Jinx (Halle Berry) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Last Die Another Day (film) Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson is an NSA operative who teams up with James Bond to spy on rogue North Korean agent Zao and investigate his ties with diamond magnate Gustav Graves . She appears in the 2002 film Die Another Day and is portrayed by American actress Halle Berry . Contents Film biography Los Organos island, Cuba An NSA Agent, Jinx is assigned to kill a rogue North Korean agent named Zao, who is undergoing gene-replacement therapy at the Alvarez clinic on Los Organos island, Cuba. There she meets James Bond , who is also after Zao in the hope of extracting the identity of a double agent responsible for his 14 month imprisonment in North Korea. Introducing herself as Jinx, a nickname derived from her being born on Friday the 13th, the two exchange double entendres and proceed back to Bond's room at the Hotel De Los Organos. The following morning she leaves the sleeping spy and crosses over to the clinic. Posing as a prospective patient, she kills Dr. Alvarez and accesses the clinic's records on Zao.

Suddenly her mission is interrupted by 007, who has found the North Korean first. After being pursued by Jinx and Bond, Zao escapes by helicopter, leaving the armed American agent surrounded by clinic security. Stripping to her bikini, she dives backwards off the edge of the wall into the ocean and is picked up by a boat. Iceland Still pursuing Zao, Jinx tracks the agent to Gustav Graves' diamond mine in Iceland. Attending a public demonstration of the diamond magnate's Icarus Satellite at his Ice Palace , she once again crosses paths with Bond. Later that evening Jinx breaks into Graves' office and finds Zao 'sleeping' in a 'dream machine'. She tries to kill him but Graves stuns her before she can get the chance. After being interrogated by Zao, the agent leaves her to be disposed of by Mr. Kil . Rather than shoot her, Kil insists on using the nearby industrial lasers. As the laser edges towards her head, she is rescued by 007 who intervenes and stops the machine - only to be jumped by Kil.

As the henchman prepares to deliver the finishing blow Jinx grabs the swinging controls and activates the laser; cutting through the back of Mr. Kil's cranium. After formally admitting that she is a member of the NSA, they team up and exchange information. It suddenly becomes clear to Bond that Zao is working with Graves, who is in reality an old North Korean adversary, Colonel Tan-Sun Moon. The pair split up, with Bond confronting Graves and Jinx heading to warn MI6 operative Miranda Frost . However, unbeknownst to Jinx, Frost is a double-agent working for Graves. Exchanging insults, Miranda locks her in Bond's suite and leaves her to die as Graves melts the Ice Palace using his satellite's heat-ray. Almost drowned in the flooding room, she is rescued for the second time by Bond, who shatters the door with his Aston Martin V12 Vanquish and takes her to a nearby hot pool to be revived. Finale Jinx held at sword-point. During the chaos, Graves and Frost escape on his private airliner.

On the orders of their respective Service Heads, Jinx and Bond infiltrate a North Korean airbase using switchblades and prepare to snipe Graves before he can take to the skies again. However, a passing truck ruins the shot and they are forced into boarding the plane via its landing gear. Again, the two split up with Jinx taking care of the pilot while James goes after Graves. While Jinx manages to take over the controls, Bond accidentally shoots out a window in Grave's observation deck. She manages to keep the plane airborne but is suddenly ambushed by a sword-wielding Frost, who forces the spy to hand the controls over to the auto-pilot and escorts her out of the cockpit. However, the auto-pilot sends the plane hurtling into the solar beam of the now active Icarus, causing the plane to violently lurch and disintegrate. Frost is hurled to the ground by the impact, allowing Jinx to gain the upper hand. They engage in a violent sword fight culminating in Jinx plunging a knife into Frost's chest. Jinx and Bond then manage to escape the burning and demolishing plane in a helicopter.

Other appearances The character of Jinx also made an appearance in the 2012 video-game 007 Legends alongside Daniel Craig (voiced by Timothy Watson) as James Bond. For the re-imagined Die Another Day mission, developer Eurocom took creative license with the character and used the likeness of Gabriela Montaraz (voiced by Madalena Alberto ) rather than Halle Berry. Halle Berry did not reprise her role for the game. [1] Behind the scenes The scene where she emerges from the ocean in a bikini paid homage to the character of Honey Ryder ( Ursula Andress ) from the first Bond film, Dr. No . Lindy Hemming, costume designer on Die Another Day, had insisted that Berry wear a bikini and knife as an homage. [2] Berry has said of the scene: "It's splashy", "exciting", "sexy", "provocative" and "it will keep me still out there after winning an Oscar.". [3] Despite the bikini and location of Cuba in the film, the footage was shot in Cadiz, Spain .

