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Famke Janssen, who became a star by playing an assassin who kills men between their thighs 1995 james bond film gold eyehas said that she always found the title “Bond Girl” “insulting”.
The Dutch actor, whose credits also include the X-Men and Taken franchises, admitted initial reluctance to accept the role in the 007 film, which Pierce Brosnan’s Bond debut was,
Janssen said, “I was well aware of the dangers of going from being a model to being an actor and then becoming a Bond girl.” Guardian“I thought ‘Bond girl’ was such a derogatory term. But I thought: ‘I’ve got nothing to lose; if I do this, I’ll go very far.’
She said that she improved a lot of the character’s personality quirks in the film to make her more memorable than traditional Bond girls. Janssen played Xenia Onatopp, the henchman of Sean Bean’s rogue Agent 006, who appeared to derive erotic pleasure from violence throughout the film.
She added, “I grew up watching the Bond movies, because my dad loved them, and so I always thought of them as comedy, cheesy movies.” “I thought: ‘Let me make this character unforgettable.’ I broke down. This could have easily failed. I don’t know where I got the confidence from.”
talking to Independent in 2022Janssen recalled her history as a model and then facing assumptions about her character and her acting ability. gold eye,
“I already had to deal with the stereotype of being a model, but then I added one more thing: a model-turned-actress-Bond girl,” she said.
She said she struggled to land the role of an ordinary, working-class widow in a 1997 independent film. City of IndustryHis co-star Harvey Keitel asked him if he ever washed his own clothes.
“Trust me: I came from nothing,” Jansen said. “I’m self-made. I’ve cleaned toilets, worked in bars… This whole notion that I’m some kind of glamorous movie star is not remotely true.”
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Janssen is currently starring in the Netflix comedy drama amsterdam empireIn which she plays a one-hit-wonder pop star who is engaged in a bitter war with her ex-husband, a marijuana magnate. Despite Janssen being born and raised in Amsterdam, this role marks the first time in her long career that she has spoken entirely in Dutch on film or television.