Nobody does it better than the Swedes, so what chance does Denmark have?
The task at hand is providing an actress to star as a “Scandinavian with a troubled past” in the next James Bond film, and historically our neighbours clearly have the upper hand when it comes to the leading girls.
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Britt Ekland memorably played Mary Goodnight in ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’, and then four films later in the franchise, her co-star Maud Adams stepped up to play the title role in ‘Octopussy’.
Denmark, in contrast, has never provided the leading Bond girl.
The closest it ever came was Cecilie Thomsen in ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ in a fleeting appearance as a language instructor, whose appearance prompted Miss Moneypenny to call Bond a “cunning linguist”.
A brief love interest
Still, where there’s hope. The British director Sam Mendes, who has once again signed up to take the helm, told thewrap.com that he is looking to cast “a Scandinavian with a troubled past who will serve as a brief love interest for Bond”.
It’s a chance for Denmark to finally get one over the Swedes. Bond will be back but will a Danish girl be on her back with him?
