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Who should be a Bond girl?

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  • GerardGerard
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    I remember her from Alias, but she's done a lot of other things since then. I present you the lovely Mia Maestro :

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  • 001001
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    Adria Arjona from Emerald City and Pacific Rim Uprising
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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Oh yes! :D
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Tao Okamoto as a henchwoman please...

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  • Goldeneye0094Goldeneye0094 Conyers, GA
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    Thunderball wrote: »
    I'd bet a million dollars she's been brought up before, but I'd love to see Jennifer Connelly in a Bond film. She's about 2 years younger than Daniel Craig and she's still one of the most beautiful actresses on earth, of any age. I think of her as our modern day Elizabeth Taylor. But prettier.

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    I endorse this choice!!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    Tao Okamoto as a henchwoman please...

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    And I endorse this.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited April 2018 Posts: 5,970
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Tao Okamoto as a henchwoman please...

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    And I endorse this.

    Thank you! Not only would I love to see Okamoto as a Bond girl, but I think it's time to have a female henchwoman/villain in Craig's era, and Valenka doesn't count.

    Every 007 apart from Timothy Dalton has faced off against a female foe that doesn't turn over to the other side, Connery most of all: Miss Taro, The Photographer, Rosa Klebb, Fiona Volpe and Helga Brandt. So why not give Craig his turn. It would also be a great scene of Bond having to take out a female villain.

    They were close with Severine, but it was obvious that her arc was better with being someone who wanted Silva so why not give us the alternative and make her the secondary Bond girl as it'll give her more characterization and more of an arc than giving that space to a 2-dimensional female character who gets killed by the villain, or in another case, passed on to Felix (Lucia Sciarra)
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    I agree with Jennifer Connelly, I would not mind having Craig with some ladies that have a more grown up and adult attitude instead of schoolgirls.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Other than Fields being very green (pun intended), behind the ears, I think the Craig era has been successful in casting women and not school girls. CR, we have Solange (a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage), and the mysterious Vesper; Fields and Camille in QoS; SF saw Bond with his lover (did she have a name?), who I have always assumed saved him from the waters, and Severine.

    Sp starts well with Estrella and Lucia (Bond's favorite kind of woman: married, or at least, up until very recently she was), but with Madeleine the ball was dropped. I think the character on paper was fine. It was the actress cast. I like Lea and find her very sexy. But as noted by others, she failed to have a spark with Craig when needed, seemed uncomfortable in scenes (when she orders her drink on the train was cringey), and, then of course, the story rushed their romance and her falling in love with Bond.

    But overall, apart from the hiccup that is Swann, I think Craig's era has boasted a wonderful cast of actresses/characters.

    Saying that, Jennifer Connelly is very attractive and a solid actress. I just don't want to see an American. I'd much rather look at Europe, South America or Asia to find a leading lady for Bond.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I'm just watching The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

    Robin Wright has worked with Craig before, and could make a credible adversary (based on the recent comments about a possible female villain). Of course, this may have been more likely in a Villenueve directed scenario, given she was in BR 2049.

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  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Paul Bettany is one lucky mofo.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    TALULAH RILEY (from Westworld)

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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    bondjames wrote: »
    I'm just watching The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

    Robin Wright has worked with Craig before, and could make a credible adversary (based on the recent comments about a possible female villain). Of course, this may have been more likely in a Villenueve directed scenario, given she was in BR 2049.

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    How about Robin Wright as a Bond Girl?

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  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
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    No Americans
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
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    What's wrong with American Bond Girls? I admit a few have been bad (Jinx and Stacy are the worst) but I like Pam Bouvier at least. I think the failing of some of the American Bond girls isn't because they're American but other circumstances like the script or their acting ability, etc. we can still have great American Bond girls. Connelly is a beautiful, talented actress. I think she'd be great.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I agree. I have no problem with any ethnicity or citizenship really, as long as they're well written and have solid acting capabilities. Oh, and it would really help if they're attractive (in my eyes) too! It's a biased precondition in fact!
  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
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    Bouvier was terrible, not that John Glen was any help with actresses. I’m sure there’s an American exception but none come to mind. I’d prefer an unknown if the part called for an American. Otherwise it’s a dumb crutch to get a known star to prop up your series instead of making great movies. I’ve no complaint about the actresses hired in the Craig era. I wish some of the parts were better written for them. Well all of them except Vesper if I’m being honest, but the actresses chosen... Daniel’s taste has been superb.
  • 001001
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    Rebecca Liddiard is an actress, known for Alias Grace (2017), Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017) and Houdini and Doyle (2016)
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  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Gerard wrote: »
    From Independance Day : Resurgence, miss Angelababy :

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    My god! Far too skinny! She needs a few good meals insider her.
  • Benjamin_Weekly69Benjamin_Weekly69 London
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    DoctorNo wrote: »
    No Americans

    Agreed.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Bring back Alison Doody for a villain role!

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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    With all this talk of a main villainess/female villain on top of the hierarchy, why not cast Melinda Clarke in the role? She never fails delivering the sort of performance that'd be required of her. She played some of the greatest modern villainesses on the screen, the most notable being that of in Nikita.

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
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    I know the feeling!
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    ELIZABETH DEBICKI
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Denbigh wrote: »
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    ELIZABETH DEBICKI
    Agreed wholeheartedly, but as I've said before on other threads, she's 6ft 3, so unless they give Bond to Hiddleston she won't work.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Seeing some great choices, but most of these would be better saved for the next, younger actor. I'd love Debicki as a Bond girl, but she's 27.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Seeing some great choices, but most of these would be better saved for the next, younger actor. I'd love Debicki as a Bond girl, but she's 27.

    We'll save her for the next Bond :)
  • Goldeneye0094Goldeneye0094 Conyers, GA
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    This is lillias right a plus-size model on Instagram she could be bond girl material in my opinion
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Teeth, meet tongue....
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