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.