Since Bond is a larger-than-life figure, his character matches the global brand of Jamaica, which also works in a magnificent way to impact people all over the world.ĭr. “There’s something magical about Jamaica, and it’s fed into the mythology of James Bond over the years,” she said. In a Variety article, Renee Robinson, the Film Commissioner of Jamaica talked about the importance of Jamaican culture to the James Bond franchise. No in Jamaica made sense as Ian Fleming wrote the book there in early 1957, inspired by the white sands and turquoise waters that surrounded him.