Lana Wood, American actress and younger sister of Natalie Wood, portrayed the iconic, short-lived character Plenty O’Toole in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. Plenty is introduced as an opportunistic gold digger. She meets Bond (Sean Connery) at a Las Vegas casino craps table, where she is immediately drawn to his high-stakes betting.
Wood modeled her performance after actress Leigh Taylor-Young and the character Minnie Mouse. She is best remembered for her flirtatious introduction, “Hi, I’m Plenty,” to which Bond famously quips, “But of course you are.”
Wood was cast following a suggestion from screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz. She had originally been considered for the main role of Tiffany Case (which went to Jill St. John) but was asked to take the role of Plenty instead.
Due to her significant height difference with Sean Connery, Wood had to stand on a box for most of their shared scenes. During the filming of the scene where her character is found drowned, Wood’s feet were loosely tied to a cement block to keep her submerged. The block moved into deeper water with each take, nearly causing her to actually drown before she was rescued by the crew.
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