Denise Richards defends her bond daughter "breakdown": "it broke my heart"

Dr. Christmas Jones of The World from 1999 is not enough was not well received.


James Bond's first film was created over 60 years ago, so the list of Bond girls who appeared in the 25 films franchise is long and growing. In 1999, Denise Richards added his name to Leap girl List when she played like Dr. Christmas Jones in The world is not enough next to Pierce Brosnan . While the film received mixed criticism, the character of Richards has become specifically a punchline. Some viewers found her badly made and others made fun of her for having played a nuclear physicist who carries narrow outfits. In 2006, Weekly entertainment Named Christmas The worst liaison girl all time.

Twenty-four years later, Richards thought about the reaction in a new interview. The actor and the star of reality said Variety that it "broke her heart" to hear the criticism and that she was, in some ways, set up to attract the anger of the fans. Read the rest to see what she had to say else .

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She knew she was making fun.

Denise Richards and Pierce Brosnan in
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In his new interview with Variety ,, Richards talked about his performance Like Christmas, Jones is "swept".

"It broke my heart that people made fun of me," she said.

"" Oh really? Do you wear shorts and are a nuclear scientist? "" She said, reiterated some of the criticisms. "I play a bond girl. If I wore a laboratory blouse and pants and a costume, then [fans] would have been upset, as" okay, why does she not look like a daughter of Sexy connection? ""

She returned to her hotel room and cried during the press tour.

Denise Richards at the premiere of
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Appear on The podcast Ray In March, Richards revealed that she had had a difficult and emotional time to the promotion The world is not enough Due to the response to its character.

"It was very difficult when this film was released, because I had a lot of flak for that, and it was not easy for me with the extent of the press I made," said Richards . "To go there, knowing that people made fun of me, it was the first time in my career that I had to face something like that, and it was very, very difficult for me. And I just had to smile on my face and go out and talk, then travel the world. I went to my hotel and cried, because the criticisms, they laughed at me and said things. ""

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However, she had a lot of love for her character.

Richards said Ray That, even if she had watched any film Bond before being cast, she was aware of the Bond Girl heritage. And she loved her scientific character seemed different from many of those who had come before. "I just felt that she was strong and fiery and fun and did not care what she looked like," she said. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

She also said that she had seen the humor in her character's wardrobe and said she was in conformity with the franchise.

"When I had a lot of flak, I said," Ok. I play a bond girl, it is the language in the cheek. "If I really wore a laboratory blouse and I was doing it all, then people would say:" Well, why is she not a Bond girl? ", Explained the 52-year-old woman.

She does not regret having made the film.

Denise Richards at the premiere of
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While Richards went through a difficult period after the film's release, she has a lot of good memories to be part of the Bond universe and is grateful.

"It was an incredible experience," she said The Guardian in 2022 . "Even when I was promoting the film, I was able to travel to all these different countries for the first. I really didn't understand how Blus was Big Bond until I did it. Have I leap girl at the top of my curriculum vitae? Well, that's one of them! ""

She also joked the memorable name of her character. "Why was my character called Christmas?" I don't know. It's a funny name ... Are there other characters called Christmas? Jim Carrey The character is called Lloyd Christmas in Stupid and even darker . So, if we get married, I would be Christmas Christmas. ""


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