Far from the warmth implied in the film, the location was reportedly very cold and windy, and footage has been released of Berry wrapped in thick towels in between takes to avoid catching a chill. [4] During the subsequent filming of Zao's escape by helicopter, Berry was injured by flying debris from a smoke grenade. The debris was removed from her left eye in a 30-minute operation and the actress returned to the set with an inflamed cornea. [5] In discussing her character, Berry said Jinx is "fashion-forward modern and the next step in the evolution of women in the Bond movies." [6] Speculation arose in 2003 of a spin-off film concentrating on the character which was scheduled for a November/December 2004 release. It was originally reported that MGM was keen to set up a franchise and to be a " winter olympics " alternative to 'James Bond,'. As early as the late 1990s, MGM had originally considered developing a spin-off film based on Michelle Yeoh 's character, Wai Lin , in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies .

However, despite much speculation of an imminent movie, on October 26, 2003, Variety reported that MGM had completely pulled the plug on this project, to the dismay of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson of EON Productions , who were reported to be "clearly furious" about the decision. [7] MGM were keen to move on with the next film instead. Trivia Jinx was also the first black Bond Girl , hero or villain, in more than 17 years, since May Day ( Grace Jones ) in A View to a Kill , and the first black Bond Girl ever to play the heroine (principal Bond "good girl"). According to an ITV news poll, Jinx has been voted the fourth toughest girl on screen of all time. Uma Thurman, the star of Quentin Tarantino`s samurai film Kill Bill was named as the winner. [8] Although Jinx says her birthday is Friday the 13th, her birthday doesn't fall on Friday the 13th, or even a Friday (it falls on a Wednesday). Gallery Die Another Day (2002) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff.

Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Die Another Day can be found here . What is 'Die Another Day' about? When M ( Judi Dench ) rescinds the 00 status of MI6 agent James Bond ( Pierce Brosnan ) following his release from 14 months of captivity and torture in North Korea, he vows to track down Zao ( Rick Yune ), assistant to Colonel Tan-Sun Moon ( Will Yun Lee ) in order to find out who betrayed him to the North Koreans.

Aided by American NSA agent Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson ( Halle Berry ) and undercover MI6 agent Miranda Frost ( Rosamund Pike ), Bond is eventually led to Icarus, a spaceborne mirror designed to harness and beam solar light and heat anywhere in the world, developed by British billionaire Gustav Graves ( Toby Stephens ) for what he calls 'peaceful' purposes. But Bond suspects otherwise. Is "Die Another Day" based on a story by Ian Fleming? Die Another Day is based on a screenplay co-written by screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade who, along with Bruce Feirstein, also wrote the script for the previous movie, The World Is Not Enough (1999). The screenplay was subsequently novelized by American author Raymond Benson. Die Another Day is the 20th Bond film in the EON series, and the fourth and last to star Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. What exotic places does Bond visit in this movie? In the precredits scenario, Bond is undercover on a military base on the Pukch'ong Coast of North Korea negotiating a deal with Colonel Moon -- diamonds in exchange for weaponry.

Bond is taken prisoner when his identity is betrayed in a cellphone transmission to Moon's assistant Zao. He is subsequently tortured until he is released in a prisoner exchange 14 months later. He is confined for recuperation on a ship near Hong Kong and stripped of his 00 status because M believes that he was revealing sensitive information to North Korea during his torture. When Bond learns that M is going to have him moved to an evaluation center in the Falklands, he jumps ship in order to track down his betrayer. From a Chinese Intelligence man posing as a hotel manager, he learns that Zao has been sighted in Havana, Cuba. Once in Cuba, Bond learns that Zao is staying at a gene therapy clinic on an island in the Los Organos. There he meets U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) agent Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson ( Halle Berry ). Jinx kills the clinic director and Bond blows up the clinic, but Zao escapes. From a necklace that Bond grabbed from Zao's neck, he uncovers several diamonds, all chemically alike to conflict diamonds from Africa and all bearing the mark of Gustav Graves, a diamond miner from Iceland.

After making the acquaintance of Graves in a rousing sword fight at the local fencing club, Bond is invited to Iceland to view the unveiling of the Icarus project. In an attempt to stop Graves from using Icarus to cut a path through the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, Bond sneaks aboard an airplane that takes him to the Pyongang Airbase in North Korea. What is a "conflict diamond"? Conflict diamond refers to a diamond, typically mined in Africa and sold in order to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or to support a warlord's activity. They are often mined and smuggled illegally out of war torn nations. What is the Icarus project? Icarus is an orbital mirror satellite that captures the sun's rays and focuses them at the Earth. It is hailed as a way of providing sunlight and warmth, like a second sun, to the darker parts of the Earth so that crops can be grown to end world hunger. Unfortunately, Icarus can also be used to focus the sun's energy for destructive purposes. Why is John Cleese called Q?

