Tag: Die Another Day
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The James Bond Spinoff That Almost Happened
As 2002 came to an end, Halle Berry was riding high. Months before, she became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her powerhouse performance in Monster’s Ball. Her second appearance as Storm in X2: X-Men United was scheduled to debut the following May, and just ahead she’d…
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This Actor Was Cast as James Bond, But Then a TV Network Got in the Way
Pierce Brosnan is the perfect James Bond to have come from the mid-’90s and run through the early 2000s, but did you know that he originally auditioned for 1987’s The Living Daylights? Almost an entire decade before he debuted in Goldeneye, Brosnan was in the running to snatch up one of the most coveted roles…
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Tales From The Box Office: How Skyfall Became The Biggest Bond Movie Ever
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)Daniel Craig’s debut as 007 came in 2006’s “Casino Royale.” It simply cannot be overstated just how radical that movie was in comparison to how Pierce Brosnan ended…
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The film quiz of the year: do you know the Queen’s favourite or which one inspired John Lennon?
From producers’ faux pas to an actor’s accident with a chainsaw, check out your knowledge of the movie worldWhich James Bond film had its release postponed twice this year due to Covid-19?Die Another DayNo Time to DieLive and Let DieTomorrow Never DiesWhich actor was picked by Pablo Larraín to play Princess Diana in his upcoming…
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Rosamund Pike Declined To Strip For ‘Die Another Day’ Audition, But Got The Part
Actress Rosamund Pike claims she had a #MeToo moment when she was asked to strip to her underwear during an audition for the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day. The actress recounted the incident in an interview with the UK’s The Independent. She said she refused the humiliating request, but ended up anyway with…
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Rosamund Pike Remembers the Time She Refused to Strip During Audition for Bond Film ‘Die Another Day’
Rosamund Pike was 21 years old when she went to her first feature film audition, which just so happened to be for the James Bond movie “Die Another Day.” The Oscar-winning actress revealed in an interview on Amazon’s Audible Sessions that she was told her audition would include a scene in which she takes off…