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What would James Bond be without the stream of glamorous and beautiful women that surround him? With each new film, he attracts yet more women, and these leading ladies have been affectionately and notoriously known as Bond girls. Producers aim to get the hottest and most versatile actresses from all over the world on board, and I think it's fair to say that more often than not, they succeed!
Plus there are a lot of juicy details and saucy secrets that even the biggest fans of the franchise don't know about its Bond girls. And a lot of these unknown facts are about the very actresses who play these women! Get to know some of the most steamy secrets about the Bond girls we've met over the last five decades...
[post_page_title]Vesper In Casino Royale[/post_page_title]
Did you know that Casino Royale's Vesper was actually based on a real person?
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Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond books, had a short-lived affair with a woman called Christine Granville, who was also known as Vesperale. Vesperale was the inspiration behind the character of Vesper.
[post_page_title]Elizabeth Hurley Turned Down Golden Eye[/post_page_title]
The producers of 1995's GoldenEye really wanted Elizabeth Hurley to play the part of Natalya, but she turned the role down!
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It seems unlikely that an actress would turn down a role as a Bond girl! I mean, it's fun, it's sexy, it's action-packed. And the really hilarious thing about it all is that Elizabeth went onto play Vanessa Kensington in the lovable and popular Bond parody, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
[post_page_title]No Sexy Time For Bond And Camille[/post_page_title]
In the 2008 Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, James Bond and the leading Bond girl do not have sex...
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And why is this something worth noting? Well, because at that point, it was the first time in James Bond movie history that Bond doesn't sleep with a leading Bond girl!
[post_page_title]What Is M's Real Name?[/post_page_title]
Have you ever wondered what M stands for? M works for MI6, so could M possibly be short for MI6?
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In the script for the 1995 Bond movie, GoldenEye, M's full name is revealed to be Barbara Mawdsley, but she's never actually referred to by this name in the film.
[post_page_title]Barbara Cerrera Was Up For The Sex Scenes[/post_page_title]
In the Bond movie, Never Say Never Again, things got very steamy between Sean Connery and Barbara Cerrera...
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Barbara Cerrera decided she didn't want to have a body double replace her during the sex scenes between herself and Sean Connery - a bold move! In fact, she point blank refused one, and so the sex scenes in the film really do feature the actress.
[post_page_title]The Oldest Bond Girl[/post_page_title]
Honor Blackman was the oldest woman in the history of the Bond movies to play a Bond girl...
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Honor was 37 years old when she played the role of Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. The producers of the franchise are now obviously used to hiring younger actresses who are "in their prime", to play James Bond's hot lovers. Goldfinger, however, was the third movie of the entire franchise which could have set a precedent for a more mature Bond girl to take center stage, but it appears it didn't.
[post_page_title]Why Teri Hatcher Agreed To Do Bond[/post_page_title]
In 1997, Teri Hatcher took part in Tomorrow Never Dies, alongside Pierce Brosnan, but she probably would never have agreed to do the role if it wasn't for her husband...
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Teri's husband at the time, Jon Tenney, was a huge Bond fan, and it was a sort of fantasy for him to be married to a Bond girl. And with this new Bond movie, he finally could! Ahh the things you do for love!
[post_page_title]Pussy Galore[/post_page_title]
So what's the deal behind the most recognized Bond girl name ever, Pussy Galore?!
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The name "Pussy Galore" is so laughable that even the Austin Powers movies which was a spoof of James Bond, parodied it by writing in the character, Alotta Fagina! But Pussy Galore certainly wasn't the only provocative Bond girl name. In fact, a lot of the Bond girls had suggestive names: Dr No's Honey Ryder, Moonraker's Dr. Holly Goodhead and Octopussy's Octopussy are just a few examples.
[post_page_title]Roger Moore's Jealous Wife[/post_page_title]
There were a number of love scenes between Roger Moore and Bond girl actress, Madeline Smith, which the late Roger Moore's wife may not have been too happy about...
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In fact, Roger Moore's wife was always on the Live and Let Die set when he and his Bond girl were filming steamy bedroom scenes. And she watched every single move they made...
[post_page_title]The First Main Female Villain[/post_page_title]
In the 1999 movie, The World is Not Enough, the main villain wasn't male as was usually the case...
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Elektra King, played by Sophie Marceau, was the main villain of the movie! In fact, this movie marked the very first time in the series of Bond movies that James Bond kills a Bond girl!
[post_page_title]James Bond The Homewrecker[/post_page_title]
In the movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, Teri Hatcher's Paris Carver has an affair with Pierce Brosnan's Bond...
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It was the first time an audience had seen Bond engage in an illicit affair with a married woman!
[post_page_title]Against All Odds[/post_page_title]
Gemma Arterton played Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace in 2008, and she was actually pretty darn lucky to get the role. Almost as lucky as us moviegoers were to have her in the film...
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Gemma won the role over about 1500 other actresses! It could quite literally have been anyone, but the dazzling and charming actress won the role fair and square.
[post_page_title]No Bond Girl At The End[/post_page_title]
In Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's Bond has a girl, who ends up being the one that got away...
