- "Brilliant! Well done, Franz. Another 80 million dollar write-off!"
"Then I guess it's time to start cutting overhead." - ― Truman-Lodge and Franz Sanchez
Truman-Lodge was a fictional accountant and associate of the drug lord Franz Sanchez. The character appeared in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill, portrayed by American actor Anthony Starke, and was given the full name William Truman-Lodge[1] in John Gardner's accompanying novelisation and a trading card game.
Biography[]
In a deleted scene, included in John Gardner's novelization, CIA informant Pam Bouvier mentions that Truman-Lodge is Sanchez's "financial whiz kid" and is wanted in the United States for insider trading on Wall Street. Throughout the film, he expresses a great focus on the financial aspects of Sanchez's business, protesting about some of Sanchez's decisions due to the financial consequences of such moments as the destruction of his factory. Sanchez flees as fire consumes his base, taking with him four articulated tankers full of the cocaine and petrol mixture. During the course of the chase through the desert, three of the four tankers are destroyed, prompting Truman-Lodge to sarcastically congratulated Sanchez with an "80 million dollar write-off". This provokes an enraged drug lord to simply retorts "I guess it's time to start cutting overhead" and sprays him with a Micro UZI.
Personality[]
Truman-Lodge looks quite young compared to the other individuals involved with Sanchez's cartel. True to his status as a "financial genius," Truman-Lodge pays close attention to the financial aspects of Sanchez's operations and business ventures.
He appears constantly nervous - fiddling with a stress ball even when in safety of Sanchez's office at Casino de Isthmus with Colonel Heller keeping security. Despite so, he is meticulous in details, knowing the exact price of his employer's cocaine product at all times and always acts professionally. Additionally, he is confident enough to scrutinize Sanchez's decision-making, indicating that his elevated behavior is not due to fear of failing to appease his murderous boss. That said, his careless mouth ends up crossing his boss at the exact wrong time, which results in his death.
Although its not stated out loud, his jittery, overactive behavior implies that he might be a cocaine user, which is plausible in that he was part of the 1980s Wall Street culture, as well as his proximity Sanchez, a major cocaine trafficker. He also has baggy eyes, implying that he doesn't sleep much.
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Trivia[]
- As James Bond is quite famous in destroying elaborate buildings, expensive vehicles, military hardware etc., Truman-Lodge marks one of the rare few characters in all James Bond media who keeps track of the monetary damages Bond causes, even though he does it from the villain's point of view.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gardner, John [1989]. in Orion: Licence to Kill (in English). Kent: Coronet. ISBN 1409135764.