Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Louise Bremner wrote:
> 
> 
>>Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Rawhead Rex (RSPW's post inspector)" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone care to make a joke about this, even though her even trying is funny
>>>>enough?
>>>
>>>It is a joke that professional critics think the barrier to her becoming a
>>>Bond girl is her lack of acting skills.
>>>
>>>It is too bad she is not 28 and trendy again.
>>
>>There have been older Bond "girls", so age isn't necessarily a barrier
>>either....
> 
> 
> No, but her popularity is on the decline. Women about ten years younger are taking
> away most of her old sponsors like pN and JAL.
> 
> The way they're using Zhang Zi Yi since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she's a
> much more likely candidate for another Asian girl. She's got so much recognition
> now, she's going to play a geisha.

I don't see Zhang Ziyi being a Bond girl anytime soon, however. Have you
heard her English? She's worse than Thunder.

- Kevin