No less than 86 Bond women have starred within the 22 movies - often with memorable names like Pussy Galore, Plenty O’Toole and Strawberry Fields.

With shooting set to start quickly on the subsequent as yet untitled blockbuster, helmed by American Beauty director Sam Mendes, the actress enjoying reverse Daniel Craig remains to be undecided or underneath wraps.

The names tossed around have included 26-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, Avatar’s Zoe Saldana, 33, and Harry Potter’s Emma Watson, 20.

But casting for Casino Royale proved tough with many young actresses and their brokers feeling the series had gone stale.

Whereas typically important to Bond’s efforts in foiling the latest plan for world domination, not all of the Bond women made it to the tip reel.

Gemma Arterton was drowned in oil in Quantum of Solace, Teri Hartcher was shot in Tomorrow By no means Dies and Shirley Eaton suffocated after being lined head to toe in gold paint in Goldfinger.

Even those who survived Bond’s adventures have typically come to a nasty finish in their actual life careers.

Halle Berry famously reprised the Andress swimsuit entrance with an up to date look as Jinx Johnson in 2002’s Die One other Day. It’s debatable her profession also suffered a jinxing with the Bond lady “curse” - she has since failed to scale the performing heights of her Oscar-successful pre-Bond performance of Monster’s Ball, caught as an alternative in comedian guide movies like Catwoman and X-Men.

But there are other actresses out there in TV land eager to make the leap right into a revitalised Bond.

Socialite, reality TV star and occasional nude cowl girl, Kim Kardashian, hasn't been shy about placing her hand up for the role.

"I'd love to be in a Bond movie - a Bond Woman," Kardashian advised E! News at the Display screen Actor's Guild awards. "That might be the ultimate."

The casting is probably not up to now-fetched - in any case given Denise Richards played a nuclear physicist in The World Is Not Enough.

The 23rd Bond film is due for release in November 2012.

 

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