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Fleming decided Bond should look a little like both the American singer Hoagy Carmichael and himself and in Casino Royale, Vesper Lynd remarks, " Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and ruthless.

" Likewise, in Moonraker, Special Branch Officer Gala Brand thinks that Bond is " certainly good-looking ... Rather like Hoagy Carmichael in a way.

That black hair falling down over the right eyebrow.

Much the same bones.

But there was something a bit cruel in the mouth, and the eyes were cold.