Becoming Bond (2017)
The name’s Lazenby, George Lazenby
Director: Josh Greenbaum · Writer: Josh Greenbaum
The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond despite having never acted a day in his life.
Where to watch
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Trailer
Director
Josh Greenbaum
Cast
George Lazenby
Himself 
Josh Lawson
George 
Kassandra Clementi
Belinda 
Jane Seymour
Maggie 
Jeff Garlin
Harry 
Dana Carvey
Johnny Carson 
Adamo Palladino
Peter Hunt 
Jake Johnson
Peregrine Carruthers 
Jonathan Slavin
Dyson 
Landon Ashworth
Ken 
Sofia Mattsson
Gundel 
Beeny Royston
Charles Jenkins User Reviews (1)
How does a non-actor become the lead in the highest grossing movie of the year and then not continue to act afterwards? Do we have a new genre of film – the Docody (can I call a documentary-comedy that, because it sounded better than commedary)? Is all of this just stranger than fiction? All of these could be used to describe this film, but there is so much more to George Lazenby's life story... especially the way he tells it... So, what is it then? Firstly, Becoming Bond is not the Thin Blue Line, Grizzly Man, Bowling for Columbine, Citizenfour or any of the Oscar winning documentaries that you've seen. In Becoming Bond, Lazenby talks about his life, at times brutal honesty and poignancy. Distilled from about forty hours of interviews, it could be surmised as boy meets girl, boy becomes man, man becomes Bond – but that sells it short. George has lived an intere…
