At age 51, Monica Bellucci is not your typical Bond girl, and the Spectre star discusses her groundbreaking role as a sexy seductress in the latest 007 flick with the U.K.’s Daily Mail.
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“It’s really a new way to look at actresses and women in general,”; she says. “We’ve never seen this before — an older woman seducing Bond. Maybe something will change for older women now; for older actresses.”;
However, there’s one scene in the flick that’s far from sexy, when a character’s eyeballs are gouged out, and she admits she found it to be too gruesome for her tastes.
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“That scene is very strong,”; she says. “Everybody watching was like this . . .’ [She freezes and feigns a terrified expression].”;’Oh my God, it’s almost pornographic this violence.”;
