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Have you idea of what kind of noise happens when somebody is stabbed in the back? Because I do.
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“Before his acting career, Lee served in the Royal Air Force as an intelligence officer, attached to the No. 260 Squadron RAF during World War II as a liaison officer for the Special Operations Executive. He was discharged from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee
He's also at least partially who James Bond was based on, IIRC
Imagine how the franchise would be different if Bond was mandated to be approximately 6'5" tall.
Intelligence and spy work is always undertaken by the poshest of poshboys. I mean, nothing against the actor and it's certainly not his fault for being badass. Just something to observe in our society.
That's how it used to be but not anymore. They realised it was a bad idea when they found out that russia had worked out who the obvious candidates from Cambridge were and recruited them first.
Sure, they do it all on merit now instead!
It hasn't changed.
That's a well researched and convincing argument and you should be proud of yourself.