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Casino Royale is the only Bond movie in which James Bond ends up without a girl as the film draws to a close.
[post_page_title]Bond Is Busier Than Ever Before[/post_page_title]
James Bond has always been known to sleep around, but the 1983 movie takes things to a whole new level with the ageing Sean Connery taking center stage...
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In Never Say Never, James Bond sleeps with four women throughout the movie...
[post_page_title]Ten French Actresses[/post_page_title]
Bond travels the world, and meets all kinds of different villains... and women! And quite a few of these women happen to be French...
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Ten French Actresses[/caption]
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Ten French Actresses[/caption]
Since its inception, there have been ten French actresses in the Bond franchise.
[post_page_title]A Very Dedicated Bond Girl[/post_page_title]
Caterina was stoked to get the chance to play a Bond girl in Casino Royale, and she certainly wanted to make the most of it...
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That’s why she opted out of getting a stunt double to perform the scenes in which her character rides a horse. Throughout the course of the movie, she had an injured leg, and so it was advised that a professional film the scenes on the horse. Caterina desperately wanted to be seen riding the horse for real, injured leg and all...
[post_page_title]Give Bond Girl No.1 A Break[/post_page_title]
Until 1997, there was a pattern in the Bond films in which the Bond girl that appeared first would be the one who is killed off...
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In Tomorrow Never Dies, Paris Carver is the first Bond girl to be introduced in the movie, and she's also the one that ends up dying in the end, by the hands of none other than James Bond himself.
[post_page_title]Frost Over Brand[/post_page_title]
Miranda Frost was a Bond girl character in Die Another Day, however, it was initially supposed to be the character of Gala Brand in her place...
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Gala Brand appears in Ian Fleming's third Bond novel, Moonraker, as a policewoman in England's Special Branch. However, for some reason, she hasn't yet appeared in any of the Bond movies. Miranda Frost, on the other hand, is an agent who works for MI6 but ends up in cahoots with Gustav Graves, the movie's main villain. Who knows whether Gala Brand will ever make an appearance in at least one of the movies...
[post_page_title]Blast From The Past[/post_page_title]
Strawberry Fields is an MI6 agent in Quantum of Solace. She is given the important task of preventing Bond from following the villainous Dominic Greene to Bolivia...
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The character of Agent Strawberry Fields is an homage to the Bond girls of the 1960s, which is why she looks like she could be a Bond girl from a classic Bond movie like Goldfinger or Dr. No. It was a nice little nostalgic treat for the fans of the original movies which started in the 1960s.
[post_page_title]Casino Royale's Shower Scene[/post_page_title]
The shower scene near the end of Casino Royale was a nice touch to the action-packed movie. We get to see a more tender side to James Bond as he comforts his main Bond girl...
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The script for the movie, Casino Royale stated that Vesper, Eva Green's Bond Girl, would only be wearing underwear in the shower scene. However, Daniel Craig didn't think that was a good idea - he felt in that moment, Vesper wouldn't have stripped off; that it would have felt gratuitous. And so Eva Green ended up not taking his kit off. When you think about it, it was quite brave of Daniel to make such a bold suggestion considering it was his first Bond movie and all.
[post_page_title]Ursuala Andress' Accent[/post_page_title]
In 1962, the very first Bond movie, Dr. No, was released with Sean Connery debuting the very first performance of James Bond. And who was his main Bond girl in the movie? Honey Ryder, played by Swiss beauty, Ursula Andress...
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Throughout the Bond movies, there have been a number of foreign-born Bond girls, and so it's pretty common for them to have accents that are noticeably different Bond's own accent. However, it appears that Ursula Andress' accent was far too strong for the producers' liking! In fact, when the movie was released in theaters, it wasn't Ursula's own voice coming out of her character's mouth - she had been dubbed over by German voice actress, Nikki van der Zyl! Here's hoping she wasn't just chosen for her pretty face...
[post_page_title]The First American Bond Girl[/post_page_title]
Diamonds Are Forever, the seventh movie in the series, came out in 1971 and featured Sean Connery who had made his debut as the very first James Bond nearly a decade prior to this movie. This time the Bond girl, Tiffany Case, was played by Jill St. John...
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Californian-born Jill St. John was the very first American actress to play a Bond girl since the film series' inception. And not only is the actress American, but she also plays an American, and an American diamond smuggler at that.
[post_page_title]Halle Berry, The Oscar Winner[/post_page_title]
In 2002, the beautiful A-list actress, Halle Berry, played Jinx in Die Another Day. You might say it was a role of a lifetime to be able to play a Bond girl, however, then Halle Berry left production for a few days, to attend the Oscars...
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In 2002, Halle Berry won the Oscar for Best Actress at the 74th Academy Awards, and that same year the Bond movie she was filming came out in theaters. When she returned to work on the Bond set, she could do so knowing all the while that she was Oscar-worthy and versatile enough to play any kind of role; eye candy in a spy movie and a trainwreck mother in a drama. She can have her pick...
[post_page_title]A Bus Conductor As A Bond Girl?[/post_page_title]
Mie Hama is a Japanese actress who played Kissy Suzuki in You Only Live Twice, however, before being cast as a glamorous lady in an action movie, she did something rather different...
