Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Geek Pin-Up #1: Caroline Munro
It's high time for a new feature here at TFL, so let me introduce the latest addition to the group marked "things we don't update,": the TFL Geek Pin-Up of the Day.
#1 - CAROLINE MUNRO
A Bond girl, a Hammer horror vixen, and a low-budget sci-fi queen rolled into one, Caroline Munro has long been famous in the geek world for her long black hair, her ability to appear in quite a lot of crap, but is mostly widely known for her cleavage. Beginning as a walk-on actress, she hit it big as the poster girl for Lamb's Navy Rum, appearing in a variety of tight costumes in print all around the world, and while she appeared in non-speaking roles in Vincent Price's Dr. Phibes movies, she started to get notice in cinema in her Hammer movies, such as Dracula A.D. 1972 and the glorious Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter.
This led on to her appearance in a big geek favourite, 1974's The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, before taking on the role which would cement her in the history of cinema, as Naomi, the bikini-wearing helicopter-flying chick who gets blown up by Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me. This unfortunately didn't lead to bigger things - unless you think Starcrash, with David Hassellhoff - is a big thing.
Still, we salute her, as you all should, thus why she's today's Geek Pin-Up of the Day.
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I seriously cannot stop staring.
Charlie-
This was the best way possible to introduce this feature! Bravo.