Ex-Bond ‘Goldfinger’ girl says ‘Pussy Galore’ was no bimbo

spanfont face="Arial"Former James Bond girl Honor Blackman has hit back at the claims that her role lsquo;Pussy Galorersquo; was that of a bimbo, insisting that the character was a strong feminist./font/span p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"nbsp;/font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"In an interview to TV Times, the 80-year-old actress described her kung-fu kicking character in lsquo;Goldfingerrsquo; as a career woman who ends up collapsing into Bond''s arms./font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"nbsp;/font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"quot;In so many of the films, the girls just looked at James and fell flat on their backs,quot; the Telegraph quoted her, as saying./font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"nbsp;/font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"quot;Yet Pussy Galore was a career woman - a pilot who had her own air force, which was very impressive. She was never a bimbo,quot; she added./font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"nbsp;/font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"She says that Pussy was a realistic depiction of a modern woman. /font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"nbsp;/font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"quot;Pussy''s flying a plane, so she''s got to be a strong feminist, but then she collapses into Bond''s arms at the end./font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"nbsp;/font/span/p p align="justify"spanfont face="Arial"quot;Deary me. Unfortunately women do do that. We''re good at our jobs, but if we fall in love, we''re a bit stupid,quot; she added. (ANI)/font/span/p

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