Ex-Bond girls leave them shaken, stirred
By Sean L. McCarthy
Boston Herald Feature Writer
Thursday, November 2, 2006 - Updated: 06:54 AM EST
Just like James Bond, Bond Girls never grow old.
And for reasons unknown to the naked eye, their skin does not appear to be shaken or stirred.
A new Bond movie ("Casino Royale") is two weeks away, which means it's time again for his old flames to reunite, as Maud Adams, Jane Seymour and Grace Jones did last night in Manhattan - ostensibly celebrating Delta Airlines' new New York to London service, but really just to wax nostalgic about the numbers that made them famous: 007.
"The younger girls tend to treat us as icons, which is funny in a way," said Adams, still stunning at 61. "At this point, I feel maternal."
Adams first appeared alongside Roger Moore in 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun," returned to the franchise nine years later as Octopussy in "Octopussy," then again in a cameo for 1985's "A View to a Kill."
And she'd never say never again.
"You get so much notoriety rather quickly, it's hard to pursue other things," Adams said.
Seymour, who played Solitaire with Moore in "Live and Let Die" (1973) decided the best post-Bond strategy was to leave screen for stage, acting in Shakespearean plays. "I avoided doing any shows that were remotely similar to Bond," she said. At 55, she has found a second career in comedies in the wake of last year's megahit movie, "Wedding Crashers." She currently is filming an upcoming sitcom for ABC, "In Case of Emergency," with Jonathan Silverman and David Arquette.
Seymour didn't have much advice for the newest Bond Girl, Eva Green, saying "it's a whole different ballgame at this point" since most of the newer Bond Girls already have achieved fame (read: Halle Berry, Denise Richards, Teri Hatcher).
Not so for Seymour. "I was the last virgin they could find in Britain in the '70s," she said.
They all think Daniel Craig will do just fine as the new Bond.
"He's got that edginess of Sean Connery, not to mention his physique," Adams said of Craig. "Finally one for the ladies!"
Jones said she already was a fan of Craig.
"But after him, I think the next Bond should be a woman. Don't you agree?"
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Have to say that I disagree with Jones - next Bond should not be a woman, he should stay a British man just like he is supposed to be in books. What do you think?
It sounded a lot like Baby Doll, and her behavior suited her name. 
Most other girls in Bond had strange names. In fact, there weren't many women with plain names in Bond.