Andrea Anders was the fictional mistress of professional assassin Francisco Scaramanga. The character appeared in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun and was portrayed by Swedish actress Maud Adams. Andrea also appeared in the James Bond 007 tabletop role-playing game.

Biography

At the film’s start, Andrea is seen with Francisco Scaramanga, a famous assassin, on his private island in Red Chinese waters, first helping him dry off after a swim and then sunbathing with him. She considers Scaramanga a “monster,” but she cannot just leave him because, according to her, people don’t walk out on him as he would kill her or have her killed. After the pre-title sequence, the plot for the story becomes clear: James Bond has been sent a note from Scaramanga, with a golden bullet engraved with ‘007’. As the plot unfolds, it becomes clear that Miss Anders sent the note and the bullet hoping Bond would come and eventually kill Scaramanga.

Hong Kong

After watching the mysterious Miss Anders collect a shipment of Scaramanga’s custom-made gold bullets from a casino in Macau, Bond follows her back to her hotel in Hong Kong and walks in on her as she showers. Startled, she opens the shower door and points a Beretta at him (Bond quips ‘a water pistol?’). Demanding a bathrobe, she escorts him out of the bathroom at gunpoint.

As she makes a call to the reception desk, Bond lifts and opens the cigarette packet containing Lazar’s bullets. Unnerved, she orders him to give them to her. He obliges, and as he passes the container, he knocks the weapon from her hand and pins her to the bed. Bond interrogates Andrea about her connection with Scaramanga, first threatening to break her arm if she refuses and then slapping her when she proves uncooperative. She eventually reveals that she is his mistress and divulges his location for that evening; the Bottoms Up Club.

Later that evening, after assassinating a British scientist named Gibson, Scaramanga returns to his Junk moored in Hong Kong harbor. Andrea is in bed awaiting him looking uncomfortable. Drawing the golden gun from his jacket pocket, he sensuously caresses her arm and lips with the weapon, eliciting a fearful and repulsed response from the girl.

Final meeting and Death

Later, while romancing fellow agent Mary Goodnight, James Bond was visited by Anders in his hotel room, where she said that she wanted Francisco Scaramanga dead and that Bond could have anything he wanted as long as he killed him. Bond considered the Solex Agitator, and Anders said he could have it and her. She then changed into a light blue bathrobe which Bond admitted was charming, and Anders turned off the light. Bond and Anders kissed, and 007 said that sending the Golden Bullet to MI6 was an inspiration. He then opened up her bathrobe and dropped t. It fell to the floor, leaving her c, completely naked, and the two of them engaged in sex.

That night, Anders went back to Scaramanga on his Junk, on the pretense she had been to the cinema. Scaramanga asked where she had been, to which she replied it was a double feature, still claiming she was at the cinema. Suspecting she was up to something, Scaramanga enquired what she was doing and replied that she was putting away her jewelry. As she put away her jewelry inside Scaramanga’s safe, she saw the Solex agitator and thought of Bond.

The following day, Bond met Anders at a Thai kickboxing match to pick up the Solex. Still, upon arriving and finding that she was not replying, Bond found that she had already been shot and killed after Scaramanga discovered her deceit. Scaramanga had hit her, so the bullet struck her heart, but her jacket partially concealed the entry wound. Searching for the Solex after her murder, Scaramanga failed. However, Bond noticed once Scaramanga came and sat next to him that the Solex had fallen from her purse onto the floor. Bond carefully guided it with his foot as Scaramanga said they should forget the girl, as she was replaceable.

The following day, Bond met Anders at a Thai kickboxing match to pick up the Solex. Still, upon arriving and finding that she was not replying, Bond found that she had already been shot and killed after Scaramanga discovered her deceit. Scaramanga had hit her, so the bullet struck her heart, but her jacket partially concealed the entry wound. Searching for the Solex after her murder, Scaramanga failed. However, Bond noticed once Scaramanga came and sat next to him that the Solex had fallen from her purse onto the floor. Bond carefully guided it with his foot as Scaramanga said they should forget the girl, as she was replaceable.

Personality

Though having loved Scaramanga, Andrea became fearful of him and loathed his trigger-happy enjoyment of killing. She was willing to do whatever it took to rid herself of this “monster” forever, even if it meant deceiving others, which is why she set up Bond to kill Scaramanga in the first place, in her opinion, simply leaving her former lover would only make her his next target. However, after feeling guilty for setting Bond up, she willingly agreed to help in his mission if it meant he would kill Scaramanga for her.

Behind the scenes

Maud Adams described the role as “a woman without a lot of choices: she’s under the influence of this very rich, strong man, and is fearing for her life most of the time; and when she rebels against him and defects is a major step.” The Man with the Golden Gun was the first of three Bond films in which Maud Adams appeared; in 1983, she played a different character, Octopussy. She would later have a cameo as an extra in Roger Moore’s last Bond film, A View to a Kill.