"Q" is the nickname given to the head of Quartermaster branch, the section of MI6 that supplies Bond with his gadgets. The previous Q, (Major Boothroyd, played by Desmond Llewelyn ), retired in The World is not Enough (Llewelyn actually passed away in December 1999), so his assistant, whom Bond called "R", received a promotion and became the new Quartermaster. How does the movie end? Bond and Jinx attempt to assassinate Gustav Graves as he is boarding an airplane, but a vehicle passes between them and Bond loses the shot. Determined to stop Graves, Bond and Jinx sneak aboard the plane. As Bond and Jinx make their way up from the cargohold, Graves is presenting himself to his father, General Moon ( Kenneth Tsang ). It turns out that Graves is Colonel Moon himself, having had his identity changed during gene therapy at the clinic in the Los Organes. Graves demonstrates Icarus to his father by making it blow up an airbase and then advancing it through the minefields, opening a path between North and South Korea. When General Moon attempts to stop him, Graves kills him.

Bond suddenly bursts into the cabin and shoots a hole in a window. The window explodes and begins sucking out Moon's soldiers. Bond and Graves go at each other until Graves is finally sucked out the window and into the plane's engine. Jinx has made it to the cockpit and taken over the controls, but the broken window is preventing her from controlling the plane, and it starts to descend. Just as Jinx manages to get the plane to climb again, Graves' henchman Miranda Frost enters the cockpit and holds Jinx at gunpoint, forcing her to put the plane on autopilot. Frost and Jinx go at each other until Jinx finally manages to stab Frost through the heart. The plane has started to self-destruct, so Bond and Jinx get on a helicopter that was stored in the hold, and they exit the plane. As Bond tries to get the copter going, Jinx notices that the back of the copter is filled with diamonds. They put down somewhere on the Korean coast. In the final scene, Bond and Jinx are shown making love on a bed of diamonds. Is it ever revealed who betrayed Bond in North Korea?

Earlier in the movie, when Bond was still in Iceland, he confronts Graves, but Miranda Frost enters the room and points her gun at Bond. Miranda reveals that she has been working as a double agent, both for MI6 and for Graves, and that it was she herself who betrayed Bond to Zao and then leaked military secrets that Bond was accused of revealing during his 14 months of torture. Halle Berry - "Bond Girls" through the years - Pictures - CBS News "Bond Girls" through the years Next Ursula Andress Ursula Andress is shown as Honey Rider in a scene from the 1962 James Bond film "Dr. No." When Andress emerged from the sea, curves glistening, with a dagger strapped to her bikini, she made the Bond girl an instant icon. Credit: AP Photo/United Artists and Danjaq, LLC Shirley Eaton Shirley Eaton is shown as Jill Masterson in the James Bond 1964 film, "Goldfinger." She was the golden girl, because she was gold for the movie.

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Credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images Jinx - MI6 takes an indepth look at Halle Berry's character Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson from the 2002 film 'Die Another Day' - James Bond 007 :: MI6 - The Home Of James Bond Date of Birth: 14th August 1966 Place of Birth: Ohio, USA Trivia: Made the 'People Magazine 50 Most Beautiful People'- competition and was a 'Miss USA' runner up. PLEASED TO MEET YOU 007 first meets Jinx coming out of the sea in a Honey Ryder ( Ursula Andress in 'Dr. No' ) homage. Unknown to Bond, at the time, she too is investigating the Gene Therapy Clinic for the American NSA. "Ornithologist, huh? Wow. Now there's a mouthful." CAUGHT IN THE ACT Jinx and Bond bed twice in 'Die Another Day' . First at a Cuban hotel, shortly after they meet. This first scene is a frisky one and involves a selection of exotic fruit. In the final scene, Jinx and Bond romance with an ample supply of diamonds, once their jobs are completed, of course.

PROFILE Jinx Johnson is an NSA agent on the tail of Zao, a North Korean terrorist. When Jinx first meets 007 in Havana, she has the intention of killing him. But after a spot of death-defying grappling, she ends up falling for Bond's smooth charms. Jinx keeps crossing paths with Bond throughout the film and soon they join forces and go after Zao and Graves together. Before leaving Iceland, 007 comes to her rescue after the double-agent, Miranda Frost, traps Jinx in the flooding ice palace. From there, Jinx and Bond prepare to take on Frost and Graves aboard their cargo plane. Finally Jinx nails Miranda Frost in a deadly dual of blades. Halle Berry says that the character she plays is a strong and modern woman. "I play the feminine James Bond," she said. "She's the next step in the evolution of women in the Bond movies. She's more modern - more intelligent - and not the classic villain." BIOGRAPHY African American actress Halle Berry has been raising eyebrows even since she was elected prom queen in high school (she nearly lost the crown upon being accused of ballot-box stuffing).

