Costumes can make or break a movie. Eon Productions were struggling when filming OCTOPUSSY. They couldn’t get the turbans to both look right and stay on the actor’s heads during actions scenes. To make it even more of a challenge, they were filming near Peterborough England. What to do? Well, they found a turban expert, Del Singh, who happened to live in Peterborough.

Listen to this episode to hear Dan and Tom talk with Del Singh about his experience in working on OCTOPUSSY. Fun Stuff!

We discuss:

How Eon Productions found him (this is fun)
How Del’s Sikh background helped him
Meeting Roger Moore
Why Del’s turbans were used and the different styles
What Del did during filming
He made HOW MUCH?
Roger Moore’s answers to the press about Connery’s return in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
Dangerous stunts
Bond women – and a 20-year old’s impressions of working with them
Kabir Bedi, who played Gobinda and interactions with Del then and recently
And more …

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