Bond Girl Madeline Smith, 77, says she had 'no choice' in filming strip scenes during her career but didn't mind as she shares how much harder it is for kids nowadays to become actors

Published: 13:34 EDT, 8 November 2026 | Updated: 13:41 EDT, 8 November 2026 Former Bond Girl Madeline Smith has confessed she had 'no choice' in filming strip scenes during her career – but didn't mind having to 'take off her clothes'. The actress, 77, famously played Italian agent Miss Caruso opposite Roger Moore in the 1973 classic Live And Let Die. Known for her striking beauty, Madeline reflected on her career and the requirement to strip off in scenes, as she admitted she will never moan about it and kids now have a much harder path to become actors. She explained: 'It was demanded of you. I mean, in [1970 film] The Vampire Lovers, it was demanded of me seconds before I did the scene. I had no choice, there was nothing in the contract.'Madeline was required to unbutton her blouse in the film, as she joked no actress would do it now without being paid a hefty salary. However, Madeline has no regrets about her career after making a name for herself despite her ordinary background as a daughter of a shopkeeper from Sussex. Bond Girl Madeline Smith, 77, has said she had 'no choice' in filming strip scenes during her career but didn't mind as she shares how much harder it is for kids nowadays to become actors She explained: 'It was demanded of you. I mean, in [1970 film] The Vampire Lovers, it was demanded of me seconds before I did the scene. I had no choice, there was nothing in the contract' (pictured in Live And Let Die with Roger Moore in 1973) 'I have been so fortunate. That's why I will not moan about the taking off of the clothes and all that. I cannot. I was so lucky. I had such joy, and I loved every second of it.'She told The Daily Star: 'It's so difficult now for kids. You can go and be educated to your ears and still not getting any work. It's almost impossible to get your foot in the door now and it was so easy in the 60s.'It comes after Madeline claimed she was left terrified after Warren Beatty exposed himself 'stark naked' in front of her before asking for 'a cuddle'.Recalling the incident in her memoir, as reported in The Telegraph, the actress told how she was still a virgin at the time and quickly spurned the film icon's advances.Looking back at the darker side of the film industry, the screen star notes in her book, Madeline Smith, Bond Girl: From 60s Fashion Model to Half a Century on Stage and Screen, that she first met Warren at Roman Polanski’s wedding to Sharon Tate in January 1968, where he told her she was 'the most beautiful girl he had ever met'.An invitation to afternoon tea at his friend's home later followed, however, what she believed would be an innocent meeting turned into anything but as she was left stunned to encounter the Bonnie and Clyde star completely nude after being led to the room where he was staying.She wrote in her book: 'I was shown into his room. Warren was lying there stark naked and on the phone. I was absolutely terrified. I was a virgin. I thought we were going to have tea and cakes.'He told me I was a very intelligent girl, but when I said, "I’m going to go home now". he said, "It would be nice to have a cuddle". I replied, "Well, my idea of cuddling is obviously fully clothed". To say that I was inexperienced is an understatement.'She added of working in the industry at the time: 'I am not saying I am a goody-two-shoes at all, because I’m not, but the levels of drug-taking and sexual excess were staggering looking back now... Men expected women to be even freer with their bodies, but I swam in the opposite direction.'The Daily Mail previously contacted Warren Beatty's representatives for comment.