13 Awesome Actresses Who Need To Play Bond Girls

Bond 25 could do far worse than these strong candidates...

With Spectre now starting to roll out around the world, what better time to begin pondering the next movie (presumably due in 2018) and specifically which actresses could show up as one of the instantly-iconic Bond girls? They're massively sought after roles which go to unknowns and established actresses alike, cut through all racial and nationalist dynamics and have provided Bond with a litany of moments thrilling, hilarious, sexy and embarrassing over the course of 24 movies. A Bond girl is a crucial part of any of these movies: get it right and you've got a Vesper Lynd on your hands, but get it wrong and you're left with jailbait Bibi Dahl (if you don't know or remember her, be glad). This list looks at 13 actresses who, whether terrifically likely or not, would make stellar Bond girls in their own right if they had a willing script to support them. Now, the likes of Scarlett Johansson have intentionally been left off this list because they're so ridiculously outside the realm of possibility that it's futile to even entertain the idea: she's too famous, she's a very busy woman, and there's not even much evidence to suggest she'd suit the role. Some people just don't fit the Bond mold, no matter how famous or beautiful they might be. Instead, we're looking at women who would unequivocally shine if Bond producers gave them the rub...
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