She tears him open in ways no one else accomplishes and latches him impenetrable in the same way. She’s barely in the films, but a looming presence throughout as the one woman who’s stripped him from his armor-the one woman who’s responsible for a part of his heartbeat in spite of the darkness that arises from her string of betrayals.
Once you’ve tasted it, that’s all you want to drink. It’s already a sentiment we sing its praises for tirelessly in our Character Deep Dive for Vesper Lynd, identifying all the ways in which she’s the driving force of Bond’s actions and the reason for the agent he becomes. To fall in love unexpectedly-reservations elevated and armor in check, where the story leads James Bond and Vesper Lynd instead lies in the small details. Plenty of women have come and gone in James Bond’s life, and though Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) remains in the end, none hold the kind of mark that Vesper Lynd does. To have the kind of power where you don’t show up until an hour into the film, yet you still haunt the man until his dying breath. Featured Characters: James Bond and Vesper Lynd
