Does he exist in a book with a more detailed history of their friendship?
No, he's original to the Brosnan!Bond movies, and doesn't exist in the books. Bond's book BFF is Felix Leiter (the American CIA guy played by Jeffrey Wright - I continue to hope in vain that some Skyfall fan will pick up a copy of Sharks Ate My BoyfriendLive and Let Die or James and Felix's Vegas Road Trip AdventureDiamonds are Forever and Wright!Leiter will suddenly start being slashed with Craig!Bond all over the place).
My theory, like bluemeridian, is that a lot of 00Q fans haven't necessarily seen any of the pre-Craig Bond movies (and if they have seen one, I bet it's more likely to be one of the classic Sean Connery movies then Goldeneye), know Alec Trevelyan exists and was another 00 agent and is Sean Bean and something angsty happened with him, but don't know much else, and are sort of retconning up a past for him and Bond out of collectively devised fanon.
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No, he's original to the Brosnan!Bond movies, and doesn't exist in the books. Bond's book BFF is Felix Leiter (the American CIA guy played by Jeffrey Wright - I continue to hope in vain that some Skyfall fan will pick up a copy of
Sharks Ate My BoyfriendLive and Let Die orJames and Felix's Vegas Road Trip AdventureDiamonds are Forever and Wright!Leiter will suddenly start being slashed with Craig!Bond all over the place).My theory, like bluemeridian, is that a lot of 00Q fans haven't necessarily seen any of the pre-Craig Bond movies (and if they have seen one, I bet it's more likely to be one of the classic Sean Connery movies then Goldeneye), know Alec Trevelyan exists and was another 00 agent and is Sean Bean and something angsty happened with him, but don't know much else, and are sort of retconning up a past for him and Bond out of collectively devised fanon.