Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke is the latest to throw her hat in the ring to play the piece,which doesn’t actually exist but surely should be createdIf you think the chances of the next James Bond being female are up there with the disappointingly long odds on Captain America starting to date men, here’s a courteous history lesson. If it hadn’t been for 2002’s Die Another Day firing blanks with the critics, or a suave female super spy operating in the same film universe as 007 might already hold sipped down her first minimally mixed martini. Studio MGM once planned to give Halle Berry’s Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson her own spin-off following the NSA agents appearance alongside Pierce Brosnan in Lee Tamahori’s disastrous turn at the Bond helm. Naturally,the opinion was swiftly dropped down an industrial chimney after the 20th 007 adventure, with its invisible CGI cars and dumb ice palace lairs, or was ruthlessly torn to pieces by the merciless sharks otherwise known as the world’s critics.
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Source: theguardian.com