Guest Dr jones Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Did anyone meet Geoffrey Holder, Gloria Hendry and Stanley Morgan? Or any of the bond guests at all? What were they like? Can people please post photos thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufresne Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Well ... since you asked, Geoffrey Holder was the rudest, most awkward, ungracious Bond guest I have encountered. I appreciate that he is quite elderly, but flatly refusing to add his character name or movie title ? Embarassing me in front of friends and crew ? Thoroughly uncomfortable and embarassing experience with a grumpy old man ! Gloria Hendry was a diamond though - spoke highly of Yaphet Kotto, and was generally very friendly, even when I said I was resisting temptation to call her Rosie. My poster was lying across her photo selection, and she accidentally poked her pen through the paper on a ridge, but I didn't mind since it just made the experience more memorable, and the tear was quite small and repairable. LHJ was nice - showed an interest in my multi-signed poster (even though she see's them all the time) and chatted for a while. Not sure she likes Julian Glover though Those were the only Bond guests I met this time - gave Bouchet a wide berth since I had a row with her in Birmingham a while back - you will sign my poster where I want you to, thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I found Geoffrey very nice, and he added his character name on my autograph without a problem. He even told me I was cute, and remembered me the next day when I got back to meet Lynn Holly Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr jones Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Cool very two different experinces - I know someone who met Geoffrey about a year and a bit ago at a small convention in the USA and said Geoffrey wasnt very intrested in talking about Bond. Can someone upload there photos of Geoffrey Holder and Gloria Hendry thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I haven't got one of Gloria I'm afraid, but I'll upload the one of Geoffrey when I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelle77 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Geoffrey Holder was great, I worked with him on the Sunday & he was a pleasure, I saw him with fans & he seemed fine, very chatty. The only thing he didnt like was people filming him, but thats understandable xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozzy Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I'm really sorry you had such a bad experience Dufresne I was lucky to have had a better experience; I met Geoffrey to get an autograph for my sister, and I asked him to write his character name and a quote, and he didn't write the character but he personalised it for her and did write the quote: 'it's going to be a beautiful day' although he did jokingly complain that it was tacky He said something about his hands not being very good for writing, so I was pleasantly surprised he agreed to the quote. I found him to be pleasant and courteous; he shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, took care over the autograph (quite a long quote to fit in black ink onto not very much white space!), chatted a little bit about Bond villians, and was happy to pose for a photo with the autograph so I could show my sister, and thanked me for coming. I'll upload the photo when I've developed the camera- darn these old fashioned disposable types! Laura x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilgalad70 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I saw Geoffrey lateish Sunday, and asked him to add a line from the scene (him with Seymour, and he's playing the flute). He wouldn't because it had no relation to the sig. We did have a chat about Charlie and the Choc factory. Very laid back/bored/tired. Was nice to see him though. Wanted to meet Gloria, but as a friend hopefully had my Bond autos sorted already, and I was on a budget, will see how things showed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsty_ Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 (edited) Well ... since you asked, Geoffrey Holder was the rudest, most awkward, ungracious Bond guest I have encountered. I appreciate that he is quite elderly, but flatly refusing to add his character name or movie title ? Embarassing me in front of friends and crew ? Thoroughly uncomfortable and embarassing experience with a grumpy old man ! load of rubbish as far as im concerned!just because he didnt wish to do as you wanted,doesnt make him rude. by the way, reason he doesnt like writing the bond character name is because a)he finds it daft as if your meeting him you obviously know who he played and b)he says if he did write it it wouldnt be ledgible as his handwriting is bad and its a long name! Edited November 27, 2006 by kirsty_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufresne Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Maybe I should clarify. His rudeness didn’t stem from the refusal, it was more the way he made the refusal. Short, sharp, unobliging (ie RUDE) answers. I’ve had loads of guests decline to add character / movie names to quotes for their own valid reasons – Carl Weathers springs immediately to mind. I fully respect what any guest would rather not write, but I make no apology for expecting common courtesy from them when they decline, and Geoffrey Holder did not extend this to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A007 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Didn't find him overly chatty when i met him on the Sunday, although he was polite enough. He didn't write his character name initially, but he did write "Baron" when i asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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