New Actress Cast In James Bond's SPECTRE

Time To Make Room, Monica Bellucci.

Story by David Clark

An announcement was made by the producers of SPECTRE through the James Bond twitter account #007 revealing the addition of a potential second bond girl named Stephanie Sigman. This is interesting news because up to this point all people could talk about was Monica Bellucci starring as the oldest Bond girl in history at the age of 50. Stephanie will be playing a woman by the name of Estrella but it is still unclear as to what interactions Stephanie will have with Bond (Daniel Craig).

Stephanie Sigman at the age of 28 has been in a series of movies and tv series such as Pioneer, The Bridge and the upcoming Narcos. The majority of her acting career has thus far been spent in Hispanic-themed movies and television series. It is not a stretch to say that playing a bond girl will be the biggest role she has held in her career to date. Even if Stephanie ends up playing second fiddle to Monica Bellucci this casting could do wonders for her career.

When Spectre, which is set to release in November of 2015, hits theatres Stephanie Sigman will join the likes of: Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, and Dave Bautista. It is an experienced cast yet speculation persists as to whether this movie will be like the action packed thriller Skyfall or the directionless jumble that was Quantum Solace.

Hopefully SPECTRE delivers as a solid addition to the long running Bond franchise. There are people who think the James Bond character has been overdeveloped. Older versions of James Bond played by men like Roger Moore and Sean Connery were much more suave and spy-like. There have been complaints the most recent two actors to portray the character, Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan, have taken the role out of the cloak and dagger spy genre into the action genre. For some who remember the older versions of the franchise they might think the action packed modern Bond has lost the intrigue for which the spy genre was once known.

Source: Empire Online, The Guardian