Bond woman Ursula ‘wished Elvis dangerous’ however he refused for 2 causes

It’s been over 60 years since Ursula Andress strolled out of the ocean in 1962’s Dr No, which is again on our TV screens this Bank Holiday, however she stays certainly one of Hollywood‘s final intercourse symbols.

The bikini-clad Bond Girl bombshell was instantly signed as much as play Elvis Presley‘s love curiosity in one other movie set by the seaside, Fun In Acapulco.

Ursula made it very clear precisely she wished from him off-screen and The King had a popularity for hip-thrusting his manner by a lot of his main women.

Back at residence, girlfriend Priscilla was extraordinarily nervous about him being round somebody she admitted was a “sex goddess” when Elvis refused to totally bodily consummate his relationship together with her.

In the film, Elvis performs a former high-wire acrobat who suffers from vertigo following a traumatic accident however terribly, the infamous lady-killer star suffered from a sudden concern of his personal when he needed to take his garments off with Ursula.

DON’T MISS
Elvis was ‘incensed’ after being forced to perform humiliating song

Ursula later described how shocked and overwhelmed she was when she first met The King.

She stated: “The only way I knew him was from TV, this new idol, this hip-swinging lover with a guitar. The first day I went to work, he came over, this humble man, full of charm, love in his eyes, and kindness, and being so considerate and warm. I was so surprised.”

Usually, it might be Elvis who would work his allure and pursue co-stars, however in keeping with his Memphis Mafia good friend Sonny West, this time it was the opposite manner round: “They were very close. She went after him. She wanted him bad.”

Elvis had apparently replied to Fortas’ teasing over a flirtation with Ursula: “No way, son, not with John Derek lurking all over the place. I’d be goddamned if I’d start a conversation with her and see his possessive eyes glaring at me. You know he gave her a car, and on the steering wheel it said, ‘Baby, you’re indispensable.’ Head over heels in love with her. Never saw anything like it.”

The King famously had a rule he established for himself and the Memphis Mafia from the start.

West added: “Elvis told us never to leave him alone with her. It’s because he had a thing: he never went for married women.”

But that wasn’t all, on this case. Rather shockingly, it was Ursula herself who put Elvis off.

It turned out Ursula additionally made The King really feel very self-conscious. Not solely did he want reasonably extra candy and deferential women like Anita Wood after which Priscilla, however he was additionally intimidated by the Swiss glamazon’s physique.

He stated: “Goddamn, she was a big woman. Body like a man – no hips, and shoulders broader than mine. I was embarrassed to take my goddamn shirt off next to her.”

As properly as shedding her probability with Elvis, the yr after Fun In Acapulco, Ursula’s husband threw her out of their LA residence over reviews of an alleged affair with actor Ron Ely.