"James Bond: Spectre" will be the second Bond movie for Naomie Harris, but it is only now that she can freely talk about her character Eve Moneypenny, who is the legendary MI6 secretary.
"It's a huge weight off my shoulders, not having to lie this time," Harris told Yahoo! Movies about her character.
While promoting the 2012 Bond film "Skyfall," Harris was kept from revealing the identity of her character since they didn't confirm that she was indeed Moneypenny until the end of the movie.
Now that the secret is out, Harris can now freely discuss her character, saying that she made the character her own by not looking at any previous versions of the secretary.
"My Moneypenny is the departure from the Moneypennys of old," Harris said. "They wanted her to be a modern reinvention of the character, so I didn't feel as though it was helpful to look back. It was very much using my imagination - what I'd be like working at MI6 being an agent."
At the same time, the new Moneypenny does not secretly pine for Bond; but rather, it's Bond who feels jealous when she's with someone else.
"Ultimately, there's a deep fondness between the two of them," Harris said about their relationship. "And a sexual attraction for sure. I think they love playing with that line, but I think neither of them would ever cross it."
Harris admitted that she has no clue what's in store for the "James Bond" franchise, but she sincerely hopes that both she and Bond star Daniel Craig will still be a part of it.
There are actually talks now who will take the mantle from Craig, who has expressed his desire to give up the role and take time off for himself.
According to Harris, it is wrong for people to guess whether the next Bond will be black, white, male, or female.
"I think it's entirely the completely the wrong focus, whether it'll be a black or female Bond. The fact of the matter is that you just want a Bond who inhabits all the essential qualities of Bond: The charisma, the sexual magnetism, the skill in the field, the elements of danger, his charm and wit," she said. "Those things are what makeup Bond; it's not actually his ethnicity or his sex, even. But what I would say is that I really do believe that Daniel is the ultimate Bond, and he would be an incredibly tough act to follow by anybody. So, anybody who wants to try, I say good luck to them."
