Eva Green (Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale) was born in 1980, and Daniel Craig was born in 1968, giving them a 12-year age gap. If Green played Bond today, she’d have a romantic interest 12 years her junior, born in 1992. Someone Nick Jonas’s age could co-star. Here they both are in 2015. Izabella Scorupco (Natalya Simonova in GoldenEye) was born in 1970, and Pierce Brosnan was born in 1953, giving them a 17-year age gap. If Scorupco played Bond today, she’d have a male co-star 17 years her junior, born in 1987. For example, Zac Efron. Denise Richards (Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough) was born in 1971, giving her an 18-year age gap with Brosnan. If Richards played Bond today, she’d have a male co-star 18 years her junior, born in 1989. Someone like Daniel Radcliffe. Halle Berry (Jinx Johnson in Die Another Day) was born in 1966, giving her a 13-year age gap with Brosnan. If Berry played Bond today, she’d have a romantic interest 13 years her junior, born in 1979.
Chris Pratt would fit the bill. Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier in Licence to Kill) was born in 1961, and Timothy Dalton was born in 1944, giving them a 17-year age gap. If Lowell played Bond today, she’d have a Bond Boy 17 years her junior, born in 1978. James Franco, for example. Barbara Bach (Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me) was born in 1947, and Roger Moore was born in 1927, giving them a 20-year age gap. If Bach played Bond today, she’d have a romance with someone 20 years her junior, born in 1967. Mark Ruffalo could do it. Ursula Andress (Honey Rider in Dr. No) was born in 1936, and Sean Connery was born in 1930, giving them a 6-year age gap. If Andress played Bond today, she’d have a romantic interest six years her junior, born in 1942. Harrison Ford, for example. Here they both are in 2014. Michelle Yeoh (Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies) was born in 1962, giving her a 9-year age gap with Brosnan. If Yeoh played Bond today, she’d have a male co-star nine years her junior, born in 1971.
Jared Leto fits the description. Bérénice Marlohe (Sévérine in Skyfall) was born in 1979, giving her an 11-year age gap with Craig. If Marlohe played Bond today, she’d have a romantic interest 11 years her junior, born in 1990. Dev Patel’s the right age. Léa Seydoux (Madeleine Swann in Spectre) was born in 1985, giving her a 17-year age gap with Craig. If Seydoux played Bond today, she’d have a romantic interest 17 years her junior, born in 2002: Someone who’s 13 years old right now. If Hollywood Age Gaps Were Gender-SwappedSign in or Become a MemberGet access to amazing benefits like free refills on large popcorn & up to $5 off tickets every Tuesday. Join for free now, or upgrade and get even more great perks.Still deciding what to buy your child for Christmas? What about a wildebeest play centre for just £3,000, a handmade rocking chair for £1,800, or why not treat your discerning toddler to their first mini Lamborghini covered in Swarovski crystals for a mere £1,500?
Or if your little one prefers cuddly toys how about a £1,500 life-sized camel or maybe a cuddly reindeer for just £500? While Britain’s high street stores are struggling during the recession, business is positively booming at Hamleys – the world’s most famous toy store, where parents who clearly have more money than sense can treat their children like royalty – and many customers often are. “Hamleys get visitors from all over the world from sheiks and princes to Hollywood celebrities,” according to the store’s general manager, Keane Herman. ‘We once sold a giant toy giraffe that was 25ft tall for £3,500 and we had to hire a special van that was long enough to deliver it.” Since it opened over 250 years ago the flagship store on London’s Regent Street has become a tourist attraction, pulling in five million visitors a year. Michael Jackson would have the place shut down as he spent six figure sums on his kids and more recently the likes of the Beckhams, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber have all visited the seven floors packed with 450,000 individual toys.
