According to Vanity Fair reports, Angelina Jolie didn't accept the offer to act as
Bond girl because she wants to be the hero, and not the hero's girl.
She talks on how she got the role in Salt “It started with a call from Amy [Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures]. She asked if I wanted to play a Bond girl. I said, ‘No, I’m not comfortable with that, but I would like to play Bond.’ We laughed, and then, about a year later, she called back and said, ‘I think I found it.’”
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