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Rosamund Pike reflects on 'Die Another Day'
In an interview to promote her new film 'Wrath of the Titans', which opened this weekend in the UK, British actress Rosamund Pike told the Daily Mirror about her time on the 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day".
She admits she wasn’t prepared for the level of scrutiny that came with the Bond Girl role.
“I had no experience of that,” she says. “I was actually just a nervous little 21-year-old when I made that film, but I didn’t show that side of myself because I thought it would not be good for the Bond fans to see the person who had just been a student. So, I always felt I had to dress up.”
“I think being accepted as a good actress is all I ever wanted. That’s the only stigma that comes with a Bond film – that people are quick to assume you were hired just for your looks. That kind of thing really annoys me because actually [director] Lee Tamahori hired me for something else.”
She admits she wasn’t prepared for the level of scrutiny that came with the Bond Girl role.
“I had no experience of that,” she says. “I was actually just a nervous little 21-year-old when I made that film, but I didn’t show that side of myself because I thought it would not be good for the Bond fans to see the person who had just been a student. So, I always felt I had to dress up.”
“I think being accepted as a good actress is all I ever wanted. That’s the only stigma that comes with a Bond film – that people are quick to assume you were hired just for your looks. That kind of thing really annoys me because actually [director] Lee Tamahori hired me for something else.”
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I really wasn't aware she was only twenty one years of age at time of production until it was pointed out somewhere the last year or so. I would never have known, I would of imagined late 20's, early 30's even, it was a bit of a surprise
The main issue I have with the Frost character, why oh why did they make her bad and kill her off in the end, It was a bit of a surprise twist in the movie, I don't mind saying, but it's a real pity she had to die in the end and the awful Berry had to be the sole survivor of the Bond girls for that release, it's something that's bugged me since it's release, but only on a minor scale, Frost should of been with Brosnan at the end and the Jinx character go down with the airplane, they really spoilt it in the end
I wouldn't put Frost or Pike down as a looker so to speak, Yes she's a nice looking woman but no centerfold model. She is intelligent and sophisticated and I'd rather have that in my Bond ladies than all just eye candy and catwalk statistics. Bond girls don't always have to be overly pretty in order to succeed or make an impression
And yes, Pike should have been the one to end up with Bond in the end but come to think of it, the whole film needed a rewrite.
Nowadays I like both Miranda and Jinx, but when I was 11 I though Frost was ok and Jinx super hot (on Cuba, especially in bikini). So my answer is no. I don´t think Pike would have made the same impact in a bikini as Berry did.
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I think she's very attractive there. That's how she should have looked in DAD. Or at the least, have longer hair.
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I would have thought she would have said something. Before taking part in the film, Pike watched all the films and on the DVD commentary even says how shocked she was that EON wanted to do a big CGI sequence for the anniversary.
Perhaps she has a more positive vision about the movie. Only among the socalled fans there are people that really lose any perspective when it comes to DAD. When QoS is far worse imho.
As for Berry, her character may have sucked for the most part but she was damn fine-looking in DAD and to this day, it's unforgivable that the fight between jinx and frost was infinitely superior to the climatic fight between bond and graves.