Pushing through crowds of overexcited kids and bankrupted parents, I spent the day inside this paradise for kids and grown-ups alike to see what it’s like in the week before Christmas. And it is utterly bonkers. The fifth floor is ruled by life-sized Lego royals, which took some rather patient artist weeks to build each one using 15,000 plastic bricks. I grabbed the third in line to the throne’s plastic crown jewels and tried to come between Wills and Kate, but they were actually stuck to each other. I showed Her Majesty a little more respect but I think I’ll still be left off the New Year Honours list. The plastic action figures and bricks are one of the biggest selling toys year on year, and this festive season the latest movie to get the Lego treatment is The Hobbit. And if cute, pointy ears are your thing, then a tiny, gorgeous Legolas, from The Lord of the Rings, is an ideal stocking filler (I’m keeping mine under my pillow. I will always remember my first visit to Hamleys when I was eight years old when I was bought a beautiful pink princess puppet on strings.
Sadly, my brother tried to “free” her and I was left with a stringless puppet. But I got my own back when I gave Action Man a makeover with nail varnish. Braving the rain and welcoming children into the store were struggling actors Charlie Limm and Alex McEnerny, dressed as Dolly and Toy Soldier respectively. Who knows – this week Hamleys, next week Hollywood... I’ve yet to treat my daughter Jesse, three, to a visit, but she’d be thrilled to see so many Barbies in one place. As I’d expected, the sound of other girls squealing in delight at the pink floor in store could probably be heard miles away. Barbie on a trotting horse was top of the list for Heidi Hull, four, who was with mum Nicola from Cheshunt, Herts. “Heidi just loves Barbie,” her mum says. “She wants me to buy every single one in the shop!” With somewhere in the region of 130 Barbies, that means the Hull family would probably have to buy a new house too. But selling out faster than even the new Salon Barbie, was the creepy-looking Monster High range of dolls.
With their lollipop heads and skinny bodies, they looked like strung-out celebrities from a Halloween party in Los Angeles. Expect to see a Lindsay Lohan doll any day now. A more wholesome option for little girls was the store’s Hello Kitty corner – more a lifestyle than a doll. I got into the Christmas spirit and put a pink tutu on a giant stuffed Kitty before Tilda Abramsson, nine, from Stockholm in Sweden, moved in for a cuddle. I’d like to see her get that home in her hand luggage! Continuing the retro theme for this season, Hamleys has also brought back the Cabbage Patch Kids. Yep, they still look damn ugly, but are waiting for an entire new generation of little girls to love them. But the bestseller is blue and owl-like and talks absolute Furbish. The 1990 must-have robot pet is back, and topping the Santa wish list. Selling out as fast as they restock the shelves, a brand new Furby won’t pass the UK immigration test until you “teach” it to speak English. But, much like a teenager, it can be expected to say “Yeah, whatever” when it’s fully developed.
As I visited there were only four left. So if you haven’t got one by now, think yourself lucky – Furbys gained cult status back in the day for being the most irritating toy ever! Eventually, when I’d been torn away from Glitzico Glitter Tattoos and £4 tins of Fairy Dust (who knew magic could be so cheap?), I went to see what the boys were getting this Christmas. Ducking all the low-flying objects and spinning Mystery UFOs, I watched Hamleys demonstrator Nick Martin proudly show off his new toy – the Wall Rider. Using air suction to ride the walls, this nifty little toy can also cling to ceilings. Just the thing for a slow Boxing Day, while granny’s snoring with her mouth open. The electric car racing game Scalextric has got an update in the form of two Limited Edition cars from the new James Bond movie Skyfall. They looked great, but as Luke Browning, four, from Lyneham, Wilts, found out, the Range Rover couldn’t take corners as well as the Aston Martin DB5, and ended up on the roof of a Hornby train set.
Honestly, these Bond films just write themselves! But the most wanted of all the boys’ toys was the Cyclone helicopter – and big boys (aka Hamleys’ demonstrators) Mo, Tom and Lenny showed all the kids how NOT to fly the machines by chasing me round the store with them. “These helicopters are so easy to use, anyone can fly them,” the boys boasted, before foolishly letting me take the controls. Don’t worry, kids, they’ll be some more back in stock soon. Also, back on the shelves since coming out of their shells in 1988, are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Although it’s worth paying the extra to get the talking turtles to listen to their catchphrases like “This Is Epic” which it clearly is not, and “Cowabunga” which is what Hamleys will be raking in after the toys sold out in their first week. And after a record November for sales, the store is set for a bumper Christmas. Keane, the manager tells me: “Sales are strong so far this Christmas. We had our record day for sales and a record November.