.

Actors are labelled for the 1967 section. None are labelled for the Eon section. This is called consistency. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dollyplay (talk • contribs) 06:31, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

With all due respect, this is the weakest reasoning/argument I have ever heard of . The entire page starting from the top screams for "played by", featuring Eva Green's face from the Eon films/Daniel Craig story arc. Yet the huge middle hollows that out by depriving readers the chance to associate the characters with their faces. This is a huge disservice to the readers. I will proceed with adding "played by" for the limited Eon film characters, once I finish rewatching Spectre. With only 110+ edits under your belt without citing a true policy/guidelilne here, are you violating WP:Sockpuppetry when you could have illuminated us with your other account with more edits and more clarity and true consistency thru out the page?? You certain don't strike me as a novice, but this argument of yours doesn't fly. Thanks. Supermann (talk) 14:57, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Turns out Dollyplay is indeed a sockpuppet! Unbelievable! My sixth sense turned out to be correct. And I am not grave dancing!