It’s been 25 years since Denise Richards played her Bond girl Dr Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough, which is on ITV1 this afternoon. The 1999 blockbuster was Pierce Brosnan’s third of four outings as James Bond 007 and his co-star has admitted to having some serious struggles before, during and after production. … Read more
Following 1995’s GoldenEye, Pierce Brosnan starred in his second James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies two years later. This time around 007 would team up with Chinese agent Wai Lin, played by Michelle Yeoh, who was the first Asian to win the Best Actress Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once last year. The 62-year-old … Read more
After a record six-year gap following Timothy Dalton’s Licence To Kill, Pierce Brosnan’s GoldenEye – which is on ITV this afternoon – rebooted the James Bond franchise for a post-Cold War world. The 007 movie’s femme fatale was set to be Xenia Onatopp, a Georgian fighter pilot and henchwoman to Sean Bean’s villain Alec Trevelyan. … Read more
Pierce Brosnan’s stardom skyrocketed after joining the James Bond franchise as 007 in 1995 following Timothy Dalton’s exit. He starred as the secret agent for seven years before being unexpectedly replaced. Brosnan’s departure devastated fans and as he recently admitted it also took him by surprise. The actor was forced to hang up his tuxedo … Read more
It’s been 25 years since Denise Richards played her Bond girl Dr Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough, which is now streaming on ITVX. The 1999 blockbuster was Pierce Brosnan’s third of four outings as James Bond 007 and his co-star has admitted to having some serious struggles before, during and after production. … Read more
Speaking previously with SpyHards Podcast, Richards admitted before being cast as a Bond girl that she’d never seen a 007 movie and was totally unaware of just how big the franchise was. Despite struggling with anxiety through auditions and a screen test with Pierce Brosnan, she did her homework by watching the older James Bond … Read more
Photo: Qian Jun/MB Media (Getty Images) For those of us of a certain age — people whose formative years happened between 1960 and 2021 — there’s a very specific way that Aston Martin cars look. Sleek, silver, that sort of oval-ish grille — the image that shows up in Bond film after Bond film, which … Read more
Back in 2020, Pointless presenter Richard Osman published his debut novel about a group of pensioners who team up to solve a mysterious killing. The Thursday Murder Club sold 45,000 copies in its first three days, becoming the fastest-selling adult crime debut in recorded history, with its fifth novel in the series out next year. … Read more
Amid reports that Aaron Taylor-Johnson has already been offered the role of James Bond by the franchise producers at EON, a shocking personal backlash against the actor sparked demands for the next film to be boycotted. An insider claimed: “Bond is Aaron’s job, should he wish to accept it. The formal offer is on the … Read more
James Bond bosses are rumoured to have cast Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the next incarnation of the secret agent. If true, he will join an elite list of actors who have played the coveted role including Welshman Timothy Dalton, who turns 78 today (March 21). Roger Moore had hung up the iconic tuxedo after 1985’s A … Read more