She was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1968 to Jerome Berry an, African American, and Caucasian mother, Judith Berry. Halle also has a sister, Heidi Berry. After participating in the Miss USA pageant, Berry became a model, which led to her first weekly TV series, 'Living Dolls' (1989). Rapidly gaining a reputation for on-set tenacity, Berry preferred to "live" her roles, remaining in character even when the cameras stopped turning. This technique was not universally condoned by her fellow workers, especially when she refused to bathe for several days before starting work on her role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever'. In 1992, Berry was cast as Eddie Murphy's vis-a-vis in 'Boomerang', one of the few times that the explosive Murphy was evenly matched on screen. Usually appearing in adult-oriented films, Berry gained a youthful following for her performance as sexy secretary, Sharon Stone, in 'The Flintstones' (1993).

Berry's highly publicised co-starring stint with Jessica Lange in 'Losing Isiah' (1995) made some observers feel that her scenes with Lange merely amplify Berry's artistic shortcomings, while others believe that she has never given a more dynamic performance. Her film career has been nothing but prolific, yet remains largely unrecognised. She has been in so many movies, yet few have brought her any real recognition, despite exceptional performances. She has her loyal fans, but they know she deserves a lot more attention and fanfare. Berry recently shot into the limelight with the unexpected hit film 'Swordfish' and the blockbuster adaptation of the 'X-Men' comic books. The sequel, also starring Halle Berry, too was a success. Berry has had two husbands so far, first, David Justice and then Eric Benet. Despite being a star in the movie industry Berry is keeping up her modelling career too. She currently is the model for Revlon cosmetics and is also their spokeswoman.

Halle Berry | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Last: Die Another Day Halle Berry is an American actress, a former fashion model, and beauty queen who starred as the Bond girl Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson in the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan . Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, won an Academy Award for Best Actress, and was also nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2009, only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. She has also been involved in the production side of several of her films. Career Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing runner-up in the Miss USA (1986), and winning the Miss USA World 1986 title. Her breakthrough feature film role was in the 1991 Jungle Fever.

This led to roles in The Flintstones (1994), Bulworth (1998), X-Men (2000) and its sequels, and as Bond Girl Jinx Johnson in Die Another Day (2002). She also won a worst actress Razzie Award in 2005 for Catwoman and accepted the award in person. Personal life Divorced from baseball player David Justice and musician Eric Benét, Berry has been dating French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry since November 2005. Their first child, a girl named Nahla Ariela Aubry, was born on March 16, 2008. Trivia Following her Best Actress win at the 2002 Oscars, Berry became the first Academy Award winner to be a leading Bond girl in the EON Productions film series, winning her award while shooting Die Another Day . Kim Basinger (who played Domino in the unofficial Never Say Never Again ) won her Oscar for L.A. Confidential long after she had been a Bond Girl. Judi Dench who plays M also has an Oscar from Shakespeare in Love.

Berry wasn't the only member of the Die Another Day cast and crew to do well at the Oscars during filming. Sound recordist Chris Munro also won the Oscar for Best Sound for his work on Black Hawk Down. Coincidentally, the award was presented to him by Berry. The fuchsia crystal dress Jinx wears during the Ice Palace party in Die Another Day was designed by Donatella Versace. Costume designer Lindy Hemming saw a similar Versace design in a fashion magazine and requested Donatella to make one to Halle Berry's specifications. A spin-off of Die Another Day was planned, featuring Halle Berry's character Jinx as the lead. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote for two months and even a director was hired (Stephen Frears). However, after the failure of other female-character-driven action films like Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, MGM pulled the plug on the project. Halle Berry has said that she would love to return as Jinx in another Bond movie. She has allegedly said that she would like to do it so much she would do the role for free.

Berry's bikini scenes in Die Another Day were shot in Cadiz and were not sunny and warm as they appeared onscreen but quite the opposite. Berry had to be wrapped up in thick towels in between takes to avoid catching a chill. Debris from a smoke grenade landed in Halle Berry's eye during the filming of Die Another Day . The actress required a 30 minute operation to remove it. After the release of Die Another Day , Pierce Brosnan was approached by a man in a Dublin bar who asked to shake his hand. Brosnan complied and then cracked up when the man quipped, "That's the closest my hand will ever get to Halle Berry's arse". The scene where Berry's Jinx walks out of the sea in a bikini, wearing a white belt and a diving knife is a tribute to Honey Ryder 's in Dr. No . So is the gun that Jinx has to surrender to Miranda Frost on board the plane- a Beretta Cheetah . Bond Girls: Die Another Day (2002) Die Another Day (2002) Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films Title Screen Film Title/Year/Director, Bond Girl (Actress) Screenshots d.

Lee Tamahori "Peaceful" Fountains of Desire (Rachel Grant) In the opening of the film before and during the credits, Bond (Pierce Brosnan) had been tortured for 14 months in a North Korean prison, but then released on a prisoner exchange with an international N. Korean terrorist named Zao (Rick Yune). His superior M (Judi Dench) explained how she had not approved of her agent's release, since she believed he had "cracked under torture" in prison and was "hemorraging information." Bond's license as 007 was abruptly rescinded, although he felt he had been betrayed by a double-agent mole within MI6. Bond escaped the medical facility (on a British ship in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor) to avoid being sent to the Faulklands, and talked his way into his "usual suite" within the Rubyeon Royale Hotel. Compliments of manager Mr. Chang (Ho Yi), "Peaceful" Fountains of Desire (Rachel Grant), a pretty masseuse, appeared at Bond's door to provide services.

