Femme Fatale Friday for my favorite Bond Girl of all time

 

💘  Happy Birthday to Kristina Wayborn, my favorite Bond Girl of all time for this weeks, Femme Fatale Friday.

Born Britt-Ingea Johansson in Nybro Sweden in 1950, she was Miss Sweden in 1970, then was a Semi-Finalist for Miss Universe, while the same year being elected Miss Scandinavia.

Her breakout role came in, The Silent Lovers (1980) when she portrayed Greta Garbo.  Even though Wayborn speaks English with a flawless American accent, she adopted a thick Swedish accent for the role of Garbo, even all the cast & crew were fooled until she suddenly started speaking with her regular voice on set.  Wayborn claims she was blackballed by the films producer for jilting his advances for her to become his girlfriend.

After her role in, The Silent Lovers and her popular poster with a tiger 🐯, James Bond producers took notice of her.  Wayborn was originally considered for the female lead in 1981's, For Your Eyes Only but was later cast as Magda in 1983's, Octopussy.  Her appearance made Wayborn a world wide sex symbol.

Even though she had a very athletic background, Wayborn broke several toes when she kicked a bazooka out of the hands of one of Kamal's henchmen in the climactic final fight scene at his palace.  The bazooka was supposed to have been replaced with a plastic one for the stunt, but someone screwed up.

Wayborn seemed to have a knack for the fight scenes, displaying a skill for Martial Arts and amazing agility, she was known for "beating up" several of Kamal's henchmen in some of the fight scenes.

Her famous scene of backflipping off out the window and sliding down to the ground was offered to a stuntwoman but Wayburn demanded to do the scene herself, and got it on the first take.

Wayborn did many television appearances; The Love Boat, McGyver, Airwolf, Dallas, Baywatch and many others. 📺

Happy Birthday to Kristina Wayborn, who will always be my favorite James Bond "Girl"! 💓