8. Paris Carver (Teri Hatcher) - Tomorrow Never Dies
Small world dept: Monica Belluci, who plays Lucia Sciarra in Spectre, auditioned for this role back in 1997 and was turned down in favour of Teri Hatcher, who was then coming off Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman. Given how history played out, the producers mustve regretted their choice. At the time of the films release, there were rumours that Hatchers screen time was reduced after negative feedback from test audiences, which if it isnt true, should be. Paris Carver exists only to add phony drama to a mechanical plot, and when her loony husband (played with an admirable lack of restraint by Jonathan Pryce) does away with her, the only thing the audience feels is that her character was wasted. Hatcher later echoed the sentiment, saying, Its such an artificial kind of character to be playing that you dont get any special satisfaction from it. She claimed shed only done the role for her then husband, whod always wanted to be married to a Bond girl.
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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
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