Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film "Goldfinger", based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name. His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold. Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Ernő Goldfinger, who had built his home in Hampstead, near Fleming's; it is possible, though unlikely, that he disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him. According to a 1965 "Forbes" article and "The New York Times", the Goldfinger persona was based on gold
Goldfinger (film) moviegoers were offered no less than 22 examples of secret agent entertainment, including several blatant attempts to begin competing series, with James Coburn starring as Derek Flint in the film "Our Man Flint" and Dean Martin as "Matt Helm"". Even within the Bond canon, "Goldfinger" is acknowledged; the 22nd Bond film, "Quantum of Solace", includes an homage to the gold body paint death scene by having a female character dead on a bed nude, covered in crude oil. Outside the Bond films, elements of "Goldfinger", such as Oddjob and his use of his hat as a weapon, Bond removing his