After a short look within the Rod Serling-written 1964 TV flick “Carol for One other Christmas,” Swedish-born Britt Ekland’s profession started choosing up steam. Certainly one of her first main main roles was within the John Cassavetes-starring crime movie “Machine Gun McCain,” which debuted in 1969. After a slew of different appearances, together with the cult horror “The Cannibals,” Ekland landed her “Wicker Man” gig.
Within the 1973 traditional, Ekland performs the elusive, mysterious, and seductive Willow MacGregor, the daughter of landlord Alder MacGregor (Lindsay Kemp). Willow and Howie’s complicated relationship is on the coronary heart of the movie’s sexual themes. In a candid interview with Starburst, Ekland defined that she solely took the function due to the cash, revealing that she wasn’t essentially drawn to the movie’s narratives. Regardless of that, she understands why the movie is so revered, significantly due to its ending (which we cannot spoil). “I believe even when folks come to the movie for the primary time and already know the ending, they wish to see the build-up to it […] The movie simply leaves you on this state of whole disbelief, shocked with no sense of aid,” she mentioned.
Ekland would later go on to star within the 007 movie “The Man with the Golden Gun” as Bond woman Mary Goodnight. As of late, Ekland retains a low-profile. In 2020, she appeared within the actuality collection “The Actual Marigold Resort.” Hopefully she will be able to make an look in “The Wicker Man” TV collection which Andy Serkis is at present growing!