The Myth: Even if you're not a particularly big fan of the Bond films, chances are you've at least heard of or seen the scene in Goldfinger where Bond returns to his hotel room to find a dead woman covered in gold paint lying on his bed. The scene is one of the most famous in the history of the Bond films, but ever since the film was released, frequent myths regarding the sequence have persisted. The biggest myth (and the one you've probably heard of before) that arose from the scene is that being covered from head to toe in paint was actually fatal as it caused skin suffocation. The other, more obscure rumour, was that the actor that played Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) actually perished while filming the scene: a myth that was perpetuated by the complete absence of Eaton in further films or the public eye. The Truth: Well, Shirley Eaton most certainly isn't dead - we can promise you that much. Eaton appeared on an episode of Mythbusters to debunk the myth that she had perished while filming Goldfinger. Not only that, but the team behind the show also proved that being covered in gold paint does not lead to skin suffocation as many had thought beforehand. What they did find however, is that being covered in paint for prolonged periods of time could lead to heat exhaustion. Presumably, if left on long enough, you could die from a rise in blood pressure, but it certainly wouldn't suffocate you.
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