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A lot of the women who'd played Bond girls before Mie Hama were well-off and European, Mia, on the other hand, was Japanese and a former bus conductor. So instead of frolicking around in fancy 60s headscarves, she would have been walking up and down buses collecting people's fares.
[post_page_title]Only One Repeat Bond Girl[/post_page_title]
There have been a lot of popular Bond girls over decades. Every James Bond fan has a favorite Bond girl, and if you don't have a favorite, are you even a Bond fan?
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However, there's only ever been one woman since the film series' inception who's been in more than one Bond movie, and that's Swedish actress, Maud Adams. She played a Bond girl twice! The first time was in The Man With The Golden Gun in 1974 and in 1983, she played Octopussy in Octopussy.
[post_page_title]Bond's By Day/Ringo's By Night[/post_page_title]
American actress, Barbara Bach, played Anya Amasova in 1977 Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me.
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There have been many, many hot Bond girls, but Barbara Bach is definitely up there! But did you know that she was married to Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr? In fact, they got married four years after The Spy Who Loved Me was released.
[post_page_title]Life Sort Of Imitating Art[/post_page_title]
In 1981, Cassandra Harris starred as a Bond girl in the 18th Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only, as the Countess Lisl von Schlaf. At the time, she was married to Pierce Brosnan, and what do you know, a decade later, he starred as Bond himself...
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While Cassandra was filming For Your Eyes Only, she managed to get her husband, Pierce, to meet the producer, Albert R. Broccoli. And you know what the lead to - his starring in four bond movies: 1995's Golden Eye, 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies, 1999's The World Is Not Enough, and 2002 Die Another Day.
[post_page_title]Seductive Movie Poster[/post_page_title]
The 1981 For Your Eyes Only poster features a long and slender pair of legs that supposedly belong to a Bond girl...
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In between the legs, you can spot a mini-Bond in action! The poster is supposed to be promoting For Your Eyes Only, so you might think that the main Bond girl actress, Carol Boquet, would be featured in the poster, but no, it's not her. Those pair of legs belong to a model. And guess what the model was asked to do during the photoshoot - she was asked to wear the bikini bottoms backward so that the skimpier part was worn over her tush, showing more of her butt cheeks.
[post_page_title]Casino Royale, 1967[/post_page_title]
Do you remember Ursula Andress? The Swiss actress from earlier? The one who's apparently incomprehensible accent meant that her own voice was axed from the movie? Well, guess which movie she starred in five years after Dr. No...
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Yes, there's a Bond movie called Casino Royale which is one of the more recent ones, having been released in 2006. However, did you know that in 1967, there was a spoof Bond movie with the same name? Well, Ursula, who had been dubbed in 1962's Dr. No, starred in the spoof movie too! Other stars in the film also included Orson Welles and Woody Allen.
[post_page_title]Honey Ryder's Famous White Bikini[/post_page_title]
You won't find a Bond fan who doesn't know about the scene in Dr. No, where Honey Ryder comes out of the water in that tight white bikini...
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It's an iconic scene! Well, you probably didn't know this about that seductive bikini - Ursula helped sew it with the costume designer, Tessa Prendergast Welborn, so that it would fit her perfectly! After the movie, it was sold at an auction for $45,195!
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Cougars are notorious in popular culture. Who could forget Stifler's mom seducing Finch in American Pie? Many young men have fantasized about hooking up with an attractive older woman, never mind a famous one. What's fame if you can't use it to date a younger man anyway?
Cougars get a bad rap. If Hugh Hefner can have seven girlfriends in their twenties, then Madonna can have a boyfriend that age too. Sure, some of these relationships might not be as genuine as those between two people the same age, but some of them really have stood the test of time. Famous wealthy women have been dating younger men for years, and Hollywood has its fair share of cougars. We're going to give you the lowdown on the most notorious.
[post_page_title]Madonna[/post_page_title]
She probably makes all her toyboys feel like they're virgins. The Queen of Pop's a cougar to be reckoned with...
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She's not just the Queen of Pop, she's the Queen of Cougars too. Madonna's been dating younger men for most of her life. The most recent of whom, Aboubakar Soumahoro, is an incredible 33 years younger than her at just 25 years old. To be fair to him, Madonna certainly doesn't look like she's 61. She could easily pass for a woman in her thirties!
[post_page_title]Sandra Bullock[/post_page_title]
The most badass cougar - I mean, Miss Congeniality - to ever grace the red carpet.
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Bullock famously dated Ryan Gosling when she was 38 and he was just 22 after they met on the set of Murder By Numbers. But it was (swoon) Ryan Gosling. I don't know many women who wouldn't date him, cougar or not. Bullock's also got strong opinions on those who criticize her for being a cougar, asking the question, "Why are we stopping great connections based on age, or race or color or whatever, gender, whatever?" Well said, Sandra!
[post_page_title]Demi Moore[/post_page_title]
Ahh, Ashton Kutcher. He's certainly not with an older woman because he can't get one his own age that's for sure.
