MI6 Community. Reporting For Duty It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons! Sign In Register. Quick Links Categories Recent Discussions. Categories RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty. September edited January Posts: 14, Also reported as 5 October Ian Fleming , Andrew Lycett, Chapter 3 - "The world's worst stockbroker" [Admiral] Godfrey did not let on much about the job he had in mind.
More interest in "having a good look at the fellow", he suggested Ian might like to come into the NID at the Admiralty on a part-time basis and get the feel of the place. Ian began attending for three or four afternoons a week in June. Within a fortnight, Fleming had mastered his limited brief and was asking Godfrey for something more challenging.
Godfrey had already seen enough: as he recorded in his unpublished memoirs, "I quickly made up my mind that here was the man for the job. He joined NID full-time the following month and was firmly installed, with enough inside information to advise Percy Muir to move his book collection to the countryside, and enough work on his desk to have to cancel his engagement as best man at Gerald Coke's wedding on 2 September, the day before war began.
The year-old actor also revealed that he was considered to play the spy. He said that when Sean Connery had talked about dropping out of Bond flick, Cubby Broccoli approached him and asked if he was interested in the role. His dinner with Vesper, for instance, is a remarkable example of post-war extravagance.
No United Artists. September Posts: 14, September 3rd Recognizing the German invasion of Poland and a refusal to withdraw, Britain and France declare war. Discover your inner Bond girl with bullet-shaped mascaras and blushes.
