Teri Hatcher, 59, reveals why she didn’t ‘enjoy’ being a Bond girl opposite Pierce Brosnan
Teri Hatcher didn’t get to fully enjoy being a Bond girl.
That’s because she was pregnant during the making of Tomorrow Never Dies. The 59-year-old actress starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 film.
Teri admitted that she was focused on her personal life during the two-week filming, as she was expecting her first child with actor Jon Tenney.
And ‘becoming a mother’ was her top priority.
She told the newspaper The Guardian: ‘I’m taking a step back with a lot of gratitude. Tomorrow Never Dies was a very small role, perfect because I was secretly nine weeks pregnant. It was only two weeks, a few scenes, then I would be too pregnant to continue working.
Teri Hatcher didn’t get to fully enjoy being a Bond girl. Seen in Tomorrow Never Dies opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 film
That’s because she was pregnant during the making of the film. But Teri has admitted that she was more focused on her personal life during the two-week shoot, as she was expecting her first child with actor Jon Tenney
“But the pregnancy leaked out and I had no control over it,” she added.
“I don’t think you can get away with that anymore. Women’s rights are much stronger. You’re allowed to have privacy.”
Speaking about her role in the film, she said: ‘Women are sensitive before their first trimester because you’re still wondering if everything is going to be OK.
‘I wanted to be in the movie, but being a mother was at the forefront of my mind, whereas someone else’s mind might have been, “Oh, I’m in this James Bond movie. That’s so cool.”‘
Teri’s daughter Emerson was born in 1997.
And ‘being a mother’ was ‘at the forefront’ of her mind. She told The Guardian newspaper: ‘I’m stepping back with a lot of gratitude. Tomorrow Never Dies was a very small role, perfect because I was secretly nine weeks pregnant. It was only two weeks, a couple of scenes, then I would be too pregnant to continue working’; seen with daughter Emerson on 11 August
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Her marriage to her daughter’s father did not last and they divorced in 2003.
The actress previously spoke openly about co-parenting Emerson after their divorce, stressing that the former couple did everything they could to keep the young man’s life stable.
She told the Irish Examiner: ‘I never wanted Emerson to have parents in different households and I will always feel guilty that she has to travel back and forth.
“But her father and I are doing everything we can to make it as easy as possible for her, and I really think she’s doing fine.”