Posted on 11/13/2006 8:05:17 AM PST by teddyballgame
Halle Berry as Jinx in “Die Another Day” (2002) Bond women aren’t usually appreciated for their acting assets, but Halle Berry brings something to the role that no other Bond girl ever has — Oscar, acting Oscar. Like Michelle Yeoh in “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Jinx is Bond’s equal. Bond first glimpses Jinx, who is an agent for the NSA, emerging from the ocean, skimpy bathing suit and all. It’s an obvious homage to Ursula Andress in “Dr.No” that works. To whatever effect, Berry rises above what may be one of the worst Bond films ever made. C’mon, it has an invisible car. Fortunately, Berry is anything but invisible.
MGM Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp in “Goldeneye” (1995) Perhaps her name should have been Xenia Overdatopp? What else can one say about a woman who gets aroused by murder, especially squeezing men to death between her vice-like thighs? Still, given Bond’s skill at seduction, driving a wedge in Xenia’s evil plan requires great care. They first meet on a mountain road with dueling cars, then in a casino with dueling wit, then in a sauna, with dueling libido. If anyone could get the best of James, it’s Xenia. With her, his manhood is at stake in more ways than one.
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THANK YOU both
Thanks for the pics of Ursula Andress and I do mean An(un)dress :)
Ref: Caroline Munro
What Bond film was she in?!?
She was the "bad" Bond girl in The Spy Who Loved Me, the helicopter pilot.
That's up for dispute. Kim Basinger has an Oscar, and she played Domino in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. Some don't consider that one an "official" Bond film, and some do.
What is all this "acting" you speak of? I'm quite sure that's not why these actresses got hired to be a bond girl.
"My name is Plenty (*work redacted*)"
Bond: "Named after your father no doubt"
The Bond movies should have ended when Sean Connery stopped acting in them.
Lotte Lenya. Mentioned in Darin's "Mack The Knife". Played the murdering Elsa Klapp or Klemp or something in "From Russia With Love". Acted in the original "Three Penny Opera" by Weill and Brecht.
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