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...1964 or
2010?
Read on…
…following in the footsteps of the mighty Harold Sakata, the
original Oddjob, was no easy task. So professional lookalike
Laval Siou decided he needed a head start in the business by
equipping himself with an identical hat to the one worn in the
original James Bond movie Goldfinger by Sakata – and
where better to purchase it than the hatters who supplied the
original hat for the movie in 1964, James Lock and Co. – the
family owned business founded in 1676. After contacting 007
MAGAZINE for research information concerning Oddjob’s original
screen costume, Laval soon found himself at Lock & Co. in St.
James’s Street, London being measured for his new hat, a
square-crowned coke, only Lock’s second fitting for this hat
style since Harold Sakata visited their shop back in 1964.
Although Oddjob’s hat in the film Goldfinger was supposed
in the storyline to have had a steel rim to despatch any
potential victim, which he did by throwing the hat at them
Frisbee-style, in reality, Harold Sakata never wore another hat
other than the one original purchased for him from Lock & Co. by
the Bond filmmakers EON Productions – so luckily Laval will have
no problems on his travels through metal detectors at
international airports. Originally hailing from Mauritius, and
well-versed in the martial arts, which help Laval bring even
more authenticity to his role-playing as Oddjob, he is now
available for appearances at special events and publicity and
advertising photo shoots, and equipped now with his new hat from
Lock & Co. he is without doubt the world’s Number One authentic
Oddjob lookalike. |
