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Britt Ekland to try standup?

First of all, you may be asking, who is Britt Ekland?

She’s a Swedish actress mainly famous for being a Bond girl (Man With The Golden Gun) and for nearly banging Peter Sellers to death (he had a heart attack, in bed, on their wedding night).

Well, apparently, Ekland had such a wonderful time appearing in a stage version of Grumpy Old Women, her publicist is circulating the rumor that she is now ready, at the age of 65, to tackle standup comedy.

Recalling her part in the comedy, Britt reportedly mused: “There’s a lot of one-liners there and it has opened up my vistas. I’ve done comedy before but perhaps I could do stand-up.”

IMDB says the Bond flick role was the high point of her career. That was 1974. If someone thinks that doing standup can revive a career that’s been moribund for 33 years, there is something totally weird going on out there. This can only end badly.