From the very beginning, the James Bond franchise has seen many 'Bond Girls' and undoubtedly the female leads of the Bond movies are always breathtakingly beautiful. They were seen as Bond’s allies, his love interests, and even his enemies.
Here, lets take a turn! Imagine the Bond franchise were to launch a parallel series of films featuring a female British agent. Putting it more simply, why not a Female bond?
Ahead of SPECTRE’s release, Onmanorama takes a look at 9 of the best actresses who could easily carry the title of 'Bond Girl':
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is perhaps the closest female equivalent of Bond. The actress who has starred as an action star and spy in films like Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Tomb Raider, Taking Lives, Wanted, and Salt could be the best to fit in the role.
In fact, the movie Salt was originally written for a male lead and Tom Cruise was approached to play. Ultimately, he backed out and the script was rewritten with a female lead and Angelina Jolie was cast. Do we need to say more?
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson took a dodgy Russian accent and a skin-tight leather suit and impressed us quite well as Black Widow with The Avengers and also gave a terrific performance in and as 'Lucy'. There it was done.
Anne Hathaway
One of the best catwoman that The Dark Knight Rises saw was none other than Anne Hathaway as Selina. She’s flip, she’s funny, and she looks great astride the bat cycle thing. She kicks credible ass, and she doesn’t overdo the cat business. She’s just right and we rest our case here.
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich appears to be anything but the stone-cold action heroines she plays in the movies. In Ultraviolet, Jovovich plays a genetically-enhanced warrior while in Alice in Resident Evil (2002) and Resident Evil 2 (2004), she is seen as steely-eyed, zombie exterminator- the best that any female Bond could be.
Chalize Theron
Well, who can beat this stunning blonde from playing the perfect Bond! James Bond has always been portrayed as a womanizer and Charlize's gorgeousness will make that aspect easy to translate after seeing her in Aeon Flux and Italian Job.
Indira Varma
Indira Varma, who made her debut as Maya in Mira Nair's Kama Sutra, is no stranger to playing seductress. Years have passed since, and as Ellaria Sand in Game Of Thrones, Indira proves that she still has it in her to be a Bond girl. Sexy yet lethal.
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra has time and again done a superhero role. She has the poise, the style and the oomph factor to carry the Bond girl role. With Quantico, and her music videos, she is a familiar figure in Hollywood now.
Tamannah
Tamannah was a fearless warrior in Bahubali. A pre-requisite of being a Bond girl. She could be coy yet dangerous. Isn't that what Bond girls are all about?
Deepti Sati
Deepti Sati is young and ready to experiment. She has already made a mark with her acting debut in Malayalam movie Neena. A simple girl with not so simple dreams, would Deepti consider being a Bond girl? We think she should.
So, this is our list of players who can very well replace James Bond. What do you think?