Bond girl or just for kicks?

Joy Ford-“tall and tan and young and lovely.”

Joy Ford-“tall and tan and young and lovely.”

Stuntman and martial artist Ben Cooke was a regular at the KO Muay Thai Gym, home to a number of professional boxers and ultimate fighters, but when he walked in with 6’ 1” model/actress Joy Ford, all activity halted.  Cooke stands six feet tall himself, but the glamorous blonde accompanying him seemed to tower over him.

Ford, it was later learned, was flown to London by the head of Eon Productions, Michael G. Wilson, and Cooke, of course, is the well-known stunt double for Daniel Craig (James Bond).

As the two approached the gym’s ring, Ford’s full-length fur coat came off, revealing the taut and toned body of an athlete.  She removed her four inch heels, did some preliminary stretching, slipped into a pair of gloves and climbed up into the ring as the surrounding fighters crowded in to get a closer look.  Cooke shed his shoes and jacket and joined her, where for the next 40 minutes she demonstrated an impressive kick boxing style with Cooke playing the foil to the leggy blonde who received loud cheers and rounds of applause every time she landed a kick or a punch.

At the end of the session, Ford was cheered as she climbed down from the ring.  She quickly changed back into her heels, threw her fur over her arm, strolled out of the gym and climbed into a waiting Eon Productions’ car as if the entire event had been scripted.