Why doesn't Blofeld recognise James Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
James Bond comes face to face with Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice" when he infiltrates his base in the volcano. Bond was played by Sean Connery and Blofeld was played by Donald Pleasence.
In the next film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond (played by George Lazenby) meets Blofeld while posing as Sir Hillary. However, Blofeld doesn't recognise him.
Why doesn't he recognise him?
Best Answer
The order of the movies is reversed:
Movie Order:
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Novel Order:
You Only Live Twice (1964)
The IMDb FAQ explains:
... screenwriter Richard Maibaum stuck very closely to the original story when writing the screenplay for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Bond and Blofeld had not yet met at that point.
Roald Dahl, the screenwriter for You Only Live Twice ... made major changes in his screenplay and added a scene where Bond and Blofeld meet.
So the reason why Blofeld doesn't recognize Bond in the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service is because the screenwriter was more faithful to the original story. And that story preceeds You Only Live Twice.
The screenwriter for You Only Live Twice however wasn't so faithful to story in the novel.
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Answer 2
In the Special Features for "You Only Live Twice" in the Bond 50 collection they showed the original end credits for "Thunderball" that said "James Bond will return in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and they explained that they would have had to delay shooting on the next Bond film because of all the snow scenes for OHMSS so they shot "You Only Live Twice" first.
I wonder what OHMSS would have been like with Connery instead of Lazenby?
Answer 3
There is also this: In You Only Live Twice, Bond' s face was surgically altered to look Japanese when he met Bloefeld. If, by the time "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is imagined to have taken place, the surgery had been reversed, Bond would not have looked the same when he met Bloefeld again.
Answer 4
Given the little continuity between the films, it could be argued that the films do not take place in the order they are filmed. But in the order of the books. It would make more sense that way.
Answer 5
Bond was disguised as a Japanese man. Which definitely wore off by the time of of 1969s ohmss. It wouldn't make sense for YOLT to take place after OHMSS because why would Blofeld introduce himself again??
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