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.
Vesper Lynd Bond plans to resign from the service to be with her. As in the novel, Bond and Vesper go on vacation to Venice, hoping to start a new life. Unknown to Bond, however, Vesper embezzles the money and delivers it to a gang of Quantum henchmen. When Bond realizes what has happened and goes after Vesper, the thugs take her hostage and lock her in an elevator while they do battle with him. After several explosions, the flooded building sinks, but Vesper resigns herself to death and locks herself in, even as Bond frantically tries to open the elevator. In