Jinx’s character was undoubtedly a certified badass who was effectively holding her own in the film. But, the challenge of establishing compelling chemistry between her and Bond wasn’t the only issue, its actress Halle Berry encountered while working on Die Another Day.
There were other challenges she faced while doing the film. Bond films are known for their action sequences. But Die Another Day proved to be so demanding for Berry that it left her completely exhausted.
Halle Berry Nearly Lost an Eye to Perform a Scene in Die Another Day
In her book Nobody Does It Better by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, Berry recalled that while she was comfortable with most of the action scenes, there was one stunt she found too exhausting:
“Pierce and I had to run alongside a moving plane before hauling ourselves up into the wheel bay. It was only going about 15 miles an hour and I was sure I could cope with that. But you don’t realize how fast that is when you’re trying to catch a moving plane. By the fourth or fifth take, I was exhausted. Pierce did it effortlessly, but even though my legs were running, I was going nowhere.”
Considering how the actress already almost lost an eye and been asked to act in the storm it would not be surprising to know that she collapsed. The risk of filming the stunt wasn’t the only challenge for her. There were other difficulties she had to face.
Die Another Day has a memorable introduction when the actress emerges from the ocean in a bikini (reminiscent of Ursula Andress’ Honey Ryder in Dr. No). But that scene wasn’t a piece of cake for Berry because she injured her eye after that.
Misfortune Surrounding Halle Berry’s Bond Character, Jinx
Filming the iconic beach scene wasn’t a piece of cake for the actress Halle Berry‘s Jinx due to severe storms in Spain. Producer Michael G. Wilson called it “one of the worst series of storms on record” while filming in Spain.
She was often seen under an umbrella wrapped in a towel between takes. The actress was even injured after “a piece of debris from a smoke grenade flew into [her] left eye” (as a 2002 Telegraph report detailed). After her eye injury, she had to undergo a 30-minute operation to remove the fragment.
