![]() To keep in shape Bond has been known to perform a morning routine (at least in From Russia, With Love) of 20 slow press-ups, enough straight-leg lifts to make his stomach muscles scream, 20 toe touches and finally arm and chest exercises combined with deep breathing until he is dizzy. He also adds that he is in his mid thirties, has a determined chin and has narrow hips and broad shoulders. He also has a three inch scar on his right cheek, as well as on his left shoulder and signs of plastic surgery on the back of his left hand.Īlthough descriptions of James Bond are scarce in Fleming’s books he did describe 007 to the art director of Playboy in a letter written in 1962, prior to the release of Dr No on the big screen later the same year, presumably for a Bond-related article. Henry Chancellor’s book James Bond: The Man And His World (2005) includes a copy of this, in which Fleming confirms pretty much what we already know, although here he puts Bond at an inch over six feet and his weight at 176 pounds. ![]() While James Bond’s appearance hardly varies throughout the books, it is also true to say that Ian Fleming scarcely describes him in any detail at all.įleming tells us that Bond is around six feet tall and has black hair, a comma of which is permanently out of place he has blue-grey eyes with a hint of anger, a rather cruel mouth, and a lean body weighing around 168 pounds. ![]()
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