12 Things You Didn't Know About Christina Hendricks

11. She Was In A James Bond Visa Commercial With Pierce Brosnan

Hendricks appeared in a number of commercials while struggling as an actress in the mid-to-late 1990s, and easily the most memorable of the bunch is her turn in a 1997 Visa commercial, which acted as a tie-in for the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (starring Pierce Brosnan). The advert sees Bond buying some caviar from Hendricks, who is playing the peppy, attractive saleswoman serving Bond, before Q (Desmond Llewellyn) pipes up to advertise Visa's new Check Card system. In 2015 it's easy to laugh at the commercial, and while the cheesy dialogue didn't exactly help Hendricks' performance, it's worth remembering that this was at the very beginning of her career, and it certainly drew attention to her eye-catching looks above all else.