Karl Stromberg Karl Stromberg Karl Sigmund Stromberg is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me". Stromberg was portrayed by Curt Jurgens. The character Stromberg was created specifically for the film by writer Christopher Wood. Ian Fleming's novel "The Spy Who Loved Me" was not told from Bond's perspective, but, rather, a Bond girl that is in love with him. The entire plot of the film has actually nothing to do at all with the plot of the novel. This was at Fleming's request; when he sold the rights to his novel
James Bond in film a premise from Fleming's novel "Moonraker" as a basis, that of an industrialist villain who had two identities. With the planned release of the film being in the 40th anniversary year of the Bond film series, Tamahori named the Hong Kong hotel seen in the film the "Rubyeon Royale", for Eon's ruby anniversary, as well as Fleming's first novel, "Casino Royale". Second unit filming started on Christmas Day 2001 with Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Darrick Doerner performing the surfing scene at the surf break known as Jaws in Peahi, Maui; the shore shots were later taken near Cádiz, Spain