![]() ![]() ![]() What am I going to do in James Bond?” He said, “For the first time in history, James Bond is going to have a story with a mature woman. Do I have to replace Judi Dench?” He was laughing, and I was, like, “Why do you call me? I’m 50 years old. When she flew to London for dinner with the director, Bellucci arrived at the restaurant confused: ‘I just blurted out, “I’m not a girl, I’m a mature woman. She said: ‘My agent called me and said, “Sam Mendes wants to see you for Bond”‘. In a separate interview, given to the ‘Style’ supplement of the UK’s Sunday Times magazine, Monica, who was also given a special photo profile in the magazine, revealed that she initially believed she might be auditioning to replace Dame Judi ‘M’ Dench! And, according to the Mail, her image as a sexy older woman is one she is very happy to play along with. In fact, Monica, in accepting the key role of Lucia Sciarri, has arguably become the fifth Italian to play a Bond woman (following Daniela Bianchi in 1963 Luciana Paluzzi in 1965 Maria Grazia Cucinotta in 1999 and Caterina Murino in 2006).īack in Italy, she is often just known as La Bellucci, and is regularly placed alongside some of the classic beauties of the Italian cinema, such as Sophia Loren, Monica Vitti and Claudia Cardinale, to name just a few. I’d prefer to be called a Bond woman or perhaps a Bond lady’. She continued: ‘Compared to the Bond girls who have gone before, I am so much more mature. I told Sam he would be a hero among women for casting me in SPECTRE‘. Speaking to the ‘Event’ supplement of the UK’s Mail on Sunday newspaper, Monica revealed her initial response on being approached and selected: ‘My first thought was, “How can I be a Bond girl at 50?” After my audition Sam Mendes told me that, for the first time in history, he wanted a woman of a similar age to the actor playing Bond. Beautiful Italian actress Monica Bellucci, who has the crucial role of Lucia Sciarri in the next James Bond movie SPECTRE, has given two major interviews to British newspapers recently, and offered some of her thoughts on why she was selected for the role by director Sam Mendes. ![]()
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