She instructed: "On the bed please, face down." When he kissed her and attempted to seduce her, "Peaceful" explained: "I'm not that kind of masseuse." He grabbed a hidden gun from her thigh holster, disarmed her and exclaimed: "I'm not that kind of customer." He then shattered a large closet mirror in the room with a heavy glass ashtray, revealing Chang and three other secret service personnel surreptitiously attempting to film them. He knew that Chang was part of Chinese Intelligence trying to besmirch his name with incriminating footage. He assured Chang that as a representative of the British, he wasn't there to take back Hong Kong. He told Chang of his real mission -- to track down terrorist Zao (who had killed three Chinese secret service agents) for "a chance to get even. Zao has information I need." Bond wanted Chang's assistance to locate Zao, and was told: "I'll have to ask Beijing." The massage with "Peaceful" was cancelled, and Chang ordered her from the room.

Die Another Day (2002) Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) There were two scenes in this film that featured Bond regular Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond in her fourth and last appearance), and both were related to Virtual Reality simulations. In the first sequence, a Virtual Reality training session for James Bond (Pierce Brosnan), the 007 agent was in his MI6 office in London. From the hallway he heard muffled shots and found dead bodies, including that of secretary Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) with a lethal bullet wound in her forehead. In the second sequence at the very end of the film, Miss Moneypenny was typing a news release at her desk computer. It stated that a "freak electrical storm" had caused the ravaging of a North Korean minefield. Bond entered the office and Moneypenny straightened his tie. He kissed her, and she aggressively pulled on his tie, drawing him on top of her on her desk (she signed: "Oh, James"). As they passionately made out, gadgets-master Q (John Cleese) interrupted Moneypenny's unscheduled VR session.

Embarrassed, she excused herself: "I was, uhm, just testing it out" and buttoned the top button on her blouse. He replied: "It's rather hard, isn't it?" She responded: "Yes, very." Die Another Day (2002) Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson (Halle Berry) Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson (Halle Berry) made a dramatic, slow-motion entrance - first seen through Bond's (Brosnan) binoculars from a Cuban restaurant onshore. She recreated the famous Ursula Andress rising-from-the-sea scene from Dr. No (1962) in a skimpy bright orange bikini. After she strolled into the bar area, he commented: "Magnificent view." Introducing herself (although Bond was unaware of her occupation), she said her nickname was Jinx because she was born on Friday the 13th.

They flirtatiously chit-chatted a bit until Bond, posing as a bird-watcher, asked if she had time - she replied coyly: "Until dawn, what about you?...So what do predators do when the sun goes down?" Bond responded: "They feast like there's no tomorrow." In the next scene that evening, the two vigorously made steamy love, during which she asked: "Are you always this frisky?" He replied: "I've been missing the touch of a good woman." She opened a switchblade knife: "Who says I'm good?" and then sliced a piece of exotic fruit for them to share. The next day, she was revealed to be working at cross-purposes to Bond. She took a boat from the jetty to Isla de Los Organos, posing as a patient negotiating to have DNA replacement therapy for $2 million, where terrorist Zao (Rick Zune) was having his appearance altered. She killed the clinic's head Dr. Alvarez (Simon Andreu) and blew up his office, as Bond confronted notorious terrorist Zao undergoing treatment at the same time, but became trapped in the clinic due to the explosion.

Zao jumped from a window and escaped to an awaiting ambulance helicopter - both Bond and "Jinx" pursued the copter as it flew away, but Zao successfully evaded them. She was held at gunpoint at the clinic wall's edge - and to the amazement of two guards (and Bond), stripped to a pink bikini before taking a backwards (CGI-assisted) escape dive off the steep cliff into the ocean. Jinx next appeared at diamond merchant Gustav Graves' (Toby Stephens) Ice Palace demonstration in Iceland, driving a dark red Ford Thunderbird. At the evening's formal event, she met Bond at the bar, noting that she had left him "in an explosive situation. You're a big boy. Figured you could handle yourself." She said she was a girl "who doesn't like to get tied down." She introduced herself to another Bond Girl, Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike), as Miss Swift from Space and Technology Magazine. Miranda asked: "I take it Mr.

