Read the original article on Best Life. Arterton’s Strawberry Fields is an MI6 agent in Craig’s second outing as 007. Her character is meant to intercept Bond and detain him on his unsanctioned mission to Bolivia to chase down a billionaire crime boss. After threatening to hold him in a jail cell until his flight back out in the morning, she instead follows the spy to a swanky hotel and ends up being seduced by him. (Spoilers!) Before the end of the movie, Agent Fields is killed and covered in oil, her body left as a message for Bond. Of course, he avenges her. For more characters who met tragic ends, here are The 50 Most Heartbreaking Movie Deaths We’re Still Not Over. “I felt like a giggly girl, and I felt so young and inexperienced—but I kissed James Bond!” the actor said during a 2008 press conference, as reported by the BBC. Arterton also previewed her character as “fresh and young, not sultry and a femme fatale.” For more celeb news sent right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. In September of this year, Arterton (now 34 years old), told The Telegraph that her age and experience had an impact on her choice to take on the role.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “I can’t really remember what’s in [the movie] or what I did, but I know I wouldn’t choose a role like that now,” she said, via People. “Because she was funny and she was sweet, but she didn’t really have anything to do—or a backstory.” And for more on the next Bond girl, check out Ana de Armas Talks Latina Representation in James Bond. Arterton only had a couple of film credits to her name before her Bond debut, but she reportedly beat out 1,500 other actors for the role. Despite that, as she told The Sun, she’s received some blowback for being in the movie due to its somewhat anti-feminist themes. “I still get criticism for accepting Quantum of Solace,” she said, “but I was 21, I had a student loan, and you, know, it was a Bond film.” The part did propel her into further success on stage and screen, but Arterton said that “as [she] got older [she] realized there was so much wrong with Bond women.” As for Agent Fields giving into Bond’s debonair charm? “Strawberry should have just said no, really,” Arterton said of their dalliance, “and worn flat shoes.” And for more show business revelations, check out James Corden Says This Is the Rudest Celebrity He’s Ever Met.
