In 2004, he he also portrayed himself as Kim Hyde in Australian TV series .
We had arranged to meet at the pub and then go see the fireworks over the Thames.
Fireworks Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, is a British tradition going back to the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, in which Catholic conspirator Fawkes attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
"It was all going very well until suddenly somebody found out I was in a Bond film. But the frosty image conjured by her Bond character stuck like a piece of gum on her shoe.
Meeting Hollywood's latest sensation, in London, Sam Kashner hears about the challenges of playing Amy Dunne, the experience of sudden fame, and the way Pike fell in love—at Stonehenge, no less—with the father of her new baby.
From there she went to Wadham College, Oxford, temping to pay her way and avoid getting into debt.
“As an actress I never thought I’d be earning any money,” she said.
Pike, who appears on the cover of Vogue this month, admits she could sometimes appear 'aloof’ and 'ethereal’, putting it down to her determination to become an actress from an early age. This point is what I’ve been working for since I was small sitting at the side of my parents’ rehearsal rooms and figuring out what I believed in.” Now she is about to appear opposite Ben Affleck in one of Hollywood’s most sought after female roles - Amy Dunne, the wife in Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher, who flew her to St Louis to drink whisky with him to see if she had the “balls” to play the part.
Further exploration reveals it is from a website ( that asked browsers with Photoshop skills to send in their celebrity puppets.
Pike was born into an English performing family, and as we walked we talked about her parents’ careers and their long marriage.
Playing the role as Thor in the Marvel Studios films Thor (2011) and The Avengers (2012).