Age Of Heroes: How The WWII Inspirations For James Bond Is Being Brought To Life In An Evocative New Movie Thriller

Michael Pilgrim at the British newspaper The Daily Mail wrote an interesting piece on the true wartime story behind the film Age of Heroes.

The film is about the 30AU intelligence-gathering commandos that were formed and led by Royal Navy Commander Ian Fleming, who would go on after the war to write the James Bond thrillers.

Sean Bean and Danny Dyer star as two of the commandos and James D'Arcy stars as Ian Fleming.

You can read the newspaper story via the below link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1388792/James-Bonds-inspiration-brought-life-evocative-new-movie-Age-Of-Heroes.html?ITO=1490

Age Of Heroes: Sean Bean Bonds With Ian Fleming In WWII Commando Film

The British newspaper The Sun reports on the release of Age of Heroes, the new World War II film about the 30 Assault Unit (30 AU) commandos, staring Sean Bean as one of the commando leaders.

Royal Navy Commander Ian Fleming, who would of course go on to write the James Bond thrillers after the war, was a naval intelligence officer during World War II and he created the elite intelligence-gathering commando group.

I look forward to seeing this film. Sean Bean was very good as a Bond villain in GoldenEye and he was also very good as Bernard Cornwell's Napoleonic-era British soldier Richard Sharpe in the fine TV series.

I also look forward to seeing James D'Arcy's portrayal of Ian Fleming in the film.

You can read the newspaper piece and watch a film trailer via the below link:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/3533540/Sean-Bean-Bonds-with-Ian-Fleming.html

You can also read my GreatHistory.com interview with British journalist Craig Cabell, who wrote a book about Fleming and 30 AU called Ian Fleming's Secret War (Pen & Sword Books), via the below links:  

http://greathistory.com/the-secret-war-of-james-bonds-creator-ian-fleming.htm

http://greathistory.com/the-secret-war-of-james-bonds-creator-part-2.htm