15 Terrible Mistakes That Almost Ruined James Bond For Everyone

3. Madonna Cameo (Die Another Day)

The Bond series has for the most part steered clear of including any obviously obvious or ham-fisted cameo appearances from famous celebrities, but Die Another Day is where this slips completely, as Madonna (who also wrote the movie's wretched theme song) appears as Verity, a fencing instructor with whom Bond enjoys some brief, innuendo-strewn banter ("I have been known to keep my tip up") and swordplay. Unavoidably, Madge's brief scene is totally distracting and sags down a film already running in at a relatively lengthy 133 minutes. Cut this scene down (and the theme song, while they're at it), and Die Another Day is already a far more enjoyable movie (if still pretty bad, of course).