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I don't think there are many women who wouldn't date Ashton Kutcher if they had the chance. Demi Moore was no exception, even though they had an age gap of 15 years. The two even married in 2005 but divorced in 2013 after separating two years previously. Whilst Moore doesn't deny her attraction to younger men, she isn't a fan of the cougar label. She said, "Cougar has become so distasteful. I really hate that expression. It (the term, “puma”) has a sweeter quality, more elegant. And then somebody said to me, ‘Pumas are only for people in their 30s.'"
[post_page_title]Janet Jackson[/post_page_title]
Sometimes younger men are the answer for older women who've had no luck with men their own age!
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After being unlucky in love for years, Janet Jackson finally found her prince in Wissam Al Mana, a Middle Eastern industrialist, who's nine years her junior. Their age gap isn't an issue for Jackson, but she did initially keep their relationship quiet. She said, "I came to realize that younger men had less of a problem with who I am than older men. With the younger guys, there was less ego. Things were less competitive." Good on you, Janet.
[post_page_title]Jennifer Aniston[/post_page_title]
Jennifer Aniston's younger beau looks as cute as a button here!
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Well, maybe she was just heartbroken after Brad dumped her for Angelina. But Jennifer Aniston famously dated John Mayer in 2009. He was nine years younger than her. Sadly, their age gap proved to be fatal for their relationship as Aniston couldn't understand Mayer's preoccupation with technology. So boys, if you want a cougar, you're going to have to learn how to put down your phone for longer than five minutes!
[post_page_title]Cameron Diaz[/post_page_title]
These two made a mighty fine pair despite their age difference.
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Everyone's favorite bad teacher had a relationship with a younger man and it thankfully lasted longer than Jennifer Aniston's relationship with John Mayer. Cameron Diaz started dating the equally famous Justin Timberlake in 2003 when he was 21 and she was 33, and their relationship lasted four years, which isn't bad for any celebrity couple - never mind one with an age gap.
[post_page_title]Nicole Scherzinger[/post_page_title]
She might be a cougar, but she sure doesn't look like one. These two look like they could be on the cover of Vogue.
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This cougar had a lengthy relationship with her younger beau, Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, which lasted an impressive eight years - although it was very much on and off. These two had a six-year age gap. Even though they parted ways (for good) in February 2015, Scherzinger, during their relationship, said, "sometimes it feels like he’s older than I am" so it's unlikely that it failed because of their age gap. Once it was over, Scherzinger even said that she "sincerely" wished him the best even though they don't talk anymore. D'aww.
[post_page_title]Courtney Cox[/post_page_title]
She helped capture the notorious Ghostface and she captured this younger man's heart too...
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There's little doubt that many young men fantasized about Courtney Cox in the late nineties. I'm sure they were delighted when she turned out to be a cougar and married a younger man, David Arquette, in 1999, who was seven years her junior. The two sadly divorced in 2013, but, hilariously, Arquette even helped to co-create her TV show Cougar Town before they parted ways. I'm sure that the show's name was no coincidence.
[post_page_title]Ivana Trump[/post_page_title]
She might look old enough to be her toyboy's mom, but Ivana Trump certainly looks pleased with herself here. Who can blame her after being married to Donald for so long? That's one hell of an upgrade!
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Just like her former husband Donald, Ivana Trump's not one for dating men her own age. She officially became a cougar in 2008 when she married a man 23 years younger than her, Rossano Rubicondi. Like a lot of age gap relationships, it didn't last and the two divorced a year later in 2009. But it didn't put her off younger men. In fact, she said she was only dating them from now on. Oh well, at least Donald and Melania have lasted longer.
[post_page_title]Paris Hilton[/post_page_title]
Paris Hilton's a fan of baby-faced boys. But they seem to have kept her out of trouble. Recently, at least!
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She might be young herself, but Paris Hilton likes to date men who're even younger. I think that's more shocking than an older woman going for younger men! She dated a model, River Viiperi, who was eleven years younger than her. She was so committed to the relationship that she said she wanted to settle down with him. Once again, it wasn't to last and the two broke up after two years together. Paris then moved onto an 18-year-old...
[post_page_title]Mariah Carey[/post_page_title]
Now that's what I call a pair of Hollywood smiles! This cougar and her toyboy are glowing.
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We all know that heartache can cause people to do some pretty crazy things. After splitting from her older husband, Tommy Mottola, who was 23 years her senior, her taste in men changed dramatically. She dated a string of younger men and then decided to marry her boyfriend, Nick Cannon, after just SIX WEEKS of dating!
[post_page_title]Jennifer Lopez[/post_page_title]
They made a fabulous looking couple, but the age gap caused by JLo and her man was just too big...
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JLo caused as stir in 2011 when she started dating someone 18 years younger than her. Casper Smart was her backup dancer. Like Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton, they had a fairly lengthy on and off relationship. But, once again, the age difference proved to be too much of a problem. They broke up when Casper decided to go and watch a UFC fight in Vegas instead of attending a charity event with his cougar.
[post_page_title]Sharon Stone[/post_page_title]
Is it just me or does Sharon Stone look vaguely like someone familiar? Stifler's mom! Is that you Finch?!
