Michelle Ryan being less ambitious about her career. "I'm more go-with-the-flow now", she said. On Red Nose Day 2007, Ryan appeared in a brand new "Mr. Bean" sketch written and recorded for "Comic Relief". In May 2007, Ryan revealed she had auditioned the previous year for the role of Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale", eventually given to Eva Green. In late 2007, she appeared in "Flick", a Welsh independent film co-starring Faye Dunaway and Leslie Phillips. Prior to "Bionic Woman", she appeared in "Jekyll" for the BBC, a modern-day version of "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" starring James Nesbitt.
Bond girl year instead. French actress Claudine Auger was ultimately cast in the role. "Thunderball" launched Auger into a successful European film career but did little for her in the United States. At one time it was said that appearing as a Bond girl would damage an actress's career. Lois Chiles is often cited as a case in point, even though her career did not suffer because of her portrayal of Holly Goodhead, but rather because, after she lost her younger brother to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, she decided to take a three-year break from acting, from which her career never recovered. Casting for