Many of you may remember Rosamund as Miranda Frost in the 2002 James Bond film, Die Another Day. But what some of you may not know is the trivia behind the role, and the casting.
Miranda Frost was, as her name would suggest, cold towards Bond, denying his sexual advances for all of 3 tries before she did the dirty with him in her hotel room in Iceland (in the novel this was preceeded by a romp in a jacuzzi). Her personality was similar to that of Gala Brand, the "Bond Girl" from the Ian Fleming novel Moonraker, and this was Frost's original screen-name, before Lee Tamahori decided to go with the whole Frost/cold theme.
Another interesting story was the casting process for Gala Brand/Miranda Frost. Remember that British pop star Sophie Ellis Bextor, of "Murder On The Dance Floor" fame? Yep, that's right, she was one the last few people who Lee Tamahori considered for the role. Of course, you might also remember that Madonna sung the film's title song, and that she had a cameo as "Verity" the lesbian fencing instructor who introduces Bond to Miranda Frost. Hmmm...
After the box office success of Die Another Day, Rosamund Pike followed this up with a role in the feature film of the video-game Doom, which I didn't see. But, I did enjoy her performance as Jane Bennett in the 2005 film version of Pride & Prejudice (alongside Keira Knightly).
More recently, you may have seen Rosamund in An Education (the film in which Carey Mulligan was nominated for as Oscar for Best Actress), or in Surrogates (where no one was nominated for an Oscar).
Now, getting to the autograph... you may remember my previous post about Pierce Brosnan, how I saw him in Melbourne for the premier of Die Another Day? Well, Rosamund Pike was there as well, so I took her photo and sent it off to her in London. About 2 weeks later, I received this totally awesome reply in the mail!
You may not be able to read it, but she's written "To Manuel, Merry Christmas and best for 2003 and beyond, love Rosamund".
Until next time!
another great blog. very well written, and interesting.
ReplyDeletefirst photo's a bit distracting though. :)