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Sharon Stone's big break came in the form of an extremely steamy movie, Basic Instinct. I'm sure that her toy boy, Martin Mica, felt like a very lucky man when they first got together - even though she is old enough to be his mother, at 30 years his senior. According to Stone, "I really get pursued by men in their twenties, like, a lot. They probably know there’s food in the fridge and that somebody’s going to talk to them and ask them how their day was." So if there are any aspiring cougars out there: make sure your refrigerator's stocked up.
[post_page_title]Sam Taylor-Johnson[/post_page_title]
These two might look more like a mother and son than lovers, but they have proven the strength of their love.
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This age gap's almost as big as the one between Madonna and her current beau at 23 years. Sam-Taylor-Johnson was known as Taylor-Wood until fate intervened and she met Aaron Johnson on the set of Nowhere Boy. He was a nineties baby. A nineties baby! She's taken umbrage at her cougar label and said, "In the old days, “controversial” in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races. Now, it is a woman with a younger man." Fair point.
[post_page_title]Julianne Moore[/post_page_title]
This fresh-faced cougar doesn't look out of place next to her younger man. They make a very handsome pair!
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It's nice to hear a story of a cougar having a romance that lasts. For some people, age really is just a number! It certainly was for Julianne Moore and her husband, Bart Freundlich, who is ten years younger than her. They've been married for over 20 years now and even have two children together.
[post_page_title]Geena Davis[/post_page_title]
Some say third time's the charm, but Geena Davis finally got lucky on her fourth marriage to a toyboy.
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Like Janet Jackson, after being unlucky in love with three failed marriages under her belt, Geena Davis eventually found what she was looking for in a much younger man, Reza Jarrahy, who she married in 2001. She said she had doubts about the relationship in its infancy and said, "I remember thinking, This guy is cute — and ridiculously young. At first, to be honest, I was just approaching it like something that would be fun. I wasn’t thinking too far ahead of the game." But fast forward 16 years and the two are still happily married with three children. A regular fairytale!
[post_page_title]Susan Sarandon[/post_page_title]
If you're going to date a cougar, you'll need to accept that you can only play lighter sports together...
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The colossal age gap between Sarandon and her husband can only be rivaled by some of the most extreme cougars on this list like Madonna. At 64, she began dating a man who was a shocking 31 years younger than her in 2011, Jonathan Bricklin. Their romance also lasted a while, five years to be precise, but the two eventually split in 2015.
[post_page_title]Eva Mendes[/post_page_title]
Ryan Gosling just can't keep his hands off of attractive older women. But can you blame him when they're this hot?
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Hollywood beauty Eva Mendes joined the cougar club when she began dating serial toyboy Ryan Gosling in 2011. He's 12 years younger than her. Their relationship's been much more successful than Gosling's relationship with Bullock. They're still together today and even have two children together!
[post_page_title]Kathy Griffin[/post_page_title]
Sometimes all a relationship needs to work is laughter and this comic's romance with her toyboy is living proof!
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Fiery redhead Kathy Griffin has become one of Hollywood's most notorious cougars. Her current toyboy is Randy Bick, a marketing executive who's twenty years her junior. She said of the relationship, "I didn't think it would last". But their love has proven everyone wrong, including Kathy herself, and they're still together today!
[post_page_title]Vivica A. Fox[/post_page_title]
Just as her same suggests Vivica A. Fox is a real foxy lady, and she also has a penchant for younger men.
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She dated 50 Cent when she was 39 and he was 28. While their relationship only lasted a year, dating younger men wasn't a one-off for the actress and she was dating 28-year-old Omar White in 2011 when she was 47.
[post_page_title]Robin Wright[/post_page_title]
Sometimes, people have a penchant for beaus of a certain age, other times, age really is just a number.
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Despite never having any notable age-cap relationships previously, Robin Wright is engaged to Ben Foster. They have a fairly sizable age cap, with him being 39 and her being 53.
[post_page_title]Chili[/post_page_title]
Another one-time cougar is singer Chili, who was the older woman in Usher's life for quite a long time.
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These two dated for two years, when he was 25 and she was 33.
[post_page_title]Halle Berry[/post_page_title]
Isn't it odd to think that a lot of celebs in this list were already well into their education by the time their beaus were born?
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Halle Berry dated Gabriel Aubry when he was 30 and she was 39. Clearly, the age difference really didn't make a difference and the pair were together for five years.
[post_page_title]Katie Couric[/post_page_title]
Another serial cougar is Katie Couric, who eventually found the one in a man seven years her junior. She is 62 and he is 55.
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Prior to dating John Molner, she was with a man, Brooks Perlin, who was seventeen years younger than her. Maybe she's like Hugh Hefner and finds that surrounding herself with young people helps keep her young - even if seven years is a fairly modest age difference.
[post_page_title]Eva Longoria[/post_page_title]
Sometimes cougars look so young that their toyboys don't even know they're toyboys...
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This desperate housewife had an on-screen romance with her TV toyboy Jesse Metcalf, but claims it wasn't serious - at least it wasn't for her. She said, "Jesse played my toyboy …but I felt just like his mum". However, off-screen she's still a cougar and has dated a number of young men, including 25-year-old Mark Sanchez, a football player.
