‘Shooed Off Like Little Boys’

According to Shakespeare’s book, Fleming almost spoiled a take of the iconic beach scene. He was leading two friends on a walk along Laughing Waters — the name of the beach where the scene was filmed — and almost walked into the shot.

Director Terence Young yelled at them to “Lie down!” which they did. Shakespeare writes: “The composer Monty Norman had arrived in Jamaica to write the music and he watched Young shout at them — ‘They were shooed off like little boys.’ Ian and his friends were left lying behind a dune, forgotten, until someone remembered to release them an hour later.”

That’s Andress with Ian Fleming, above.