Andress was apparently paid $6000 for appearing in Dr.
No was voted #1 in 'the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments'. In 2003, in a UK Survey by Channel 4, Andress' entrance in Dr.No was sold at auction in 2001 for a whopping £35,000. Due to Andress' heavy Swiss-German accent, Honey Ryder's voice was provided by Nikki van der Zyl, while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland.Andress, who wasn't overly interested in acting at the time, only agreed to do it when family friend Kirk Douglas read the script and urged her to take it on. Some sources claim that the photograph allegedly featured Andress in a wet T-shirt competition. The producers then saw a photograph that actor John Derek had taken of his wife, Ursula Andress, and offered her the part without even meeting her.
The iconic scene made Andress the quintessential Bond girl, inspiring every bikini-clad Bond girl to come, including Halle Berry, who in Die Another Day emerges from the sea in a similar fashion. In a well-known scene, she rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini. Andress became famous for her portrayal of Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's object of desire in the very first Bond film, Dr.
