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3. My Name Isn’t Bond, James Bond
There have been six Bonds in total, so far. Each with a different face, height, complexion and personality. They include Sean Connery’s unapologetic sociopath to Roger Moore’s almost comical smarmy portrayal. Add the random aging and, unless this guy has been getting Jocelyn Wildenstein levels of plastic surgery and has found the secret to eternal youth, there’s got to be some other explanation to his constantly changing looks (almost as if… they’re, I don’t know, changing actors or something.) But, what if James Bond is a code name?
We’ve already got M and Q and even R, so why can’t ‘Bond’ be passed on from agent to agent? Complete with a background story in case someone starts digging. Hell, let’s throw in’ Moneypenny’ as a code name for any secretary who works for M to sweeten the deal.
It would not only explain the changes in the character himself but also the differing numbers of films featuring each actor. Being a secret agent is a dangerous job and if you mess up, you’re likely going to be dead and someone else is going to get a promotion. Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby were obviously bad a their jobs (literally in Lazenby’s case; he was fired as Bond for drinking… which is… ironic, really.)
You could say that this theory was debunked by Skyfall which (SPOILERS!) heavily references Bond’s apparent past. However, the only person who has supposedly known Bond since he was a child but hasn’t seen him in years fails to recognize him until prompted. Plus this person doesn’t know that Bond can shoot despite the fact that he should have been aware that his ‘young master’ had been in the Navy. To my mind, he’s a low level member of MI6 who’s supposed to keep an eye on anybody inquiring after double 0s. There you go; Kincade is just a cover story. Bond is a code name.
Now we can have any actor we like as Bond.
