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It& #39;s 35 years since the release of A View to a Kill & having recently re-watched it, I thought I& #39;d reappraise Tanya Roberts& #39; character Stacy Sutton, usually & unfairly ranked near the bottom any time anyone ranks Bond girls.
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In Stacy& #39;s first scene in the film she& #39;s totally un-intimidated by the villainous Zorin when he gives her a cheque for $5M &, unlike many before & since, successfully rebuffs Bond& #39;s advances.
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Later, Bond sees her in San Francisco City Hall, where she works as a geologist. She later proves herself far more capable at her job than her hapless boss, Howe.
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Bond tails her home, where, thinking him one of Zorin& #39;s men she tricks him into believing she& #39;s in the shower, & pulls a gun on him.
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When Zorin& #39;s men turn up moments later, she immediately joins the fight, and uses her grandfather& #39;s ashes to knock out an assailant. No shrinking violet is Stacy.
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After explaining that Zorin is trying to buy her grandfather& #39;s oil business & sent his men to convince her, she rips up his cheque instead, a bold move.
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Bond & Stacy go to City Hall, where they& #39;re trapped by Zorin in an elevator while he sets fire to the building. It& #39;s here Stacy gets her reputation for screaming, but, to be fair to her, she is left in a burning elevator shaft while Bond leaves.
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As they make their getaway in a fire truck, it& #39;s Stacy who& #39;s behind the wheel when they jump the bridge, and during this scene becomes the first (perhaps the only) Bond girl to swear, she says "Sh!t"
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When they reach Zorin& #39;s mine it& #39;s Stacy who has the idea of disguising herself in overalls. It& #39;s hardly her fault that she couldn& #39;t find one that fit... 
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After being captured by Zorin & taken on his airship she still manages to fight off his men & escape onto the Golden Gate Bridge, which she hangs off, without complaining.
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Finally, a lot has been said of the age gap between Tanya & Roger, yet, at the time of the film& #39;s release she was 29, older than both Mary Stavin (Kimberley Jones) &
Fiona Fullerton (Pola Ivanova), then both 28, and Alison Doody (Jenny Flex), then only 18.
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Fiona Fullerton (Pola Ivanova), then both 28, and Alison Doody (Jenny Flex), then only 18.
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