MI6 hiring 1,000 new staff but the greatest spy character in fiction, James Bond, would never get a job in the real-life MI6
November 2, 2016 0 By 007 TravelersThe greatest spy character in fiction, James Bond, would never get a job in the real-life MI6, the head of the ultra-secretive agency said.
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Alex Younger is real life´s M Photo: (AOP) |
Alex Younger, the chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, admitted 007’s life of hand-to-hand combat and serial romances with the world’s most beautiful women was perhaps not quite as realistic as some may hope to believe.
Ian Fleming’s rash and rebellious character would be rejected by today’s intelligence service, said Mr Younger.
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Roger Moore as James Bond and Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver in “Live and Let Die” (1973) Photo: Publicity Picture |
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Daniel Craig as James Bond in “Skyfall” (2012) Photo © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC |
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Sean Connery as James Bond and Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi in “Never Say Never Again” (1983) Photo © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC |
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Pierce Brosnan as James Bond Photo: © Getty Images |
‘Our staff are not from another planet. ‘They are ordinary men and women operating in the face of complex moral, ethical and physical challenges, often in the most forbidding environments on earth.’
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Ralph Fiennes (Skyfall, 2012, SPECTRE, 2015) is M, who is the Head of the Secret Intelligence Service. Photo © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC |
The Secret Service boss is now on a drive to try and get more people to sign up and Mr Younger urged the ‘best of Britain’ to apply for a job.
Apply for a job here
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MI6 Headquarters Photo: © 007 Travelers |
Sources: Daily Mail & Black History Month website
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