Monica Bellucci is pioneering a refreshing change in the world of cinema by taking on sexism up front. Bond himself, Daniel Craig, recently described his iconic character as misogynistic. It's breaking new ground that Monica Bellucci will be four years older than 007 when she makes history as the 'oldest Bond girl ever' in Spectre, Daily Mail reported.
"I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman," she told the Guardian on Thursday. The Italian actress will turn 51 on 30th September, ahead of the highly anticipated film's release on October 26th.
"I'm proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man. You know why? Because he doesn't exist," she added. She told the newspaper that she thinks her casting as Lucia Sciarra struck a nerve because it's a shift in power from a male-dominated world, Daily Mail quoted.
"The world is a man's world," she explained and added, "Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools. All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they're not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true - they are still amazing! That's why I think that Sam Mendes [director of the new James Bond film, Spectre] in choosing me, an adult woman, created a big revolution."
The Matrix Reloaded actor stars as the widow of an assassinated mafioso alongside Daniel Craig, 47. It is rumoured that this movie will be his last outing as the British spy, and Austrian-born actor Christoph Waltz as villain Franz Oberhauser, Daily Mail noted.
The brunette beauty - who speaks four languages - also plays an actress in Canadian drama Ville-Marie, which recently premiered at the Toronto film festival, Daily Mail observed.
