HOLLYWOOD - Halle Berry, who reportedly received a $500,000 bonus to bare her breasts for a sun-bathing scene in Swordfish, has said that she
has taken steps to insure that she won't be called upon to go topless if
she gets the role as the next "Bond girl."
In an interview with the
online site Cinema Confidential, Berry said she has been asked to play Bond's "nemesis" in the next feature. "I will not be topless," she interjected when asked about the film. "I actually
have a clause that says, 'I will not be topless in this movie.'"
Asked
about a remark by actor Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared with Berry
in three films (Jungle Fever, Losing Isaiah, and Strictly Business) that her breasts represented "probably an extra $20
million on the Swordfish box office," Berry shot back, "So when
is he going to bare his stuff to make 20 more million dollars ... if
that's what he thinks that does!"