Bond's been explaining his Big-Bang theory." She cleverly replied: "Oh yeah, I think I got the thrust of it." After the evening's presentation, she stealthily blew a hole in one of the bio-dome windows of Graves' fake diamond mine, and descended on a rope after attaching her rope ascender-descender gadget. Under Graves' Dream Machine mask, she found Zao and attempted to kill him, but was zapped with Graves' 100,000 volt Icarus control device and knocked unconscious. She was tied down by Zao and tortured with electric shocks on a robotic torture table with multiple laser arms. Restrained on the table, Jinx was saved from being lasered to death by villain Mr. Kil (Lawrence Makoare) when Bond came to her rescue, and together they coordinated Kil's death by projecting a laser beam through the back of his skull. As he freed her, she admitted her true identity -- she worked for the NSA (National Security Agency), putting them on the same side.

However, she was soon imprisoned by Miranda and Graves in one of the ice palace's room as the destructive Icarus laser beam was aimed at the massive structure, to melt it and drown her. Jinx was lifeless and half-drowned in the flooded room as Bond smashed his Aston-Martin through its doors, and she rolled onto the top of his car's hood with the rush of water. Then he used his sonic-agitator ring to break his windshield and drag Jinx into the car. He drove through the outer wall of the Ice Palace, and rushed with her body to an outdoor hot-spa, where he administered CPR mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to save her. When she revived, she exclaimed: "What took you so long?" She accompanied Bond on a secret mission into North Korea to prevent Graves' planned invasion of South Korea. Onboard Graves' massive cargo plane, she knocked out the pilot and took the controls, and steadied the plane when it was depressurized.

She defensively fought to the death against villainous Miranda Frost in a sword/knife battle - after two backflips to evade Miranda, Jinx stuck a dagger through "The Art of War" booklet and impaled it into Miranda's chest - and thrust it deeper with a karate kick, retorting: "Read this - Bitch!" Later, Jinx described the killing to Bond: "I think I broke her heart." She quipped to Bond: "Looks like we're going down together" as the two agents faced death from the crashing fiery plane. However, just a few feet from the ground, Bond steadied the copter and saved them, adding: "Now, you said something about going down together?" In the film's final scene, Bond had landed the helicopter outside a bamboo shack, on a bluff above a deserted beach. Jinx suggestively spoke, in voice-over (off-screen): "Wait, don't pull it out.

I'm not finished with it yet." He responded: "See, it's a perfect fit." She answered: "Leave it in" and Bond replied: "It's gotta come out sooner or later." As the camera panned to the right, they were seen resting on the floor, with diamonds scattered all around them, as she begged: "No, leave it in, please. A few more minutes." They both were referring to a diamond fitted in her belly-button. As he kissed her, he mused: "I'm still not quite sure how good you are." She assured him: "I am so good." Bond: "Especially when you're bad." She giggled as the screen turned to black. This was the first Bond film with an African-American female (and Oscar-winner) as the lead Bond girl. Die Another Day (2002) Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) Mysterious blonde publicist Miranda Frost was first seen outside Buckingham Palace in London, where her boss, risk-taking adventurer and diamond merchant Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), was about to be knighted by the Queen.

He had jumped from a small plane with a Union Jack parachute and landed amidst a crowd of paparazzi photographers (and Bond). Soon after, she was spotted at the exclusive St. James's Street club called 'Blades', where Bond was told by his thinly-veiled lesbian fencing instructor Verity (Madonna as a leather dominatrix) that Miranda, her "gorgeous" protege, was the "finest blade" in the club - and a gold medal winner at the Sydney Olympics (by default when her opponent OD'd on steroids). After a prolonged sabre-sword duel between an enraged Graves and Bond, Miranda ended it when she came between the two, after blood was drawn from Graves' torso, and called out: "That is enough." After his defeat, Graves paid off Bond with a cheque, and invited him to a weekend "scientific demonstration" of his Icarus project in Iceland. Bond questioned Miranda: "Can I expect the pleasure of you in Iceland?" She shot back: "I'm sure you'll never have that pleasure, Mr.

Bond." However, a few scenes later, she met with Bond's superior M (Judi Dench), serving as a new undercover MI6 agent in training with M before her mission to Iceland to shadow James Bond - while continuing her spying on Graves. She explained what she already know about the "wild" 00 Bond: "He'll light the fuse on any explosive situation and be a danger to himself and others. Kill first, ask questions later....A man nobody can get close to. A womanizer." She feared: "A man like him could blow my cover." She had been on the case for three months after volunteering, and claimed: "Graves seems to be clean," although Bond believed differently. During her three years in Cryptology, M was curious why she hadn't fraternized with any fellow agents despite frequent advances. Miranda stated it would be "foolish" to get involved with Bond. At Graves' Ice Palace in Iceland, she ushered Bond to his ice suite before the formal event of the night.

