Die Another Day’s Verity

Author Raymond Benson, who also has the job of adapting James Bond movies into novels ( the “novelizations”), in an interview to Commanderbond.net gives some detatils about novelizing Die Another Day. Here’s what he has to say about Madonna’s character Verity.

Q: In your novelization, Verity is clearly a lesbian and clearly not Madonna. Why is this?

A: That scene went through many versions, probably more than any other scene. In the original script she was clearly a lesbian but all that was cut when Madonna took the role. I thought all the references in the book were cut too but maybe some remained, or perhaps those changes came after the book was already at the publishers. I can’t remember.

To read more about other aspects of the novelization of Die Another Day check www.commanderbond.net