Ever since Daniel Craig announced that he would be hanging up his tuxedo and handing in his license to kill, speculation has been rife over who will play the next James Bond.
One popular theory is that the next incarnation of the super spy will shake the franchise up by turning him into a woman.
However, Bond girl Ana De Armas - who starred alongside Craig in his last outing as the secret agent, No Time To Die - has weighed in on the debate, saying that she doesn't think a female 007 is what the series needs.
In a recent interview with The Sun, De Armas said there was "no need" to make the iconic character female.
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"There’s no need for a female Bond," she said, adding: "There shouldn’t be any need to steal someone else’s character, you know, to take over. This is a novel, and it leads into this James Bond world and this fantasy of that universe where he’s at."
The Knives Out star went on to say that she'd still like to see more great roles for women in the Bond movies - even if the title character continues to be played by a man.
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"What I would like is that the female roles in the Bond films, even though Bond will continue to be a man, are brought to life in a different way. That they’re given a more substantial part and recognition. That’s what I think is more interesting than flipping things," she said.
Meanwhile, De Armas isn't the only Bond star to say that the spy shouldn't be played by a woman.
Craig gave a similar response in an interview with Radio Times when he said: "There should simply be better parts for women and actors of color."
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He added: "Why should a woman play James Bond when there should be a part just as good as James Bond, but for a woman?"
While Craig and De Armas may have dropped hints, plans for the next installment in the Bond franchise are still very much under wraps, with no major clue as to who will take on the role next.
It seems like we're one step closer to getting a female James Bond. Actress Lashana Lynch is reportedly set to take over Bond's iconic code name, 007, in the forthcoming Bond 25.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, a film insider disclosed that the British actress will be introduced during a "pivotal" scene in the movie. "There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says, 'Come in 007,' and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman," the insider told the publication.
Fans needn't worry, however, as James Bond will still be present.
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"It's a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he's been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman," they continued.
"Bond, of course, is sexually attracted to the new female 007 and tries his usual seduction tricks, but is baffled when they don't work on a brilliant, young black woman who basically rolls her eyes at him and has no interest in jumping into his bed. Well, certainly not at the beginning." Lashana recently starred in the superhero romp, Captain Marvel - playing the superhero's friend, and fellow pilot, Maria Rambeau.
"Lashana is absolutely brilliant and Phoebe's script is as sharp and funny as you would expect. This Bond pays tribute to some of the earlier films with a lot of humour," the source added.
The insider also revealed that the term "Bond girl" is now expressly forbidden. "We were all told that from now on they are to be addressed as 'Bond women'," they said.
Over the years, we've been able to enjoy a select group of celebrated actors who have all uttered that immortal phrase: "The name's Bond. James Bond."
From the lisping Sean Connery and charming Roger Moore in the 60s and 70s, to the cheesy, sleazy Pierce Brosnan in the 90s and the grim, gritty Daniel Craig of the early 21st century, there have been several iterations of 007 taking on a slew of henchmen, femme fatales and potential world-ending catastrophes, but they've all got one thing in common: they're all white dudes.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with that, but could we be seeing a change soon?
Of course, the honour of portraying James Bond currently goes to Daniel Craig, who's held the mantle since 2006's Casino Royale, a film with bits of action and Mads Mikkelsen scowls thrown in and around what amounted to a really long poker game.
Three movies later, Craig declared that 2016's Spectre was his last outing in the trademark tux, saying he'd rather "slash his wrists" than play Bond again, but they've managed to drag him back kicking and screaming for one last movie, though I guess the £100 million pay packet was more than a little persuasive. However, what happens after?
Barbara Broccoli is a producer who's currently in charge of the flagship series of spy movies, and while we've seen quite a few actors, including Tom Hardy or James Norton, being mooted for the role, both of those casting rumours could be well wide of the mark. When asked if the next iteration of Bond could be black or female (maybe even both!), she dropped a huge hint.
"These films tend to reflect the times so we always try to push the envelope a little bit. Anything is possible. Right now it's Daniel Craig, and I'm very happy with Daniel Craig, but who knows what the future will bring?"
Of course, Broccoli, who's taken over from her father Albert "Cubby" Broccoli in adapting Ian Fleming's iconic series of novels, has already overseen a small reboot to the character with Daniel Craig's take on James Bond; rather than the dark-haired charmers previously depicted, the latest 007 is blond and brutally effective. Who's to say where the character will go next?
Of course, this isn't the first time that we've toyed with the idea of a black James Bond, at least; shortly before Daniel Craig finally acquiesced to appearing in another Bond film, Idris Elba (best known for his roles in the Wire, Luther as well as Pacific Rim) was briefly mooted as a potential to replace him as everyone's favourite spy.
At the time, the potential casting was met with significant backlash; novelist Anthony Horowitz (who's also written James Bond continuation novels) had to apologise for branding Elba "too street" to play James Bond.
