The latest in this series of human window dressing is the character of the surprisingly sensibly named CIA agent Paloma, played by Ana de Armas opposite Daniel Craig’s Bond in the upcoming No Time to Die.
Directed and co-written by Cary Fukunaga, No Time to Die features a lead cast of Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek.
The whole “female empowerment” discussion has been a recurring theme during the making of No Time to Die, which is unsurprising given the Bond franchise’ reputation for casual misogyny and one-dimensional female characters.
As long as there has been James Bond, there has been a long line of femme fatales with ridiculous names eager to bed Bond.