Bond girls aren't easy (Britney can't meet the standard!)

Los Angeles Times ^ | April 20, 2004 | SAMANTHA BONAR

[1riot1ranger]

Bond girls aren't easy
By SAMANTHA BONAR
(c) 2004, Los Angeles Times

Britney, you are no Pussy Galore. Former Bond Girl Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy in 1987's The Living Daylights) with Timothy Dalton.

A recent Extra television report revealed that Britney Spears has had the gall to approach Barbara Broccoli, a producer of Bond films, with a view to becoming the next Bond Girl. .....

...A Bond Girl has sex appeal. Her allure stems from her classic beauty -- tall, lithesome, elegant. Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder) rose from the sea like a knife-wielding Aphrodite in 1962's Dr. No, the first of the Bond films. Another Dr. No Bond Girl, Sylvia Trench (played by Eunice Gayson), is described in the screenplay as "willowy, exquisitely gowned, with a classic, deceptively cold beauty." Britney, on the other hand, is already looking over-the-hill at 22. In fact, she'd look right at home in a trailer with three to five kids.....

[1riot1ranger]

A little catty???
This was really funny. I excerpted it since it is from the LA Times but the link takes you to the Houston Chronicle. Wasn't sure about the posting rule but thought this would keep most folks happy.

[TheBigB]

Meeeeeow!

[Vision]

I don't know about Catty, but I do believe Spears is too trashy to be a bond girl.

[FourtySeven]

This can't be a proper Bond girl thread without visual aids.

[Archangelsk]

You are forgetting that Britney supports the President and her tour is sponsored by Clear Channel.

Thus the cattiness.

[dts32041]

You know Brittany is going to turn in the Janet Jackson of the 20's remember they both started out as cute kids on TV and it looks like they are both going down hill from there.

[r9etb]

You are forgetting that Britney supports the President and her tour is sponsored by Clear Channel.

Oh, boy. "Trashy sluts for Bush." That sounds just great...

[Archangelsk]

Ask and you shall receive:

Andress

Blackman

[gcruse]

"Samantha Bonar..."

Sheeiyah!

[Betis70]

Bond girls are also generally one-trick ponies. One movie and out. That French chick being a notable exception, since she was in Braveheart first.

[TheBigB]

I'd be more than happy to Bond with Britney.

Ooh, bad B...bad!

[Meldrim]

"In fact, she'd look right at home in a trailer with three to five kids....."

Britney would be more than welcome in my trailer. I'd take her over any "Bond Girl" that comes to mind, and I'd take her each and every day of the week. In my dreams.

[johnfrink]

"Her allure stems from her classic beauty..."

Uh, Grace Jones?

[Army Air Corps]

Regardless of her views, Brittney is no Bond Girl. Bond Girls have definte physical beauty but they have intangible qualities that make them more than just physical allure. In other words, they ooze stunning hotness on multiple levels. Brittney is too overtly sexual to be a Bond Girl. Even the villanesses (I am old fashioned and use archaic words) from the Bond films are often mucho attractive due to their intelligence, beauty, and strength.

[Army Air Corps]

I think that grace was due to a moment of PC weakness or because she was, for some unknown reason, popular at that time. I still ask myself "why the h*ll is this woman one of Bond's women?!"

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There is no Bond but Sean Connery.

[TheBigB]

I can think of a handful who've made other notable film and/or TV appearances...Denise Richards, Kim Basinger, Teri Hatcher, Famke Janssen...

[Skooz]

"That French chick" is the unspeakably gorgeous Sophie Marceau.

[1riot1ranger]

"Samantha Bonar..."

Good catch!
Is this a Bond Girl name or her real name.

[Army Air Corps]

Famke is still on my top ten list of Bond Babes. Sure she was a villaness, but I would not being interrogated for hours on end by her...