"I’m really sorry my comments about Idris Elba have caused offence. That wasn’t my intention. Clumsily, I chose the word ‘street’ as Elba’s gritty portrayal of DCI John Luther was in my mind but I admit it was a poor choice of word. I am mortified to have caused offence."
Although Elba could possibly be too old to play James Bond today (he's 45 years old, while Daniel Craig was 38 for his first film in Casino Royale), we could be seeing a person of colour or a woman in the role very soon.
Cougars get a bad rap. If Hugh Hefner can have seven girlfriends in their twenties, then Madonna can have a boyfriend that age too. Sure, some of these relationships might not be as genuine as those between two people the same age, but some of them really have stood the test of time. Famous wealthy women have been dating younger men for years, and Hollywood has its fair share of cougars. We're going to give you the lowdown on the most notorious.
[post_page_title]Madonna[/post_page_title]
She probably makes all her toyboys feel like they're virgins. The Queen of Pop's a cougar to be reckoned with... She's not just the Queen of Pop, she's the Queen of Cougars too. Madonna's been dating younger men for most of her life. The most recent of whom, Aboubakar Soumahoro, is an incredible 33 years younger than her at just 25 years old.
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The most badass cougar - I mean, Miss Congeniality - to ever grace the red carpet. Bullock famously dated Ryan Gosling when she was 38 and he was just 22 after they met on the set of Murder By Numbers. But it was (swoon) Ryan Gosling. Bullock's also got strong opinions on those who criticize her for being a cougar, asking the question, "Why are we stopping great connections based on age, or race or color or whatever, gender, whatever?" Well said, Sandra!
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Ahh, Ashton Kutcher. He's certainly not with an older woman because he can't get one his own age that's for sure. I don't think there are many women who wouldn't date Ashton Kutcher if they had the chance. Demi Moore was no exception, even though they had an age gap of 15 years.
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Sometimes younger men are the answer for older women who've had no luck with men their own age! After being unlucky in love for years, Janet Jackson finally found her prince in Wissam Al Mana, a Middle Eastern industrialist, who's nine years her junior. Their age gap isn't an issue for Jackson, but she did initially keep their relationship quiet. She said, "I came to realize that younger men had less of a problem with who I am than older men. With the younger guys, there was less ego. Things were less competitive." Good on you, Janet.
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Jennifer Aniston's younger beau looks as cute as a button here! Well, maybe she was just heartbroken after Brad dumped her for Angelina. But Jennifer Aniston famously dated John Mayer in 2009. He was nine years younger than her. Sadly, their age gap proved to be fatal for their relationship as Aniston couldn't understand Mayer's preoccupation with technology.
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[post_page_title]Cameron Diaz[/post_page_title]
These two made a mighty fine pair despite their age difference. Everyone's favorite bad teacher had a relationship with a younger man and it thankfully lasted longer than Jennifer Aniston's relationship with John Mayer. Cameron Diaz started dating the equally famous Justin Timberlake in 2003 when he was 21 and she was 33, and their relationship lasted four years, which isn't bad for any celebrity couple - never mind one with an age gap.
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She might be a cougar, but she sure doesn't look like one. These two look like they could be on the cover of Vogue. This cougar had a lengthy relationship with her younger beau, Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, which lasted an impressive eight years - although it was very much on and off. These two had a six-year age gap. Even though they parted ways (for good) in February 2015, Scherzinger, during their relationship, said, "sometimes it feels like he’s older than I am" so it's unlikely that it failed because of their age gap. Once it was over, Scherzinger even said that she "sincerely" wished him the best.
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[post_page_title]Courtney Cox[/post_page_title]
She helped capture the notorious Ghostface and she captured this younger man's heart too... There's little doubt that many young men fantasized about Courtney Cox in the late nineties. I'm sure they were delighted when she turned out to be a cougar and married a younger man, David Arquette, in 1999, who was seven years her junior. The two sadly divorced in 2013, but, hilariously, Arquette even helped to co-create her TV show Cougar Town before they parted ways. I'm sure that the show's name was no coincidence.
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[post_page_title]Ivana Trump[/post_page_title]
She might look old enough to be her toyboy's mom, but Ivana Trump certainly looks pleased with herself here. Just like her former husband Donald, Ivana Trump's not one for dating men her own age. She officially became a cougar in 2008 when she married a man 23 years younger than her, Rossano Rubicondi. Like a lot of age gap relationships, it didn't last and the two divorced a year later in 2009. But it didn't put her off younger men. In fact, she said she was only dating them from now on.
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Paris Hilton's a fan of baby-faced boys. She might be young herself, but Paris Hilton likes to date men who're even younger. I think that's more shocking than an older woman going for younger men! She dated a model, River Viiperi, who was eleven years younger than her. She was so committed to the relationship that she said she wanted to settle down with him. Once again, it wasn't to last and the two broke up after two years together.
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Now that's what I call a pair of Hollywood smiles! This cougar and her toyboy are glowing. We all know that heartache can cause people to do some pretty crazy things. After splitting from her older husband, Tommy Mottola, who was 23 years her senior, her taste in men changed dramatically. She dated a string of younger men and then decided to marry her boyfriend, Nick Cannon, after just SIX WEEKS of dating!
