Plenty O'Toole is the tritagonist of 007 film Diamonds Are Forever.
You work at the Whyte House Hotel casino, for the seemingly wealthy who profit from their care. When she runs out of money, she leaves.
She is played by Lana Wood.
History[]
After exhausting his reserves he meets Bond, who poses as the diamond smuggler Peter Franks and offers to help him.
O'Toole already proves very unfortunate, like when she unwittingly loses Bond's money, but she is impressed that Bond is able to get back her part, as well as the rest of her.
Later she O'Toole is delighted to have won $ 5,000 for helping Bond, insisting that she still stay with Bond, the two go for a drink.
While they are seated at dinner, the two get to know each other better, with Bond still pretending to be Franks. Plenty notes Bond that she watches a woman playing a harp, and is ready to give a proper thanks.
Arriving at the hotel room, Plenty prepares to kiss Bond, unzipping her, and she goes into the bathroom to get ready, when she is suddenly beaten up by three thugs who anticipate Bond's return.
The three thugs throw Plenty out of the bathroom window and drop her into a pool below, Bond points out "exceptional shot," and one of the three chuckles that he didn't even know there was a pool down there.
Later that evening after Bond gets rid of the three thugs, he seduces Tiffany Case and Plenty comes back soaked with only a towel to protect her modesty, after seeing them together, she rummages through Case's bag and discovers his home address in Las Vegas.
The next day, Plenty goes to Tiffany's house to allegedly confront her, only to be discovered by Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd who kill her by drowning her in the pool mistaking her for Tiffany, this makes Tiffany realize the gravity of the situation and so takes sides. with Bond.
Trivia[]
- In the film, Plenty O'Toole tries and fails to sleep with James Bond, only to end up losing her clothes and being thrown out a window wearing nothing but her underwear and high heels for her trouble. In real life Lana Wood, who played Plenty, claims to have had an affair with Sean Connery, who played Bond.
- Plenty is the sixth woman that Bond does not succeed in protecting from death.
- In real life, Lana Wood's sister, Natalie Wood, was married to actor Robert Wagner. In 1979, she died by drowning, as Plenty does. Later, Robert Wagner married actress Jill St. John who plays Tiffany Case in the film. In addition, Wagner went on to have a starring role in the Austin Powers film franchise, a parody of the Bond movies.
