walltowallgreens t1_j9mvuxv wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:44 AM Reply to TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate TIL At the end of Joe Dirt when Christopher Walken's character changes names again, the writers were referencing Goldfinger. Permalink 25
walltowallgreens t1_j9mvuxv wrote
Reply to TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
TIL At the end of Joe Dirt when Christopher Walken's character changes names again, the writers were referencing Goldfinger.