Halle Berry Reveals Story Behind Iconic ‘Die Another Day’ Bond Bikini
“The biggest acting challenge I had was to make it look like the water was warm and I was having a grand old time when I was freezing my butt off.”
Before No Time to Die’s Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch, Halle Berry played Bond girl Agent Jinx in 2002’s Die Another Day. And nearly 20 years later, the 55-year-old actress is reflecting on the unforgettable orange bikini she wore in the Pierce Brosnan-led 007 installment.
“We tried on so many bathing suits,” she revealed in a new Vogue interview cited by the New York Post. “So many bikinis and so many belts.”
Berry mad the ensemble—a two-piece paired and a white belt with a sheathed knife—look “effortless” to viewers. But she and the production crew were acutely aware of the potential to make a long-lasting impression because of the movie’s high-profile status.
“We had a knowing that it would maybe, because it was in a Bond movie, become an iconic situation … something that would live a very, very long time,” she said.
While wardrobe selection was grueling in its own right, actually shooting the scene in frigid temperatures proved to be more trying.
“The biggest acting challenge I had was to make it look like the water was warm and I was having a grand old time when I was freezing my butt off,” she revealed.
But as Berry said in a recent Instagram post, “If it requires a bikini, my answer is always yes please!”
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