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They made a fabulous looking couple, but the age gap caused by JLo and her man was just too big... JLo caused as stir in 2011 when she started dating someone 18 years younger than her. Casper Smart was her backup dancer. Like Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton, they had a fairly lengthy on and off relationship. But, once again, the age difference proved to be too much of a problem. They broke up when Casper decided to go and watch a UFC fight in Vegas instead of attending a charity event with his cougar.
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Is it just me or does Sharon Stone look vaguely like someone familiar? Stifler's mom! Is that you Finch?! Sharon Stone's big break came in the form of an extremely steamy movie, Basic Instinct. I'm sure that her toy boy, Martin Mica, felt like a very lucky man when they first got together - even though she is old enough to be his mother, at 30 years his senior. According to Stone, "I really get pursued by men in their twenties, like, a lot. They probably know there’s food in the fridge and that somebody’s going to talk to them and ask them how their day was."
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These two might look more like a mother and son than lovers, but they have proven the strength of their love. This age gap's almost as big as the one between Madonna and her current beau at 23 years. Sam-Taylor-Johnson was known as Taylor-Wood until fate intervened and she met Aaron Johnson on the set of Nowhere Boy. He was a nineties baby!
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[post_page_title]Julianne Moore[/post_page_title]
This fresh-faced cougar doesn't look out of place next to her younger man. They make a very handsome pair! It's nice to hear a story of a cougar having a romance that lasts. For some people, age really is just a number! It certainly was for Julianne Moore and her husband, Bart Freundlich, who is ten years younger than her. They've been married for over 20 years now and even have two children together.
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[post_page_title]Geena Davis[/post_page_title]
Some say third time's the charm, but Geena Davis finally got lucky on her fourth marriage to a toyboy. Like Janet Jackson, after being unlucky in love with three failed marriages under her belt, Geena Davis eventually found what she was looking for in a much younger man, Reza Jarrahy, who she married in 2001. She said she had doubts about the relationship in its infancy and said, "I remember thinking, This guy is cute - and ridiculously young."
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[post_page_title]Susan Sarandon[/post_page_title]
If you're going to date a cougar, you'll need to accept that you can only play lighter sports together... The colossal age gap between Sarandon and her husband can only be rivaled by some of the most extreme cougars on this list like Madonna. At 64, she began dating a man who was a shocking 31 years younger than her in 2011, Jonathan Bricklin. Their romance also lasted a while, five years to be precise, but the two eventually split in 2015.
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[post_page_title]Eva Mendes[/post_page_title]
Ryan Gosling just can't keep his hands off of attractive older women. But can you blame him when they're this hot? Hollywood beauty Eva Mendes joined the cougar club when she began dating serial toyboy Ryan Gosling in 2011. He's 12 years younger than her. Their relationship's been much more successful than Gosling's relationship with Bullock. They're still together today and even have two children together!
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[post_page_title]Kathy Griffin[/post_page_title]
Sometimes all a relationship needs to work is laughter and this comic's romance with her toyboy is living proof! Fiery redhead Kathy Griffin has become one of Hollywood's most notorious cougars. Her current toyboy is Randy Bick, a marketing executive who's twenty years her junior. She said of the relationship, "I didn't think it would last". But their love has proven everyone wrong, including Kathy herself, and they're still together today!
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[post_page_title]Vivica A. Fox[/post_page_title]
Just as her same suggests Vivica A. Fox is a real foxy lady, and she also has a penchant for younger men. She dated 50 Cent when she was 39 and he was 28. While their relationship only lasted a year, dating younger men wasn't a one-off for the actress and she was dating 28-year-old Omar White in 2011 when she was 47.
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[post_page_title]Robin Wright[/post_page_title]
Sometimes, people have a penchant for beaus of a certain age, other times, age really is just a number. Despite never having any notable age-cap relationships previously, Robin Wright is engaged to Ben Foster. They have a fairly sizable age cap, with him being 39 and her being 53.
Another one-time cougar is singer Chili, who was the older woman in Usher's life for quite a long time. These two dated for two years, when he was 25 and she was 33.
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Isn't it odd to think that a lot of celebs in this list were already well into their education by the time their beaus were born? Halle Berry dated Gabriel Aubry when he was 30 and she was 39. Clearly, the age difference really didn't make a difference and the pair were together for five years.
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[post_page_title]Katie Couric[/post_page_title]
Another serial cougar is Katie Couric, who eventually found the one in a man seven years her junior. She is 62 and he is 55. Prior to dating John Molner, she was with a man, Brooks Perlin, who was seventeen years younger than her. Maybe she's like Hugh Hefner and finds that surrounding herself with young people helps keep her young - even if seven years is a fairly modest age difference.
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[post_page_title]Eva Longoria[/post_page_title]
Sometimes cougars look so young that their toyboys don't even know they're toyboys... This desperate housewife had an on-screen romance with her TV toyboy Jesse Metcalf, but claims it wasn't serious - at least it wasn't for her. She said, "Jesse played my toyboy …but I felt just like his mum". However, off-screen she's still a cougar and has dated a number of young men, including 25-year-old Mark Sanchez, a football player.
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