If James Bond were a real agent he would have his clearance taken away for drinking waaay too much. At the beginning of Thunderball, Bond said he was up to 60 cigarettes a day.
“If James Bond were a real agent he would have his clearance taken away for drinking waaay too much.”
You think so? I remember reading in one of Victor Marchetti’s books that alcoholism was seen as a common “occupational hazard” in the CIA and heavy drinking was pretty much the rule rather than the exception for field agents. Maybe the Brits took it more seriously?
But you never saw him drunk in a movie, as I recall.
Three packs a day, chain smoker!