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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. |
