It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra.
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.