Casino royale vesper in shower

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People smarter than me and infinitely more invested in the role of women in the Bond franchise may debate Vesper’s place as the “best Bond girl,” and who am I to argue, really? My pre-Craig Bond knowledge is nonexistent outside of one Brosnan outing (and that one I only watched for Toby Stephens’s homoerotic lip curl).

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By 58:14, everyone watching her - cold, closed-off 007 (Daniel Craig) included - has fallen in love with her, and she’s only said three words: “I’m the money.” Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) struts down the aisle of a train at the 58:11 mark of 2006’s Casino Royale.

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The end of this essay contains spoilers for No Time To Die (2021).

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