He forwardly asked: "Would you like to show me more?" Shortly later, when Miranda was introduced to another James Bond Girl, Jinx (Halle Berry), who identified herself as Miss Swift from Space and Technology Magazine, Miranda asked: "I take it Mr. Bond's been explaining his Big-Bang theory." Jinx cleverly replied: "Oh yeah, I think I got the thrust of it." After the evening's presentation by Graves of the Icarus satellite harnessing solar energy, Bond was detected as an intruder by guards outside. Miranda saved him when she pulled him aside into dark shadows and passionately kissed him - revealing herself as a fellow MI6 agent, but also worried: "M warned me this would happen." Bond encouraged her to be more convincing with another kiss: "Come on, put your back into it." Although she followed his instruction, she also added: "Remember, I know all about you, 007. Sex for dinner, death for breakfast.

Well, it's not gonna work with me." He complimented her: "You're getting good at this." Bond convinced her to stay with him overnight in his suite: "Keep up the charade of being lovers." As her dress dropped to the floor, she admired how he had been there for two hours before anything had blown up: "The way you're going, you'll get us both killed." She slipped naked into an ice swan-shaped bed with Bond as he told her how he had been betrayed in North Korea: "Occupational hazard." As he kissed her, she exclaimed: "This is crazy. You're a Double-O." He responded: "It's only a number." After making love to him, Miranda returned to her own room, and Bond promised to come back for her. A little bit later, Bond held Graves at gunpoint, knowing that he was previously rogue North Korean weapons-dealer Colonel Moon who had used gene therapy to radically alter his appearance. Miranda approached and held a gun on Graves -- (Graves: "Miss Frost is not all she seems." Bond: "Looks can be deceptive") -- and then swiveled her gun to face it toward Bond.

She was the traitorous double-agent mole who had betrayed him in Korea (Graves: "She was right under your nose"). When Bond attempted to fire his gun, Miranda told how she had sabotaged it when they slept together. Graves explained how he fatally poisoned Frost's opponent in the Olympics in order to win her loyalty (Graves: "I won myself my very own MI6 agent using everything at my disposal: her brains, her talent, even her sex" Bond: "The coldest weapon of all"). When Graves ordered Miranda to shoot and kill Bond (Miranda: "I enjoyed last night, James, but it really is death for breakfast"), he activated his sonic agitator ring to crash through the glass floor they were standing on, sending both him and Miranda to the jungle floor below, before escaping. Later, when confronting Jinx and commenting on her martial arts kick that flattened Zao, she boasted of her sexual exploits with Bond: "Nice moves, just like Bond. He was pretty vigorous last night as well." Jinx retorted: "He did you? I didn't know he was that desperate." Miranda threatened Jinx with death and then locked her up.

The final match-up between Jinx and Miranda came onboard Graves' massive cargo plane. Miranda was intent on killing her after Jinx's drowning had failed: "I'll have to try something more to the point." The two fought to the death in a sword/knife battle - and she was killed when Jinx stabbed her with a dagger stuck through "The Art of War" booklet and impaled it into Miranda's chest - and thrust it deeper with a karate kick, retorting: "Read this - Bitch!" Miranda and Jinx Sword/Knife Fight to the Death Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films (chronological, each Bond film a separate page) Where would Bond be without his girls? Pt.2 - The Modern Day British actor Rupert Friend talks about his latest movie role as Agent 47 The complex type – Elektra King © Getty Images In The World Is Not Enough (1999), Sophie Marceau plays Elektra King, the first female Bond supervillain. Disguised as a millionaire’s harmless daughter with Stockholm syndrome, King conducts a campaign of revenge – for being abducted by terrorists, rejected by 007 and betrayed by her father.

She ends up fooling both Bond and the bad guys, but ultimately she’s deluding herself. The Toughie – Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson © The Kobal Collection Unlike most Bond girls, Halle Berry was already a well-known movie star before she played Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson. Berry’s legendary first scene in Die Another Day (2002) is a homage to the first Bond film in which, like Honey Ryder 40 years earlier, she emerges from the water in her bikini. But when the film’s director, Lee Tamahori, told her to be “sexier” while filming the scene, he got a curt reply: “This is all the sexy I got. I’m gonna get a hip displacement if I try and make myself any sexier!” The One – Vesper Lynd © Sylvie Lancrenon/H&K/CPi Syndication Vesper Lynd, played by Eva Green, is one of the few people to see what’s beneath the thick skin of modern-day James Bond: a chip implant and a whole lot of heart.

In Casino Royale (2006), the movie version of the very first Bond novel, Daniel Craig’s 007 is even willing to give up his life as a secret agent for her. But it all turns sour. She ends up being blackmailed, lies to and steals from him, rejects his offers of help, and comes to a sticky end. After Bond sees Lynd drown in the lift of a flooded building in Venice, he musters some touching words: “The job’s done. The bitch is dead.” THE TRAGIC BEAUTY – Sévérine © Corbis In Skyfall (2012), Bérénice Marlohe plays Sévérine, a woman as captivating as she is tragic, too beautiful not to be kissed and yet not smart enough to survive the first half of the film. Marlohe herself, however, brims with self-confidence.

