I honestly think the scene with him and Paloma when all semblance of sanity and seriousness goes out the window as she shatters physics (and somehow not her ankles), he largely ignores gunfire and then serves them both a drink in the middle of a mass gunfight is the producers testing to see how much people like a scene with almost zero seriousness in contrast to a much more serious film.
Honestly, if the filmmakers gave the black female 007 the same kind of set piece that they provided to Paloma, I think a lot of people would take a lot less issue with that casting decision at all.
I mentioned it upthread I believe but it feels like they were actively screwing her over.
The sad thing is the franchise gave a lot more respect to Grace Jones in A View to a Kill, and that was a horrible Bond movie.
I think Grace Jones would have too much self respect to take the role as the female 007 as it was written. I want to think that, anyway. I am a fan of hers.
Per View to a Kill and Conan the Destroyer, Grace Jones had a way of looking at the camera that convinced me she'd hop out of the television and throttle me for real. She's perfect for intense roles like that.
They really should have gagged the actress pre-release and nobody would have whinged about the film demasculating Bond.
I think that was the case originally, but the backlash prompted a rethink and ultimate overcompensation from the writers.
Possibly. It's part of why I have minimal sympathy for her since shooting your mouth off about how absolutely amazing and powerful the fictional character you are depicting is (hi Captain Marvel) rankles me.
Ana De Armas feels like the kind of "strong female character" that would have appeared in the Dalton era. She's ridiculously hot and overpowered but she's funny and sweet unlike Black Power 007 who is just a humorless cunt through most of the movie. (Nomi is actually attractive when she first appears, then she quickly removes the wig to show she's a powerful black queen and never recovers.)
