Bond Audition Jitters and a Broken Rib: Famke Janssen's GoldenEye Memory
Famke Janssen revealed at a Malta film festival masterclass that her London screen test for Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye was nerve-wracking and she pushed through Bond's publicity machine; she also said she broke a rib during the bathhouse fight with Pierce Brosnan when he supposedly threw her into a padded wall, with the injury only becoming clear months later as filming continued for six months. She spoke about navigating stigma for women in action roles, choosing long-lasting projects, and even later working with Woody Allen after a psychic predicted it.
