English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

Hi! I'm translating the audio commentary for Dr. No. I came across a very strange saying and I can't figure out what it means in English. I've researched it, but still the meaning of the phrase in this particular context escapes me. The following words are pronounced by Eunice Gayson, who played Sylvia Trench, about how, originally, the director meant for her character to be reappearing in Bond movies. As far as I know, she was only in two, while Sean Connery was in six.

Here's the text from the script:

NARRATOR: Eunice Gayson was hired as Sylvia Trench, meant to be a reoccurring character in the initial series of James Bond films.
GAYSON: Originally, Terence [director] wanted me to be in the first six, the idea being that I was the one who was, you know... It was never stipulated that we'd had a past relationship, but obviously we had because we got at it like knives the moment we met. He was always _bleeped away_, then in the sixth one he wasn't, and I'd play the lead.

We are usually provided with notes by native speakers on rather difficult parts in the text, but unfortunately not this time :-/

So please help me to figure this one out. Thanks a lot in advance!