Johnny English

Johnny English is a 2003 British comic film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. It starred Rowan Atkinson (who, two decades earlier, appeared in an unofficial James Bond film - Never Say Never Again) as the incompetent British spy of the title, with John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos and Ben Miller. The screenplay was written by Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, with William Davies and the film is directed by... more

Johnny English is a 2003 British comic film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. It starred Rowan Atkinson (who, two decades earlier, appeared in an unofficial James Bond film - Never Say Never Again) as the incompetent British spy of the title, with John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos and Ben Miller. The screenplay was written by Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, with William Davies and the film is directed by Peter Howitt. The film was known by the tagline He knows no fear, he knows no danger, he knows nothing. The movie grossed a total of $160 million worldwide. The character of Johnny English himself is based on a similar character called Richard Latham who was played by Atkinson in a series of British television advertisements for Barclaycard. The character of Bough (pronounced 'Boff') was retained from the advertisements though another actor, Henry Naylor, played the part in the ads. Some of the gags from the advertisements made it into the... less