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Rosamund Pike 'was so mortified' during sex scene with Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By CASSIE CARPENTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 04:23, 2 April 2025 | Updated: 04:23, 2 April 2025 e-mail View comments Rosamund Pike was only 22 when she was cast opposite then 48-year-old Pierce Brosnan as Bond Girl Miranda Frost in her big-screen debut Die Another Day - just five days before principal photography began in January 2002.
The British 46-year-old performed her first onscreen sex scene when her MI6 double agent seduced James Bond at an Iceland palace where they had a love-making session inside an epic swan-shaped bed. 'I discovered things like nipple covers, and all the taping,' Rosamund recalled on David Tennant's podcast Monday. 'We have this clinch, and then we separate, and I look at this body tape and the nipple covers and they're covered in hair.
And I think, "Oh my God, I'm waxing Pierce's chest!" I was so mortified! I thought, "Oh my God, he's so brave, and I'm pulling off his chest hair with every embrace."' The awkward on-set moment wasn't as bad as Pike first imagined though as 'it took a couple of takes to realize it was not him. It was the fake fur of the rugs adorning the swan bed.
I literally thought I was waxing the poor man's chest!' The Emmy winner called Die Another Day 'a magic carpet of an experience' as her first scene was opposite Dame Judi Dench , she got to sword fight Halle Berry , and even flirted with Madonna in her cameo during a fencing scene. Rosamund Pike was only 22 when she was cast opposite then 48-year-old Pierce Brosnan as Bond Girl Miranda Frost in her big-screen debut Die Another Day - just five days before principal photography began in January 2002 But back in 2018, Rosamund told Audible Session that she was instructed to 'drop my dress and appear in my underwear' for the audition, which she refused but still got the job after posing in a 'shimmering sheath.' Lee Tamahori's $142M-budget 007 flick - which marked Pierce's final film as Bond - was not well received by audiences nor critics, but it still managed to amass $432M at the global box office.
Read More Rosamund Pike reflects on 'traumatic' real-life roles Pike later reunited with the 71-year-old Irishman - 'an absolute gent' - for Pascal Chaumeil's 2014 dismally-reviewed black comedy A Long Way Down about four suicidal strangers connecting on a London rooftop. The Oscar nominee also went on to voice Pussy Galore in BBC4's 2010 radio adaptation of Goldfinger. Rosamund currently stars as Moiraine Damodred in the eight-episode third season of Rafe Judkins' fantasy series Wheel of Time, which airs Thursdays on Amazon Prime Video.
Pike plays a mystery role in Ruben Fleischer's magician three-quel Now You See Me Now You Don't - hitting US theaters November 14 - alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, and Morgan Freeman. The 3 Body Problem executive producer will also star as a British High Court judge in the world premiere of Suzie Miller's new play Inter Alia, directed by Justin Martin, which opens this summer at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in London. Rosamund's other upcoming roles include two Guy Ritchie films - In the Grey and Wife & Dog - as well as Netflix comedy Ladies First, Netflix series Thumblite, and Babak Anvari's thriller Hallow Road.
The British 46-year-old performed her first onscreen sex scene when her MI6 double agent seduced James Bond at an Iceland palace where they had a love-making session inside an epic swan-shaped bed Rosamund recalled on David Tennant's podcast Monday: 'We have this clinch, and then we separate, and I look at this body tape and the nipple covers and they're covered in hair. And I think, "Oh my God, I'm waxing Pierce's chest!" I was so mortified! I thought, "Oh my God, he's so brave, and I'm pulling off his chest hair with every embrace"' The awkward on-set moment wasn't as bad as Pike first imagined though as 'it took a couple of takes to realize it was not him. It was the fake fur of the rugs adorning the swan bed.
I literally thought I was waxing the poor man's chest!' The Emmy winner called Die Another Day 'a magic carpet of an experience' as her first scene was opposite Dame Judi Dench, she got to sword fight Halle Berry, and even flirted with Madonna (2-R) in her cameo during a fencing scene But back in 2018, Rosamund told Audible Session that she was instructed to 'drop my dress and appear in my underwear' for the audition, which she refused but still got the job after posing in a 'shimmering sheath' (pictured March 26) Lee Tamahori's $142M-budget 007 flick - which marked Pierce's final film as Bond - was not well received by audiences nor critics, but it still managed to amass $432M at the global box office Pike currently stars as Moiraine Damodred in the eight-episode third season of Rafe Judkins' fantasy series The Wheel of Time, which airs Thursdays on Amazon Prime Video On the personal front, Pike has two sons - Solo, turning 13 next month; and Atom, 10 - both fluent in Mandarin from her 15-year relationship with babydaddy, mathematical researcher Robie Uniacke. The 64-year-old businessman is also a father to one son with ex-wife Emma Howard and three additional children with ex-wife Rose Uniacke. The Dior Beauty brand ambassador was previously engaged to her Pride & Prejudice director Joe Wright from 2007-2008.
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