About the legendary sex scene in the shower, she says: “Daniel’s so shy, I had to persuade him to take off his underpants.” James Bond Retrospective: Die Another Day (2002) – Page 3 James Bond Retrospective: Die Another Day (2002) The Bond Villain After the weak villains of the previous two films, Gustav Graves is a more interesting character in a similar vein to Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye. The sneering entrepreneur is closer to Bond in age, size and intellect making the two men different sides of the same coin. Played with relish by Toby Stephens, he imbues Graves with an arrogance and self-confidence that make him and Bond very alike. His over-reliance on technology, echoing the flaws of the film itself, is ultimately his downfall but he is at least given a more complex back-story than is afforded many Bond villains. Classic Line (On discovering Gustav Graves' real identity) James Bond: So you live to die another day. Graves real identity, hidden by years of DNA gene therapy is that of the North Korean Colonel Tan-Sun Moon.

Played by Will Yun Lee, Colonel Moon only appears briefly in the pre-credits scene and hovercraft chase. The weapons and conflict diamond dealer is a fairly one-dimensional character and it is only later in the film when it is revealed that he has returned from the dead in the guise of Graves that his character is given a deeper meaning and status. Moon and Graves lead henchman, Zao is another character who has undergone facial reconstruction following his run-in with Bond during the opening scenes where he is scarred by diamond fragments. As Zaos treatment is interrupted in Cuba he is left with a colourless complexion and silvery eyes giving him a very distinctive look and a reason to hold a grudge against Bond. Played by former model Rick Yune, Zao is given little to do and it is only his involvement in the car chase across the frozen ice lake that makes his role really worthwhile. In a brief role, Graves other henchman is the aptly named Mr. Kil. His appearance in yet another CG enhanced sequence sees Bond and Mr. Kil dodging laser beams during a fight in Graves ice palace. Mr. Kil is eventually killed when Jinx points a laser beam at the back of his head.

Following his death, Jinx and Bond use a laser to cut off his hand to gain access to Graves personal quarters. Classic Line Mr. Kil: Im Mr. Kil. James Bond: Now theres a name to die for. The Bond Girl Giacinta Jinx Johnson, an NSA agent and Bonds companion on his mission to stop Graves is supposed to be a strong independent female in the Wai Lin mould from Tomorrow Never Dies. Sadly she is does not even come close and is actually a very thinly drawn character proving that there is more to being a memorable Bond girl than just looking good in a bikini. Fresh from winning an Academy Award, Halle Berry should have been a very sound choice to bring depth and personality to the role but instead she creates an unlikeable character who brings little to the film. It is hard to believe that prior to the films release there was so much confidence in her character that there was talk of her starring in her own spin-off movie. Classic Line James Bond: Do you believe in bad luck? Jinx: Lets just say my relationships dont seem to last. James Bond: I know the feeling.

A much more interesting, multi-layered character is provided by Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost, an undercover agent working for MI6 posing as Graves girlfriend and PA. Frosts ambiguous loyalty to both sides gives her the edge over Jinx playing both Bond and Graves off against each other. She is the real villain of the film and is far more manipulative than Graves making her one of the more memorable Bond girls of the Brosnan era. Die Another Day (2002) - Kent Film Office Die Another Day (2002) Writers: Ian Fleming (Novel), Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Screenplay) Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, John Cleese, Michael Madsen Production Company: Eon Productions, Danjaq, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists Kent Locations Used: Manston International Airport, now Stone Hill Park Die Another Day is the twentieth film in the James Bond series, based on the original character created by Ian Fleming and marked the franchise’s 40th anniversary.

With Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!, Dante’s Peak) taking the James Bond starring role for the fourth and final time, Halle Berry (Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas, Monster’s Ball), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Jack Reacher), Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal, Iris), John Cleese (A Fish Called Wanda, Trolls) and Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight). The film sees Bond captured on a mission in North Korea after his true identity was leaked. A year later, he is released in exchange for a terrorist but MI6 relieve him of his “00” because they suspect he gave away secrets during his capture. Trying to prove his innocence, Bond sets off to find his betrayer as well as the terrorist he was exchanged for who has an evil plan – will Bond be able to stop him? With an A-list cast including Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, Halle Berry as sidekick Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson as well as Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, John Cleese, Michael Madsen and even an appearance from Madonna!

The Die Another Day team visited the now closed Manston International Airport (now Stone Hill Park ) in Ramsgate to film the Antonov cargo plane scenes towards the end of the film. The Thanet area has been previously used for filming Coast Vs Country (2016) , True Love (2012) and Gypo (2006) . The film is now out to buy on DVD. Links: For more information about filming in Kent please contact: filmoffice@kent.gov.uk For more information about the Kent Film Office James Bond trail: For more information about the film: For more information on Stone Hill Park: For more information about James Bond: For more information about Kent’s Filming History please visit our Movie Map:

Question: Who played Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 James Bond film ‘Die Another Day’?
Answer: Halle Berry