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Halle Berry Made a Last Minute Change to Her Cannes Outfit
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Currently serving on the jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the Die Another Day star was asked whether or not she’d be up for once again playing that project’s Bond Girl, Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson. Variety was on hand to report on the subject, which saw Ms. Berry offer this official ruling:
Halle Berry shares her thoughts at Cannes 2025, answering if James Bond should be a woman and reflecting on her Jinx spinoff.
“In the Bond audition, I was asked to unzip and drop the dress I was wearing, to just stand there in underwear,” Pike shared. “And I thought, ‘Well, no, I’ll be doing that if I get the part. I won’t be doing that now.’” Pike confirmed that she refused to strip in the audition.
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