Spectre’s Monica Bellucci Initially Anticipated Playing A Very Different James Bond Role, And I Could Get Behind This Alternative As A 007 Fan

”’To be in a Bond movie is almost a secret dream for many actresses. And what happened to me was so funny, because my agent called me, and told me, ‘Monica, do you want to laugh? Sam Mendes just wanted to meet you for James Bond.’ And I was 50 at the time, so I said, ‘He wants to meet me for M?’ … I [would have been] so happy to play M, I have so much respect for Dame Judi Dench. But he told me, ‘No, he wanted to meet you for a James Bond girl, Donna Lucia Sciarra.’ The oldest ‘Bond Lady’ ever.”

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