10 Times James Bond Films Were Better Than The Books

5. Tracy

Teresa di Vicenzo, aka Tracy, is one of the most famous characters in the series. She is only one of two that we see onscreen that Bond falls in love with, the only one he marries and of course, that means she has to be one of the few who dies. Sadly though, the book counterpart of her does fall flat in comparison to Diana Rigg’s portrayal in the film, and the blame can partially be laid at the feet of Fleming for that.

Apart from Bond marrying her at the end of the book, there’s nothing really that special about Tracy, mostly because across the series Bond has fallen in love with a good chunk of his female partners.

Vesper Lynd, Gala Brand, Tiffany Case, Kissy Suzuki and of course Tracy are all people the literary Bond views as more than mere girls of the week, and in comparison to all of them Tracy doesn’t really stand out besides being the daughter of a mob boss and getting Bond out of trouble from Piz Gloria and the love story itself feels rushed.

In the films, you would be hard-pressed to count the number of women Bond has fallen for on more than one hand. In the 1969 film, Tracy is expertly played by Diana Rigg and we see her and Bond believably fall in love with a montage set to Louis Armstrong’s We Have All the Time in the World.