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[Simon]

Gemma Arterton Locked In For 'Bond 22'?

Empire Magazine lands its second 007 casting scoop?

Gemma Arterton Cast As Bond Girl?

22 year old British actress said to have won auditions; doubts remain

Which about says it all.

A small piece as I was flicking through, in one of the society pages.

Said she is in the new St Trinians film.

[dinovelvet]

Which about says it all.

A small piece as I was flicking through, in one of the society pages.

Said she is in the new St Trinians film.

The Daily Mail once stated Rose Byrne had gotten the part of Vesper Lynd.

Just sayin'.

[Shrublands]

The Sun are saying it too

http://www.thesun.co...ticle580415.ece

The Sun and the Mail had the casting of Craig first.


Out of tabloid stuff this has the ring of truth.

[dinovelvet]

The Sun are saying it too
http://www.thesun.co...ticle580415.ece
The Sun and the Mail had the casting of Craig first.
Out of tabloid stuff this has the ring of truth.

Hmm maybe there is something to it then. But wasn't it stated a while back that EON were looking at Brazilian actresses? If this casting does turn out to be true, I'm assuming its not THE main Bond girl, but rather a Solange/Paris Carver secondary role.

[Shrublands]

The Sun are saying it too
http://www.thesun.co...ticle580415.ece
The Sun and the Mail had the casting of Craig first.
Out of tabloid stuff this has the ring of truth.

Hmm maybe there is something to it then. But wasn't it stated a while back that EON were looking at Brazilian actresses? If this casting does turn out to be true, I'm assuming its not THE main Bond girl, but rather a Solange/Paris Carver secondary role.

Or the other way round, we don

[Shrublands]

Which about says it all.

A small piece as I was flicking through, in one of the society pages.

Said she is in the new St Trinians film.

The Daily Mail once stated Rose Byrne had gotten the part of Vesper Lynd.

Just sayin'.

With the Rose Byrne thing, it seems that they did have some inside info as far as she being cast as Vesper is concerned, I think she was on the short, short list. But they jumped the gun as far as her actually being cast goes.

But they clearly just didn

[Fro]

Gala Brand??

Her CV from RADA
http://www.rada.org/grad07/art.html

Main work so far is "St. Trinian's" and "RocknRolla" (directed by Guy Ritchie and in post-production).

Edited by Fro, 14 December 2007 - 10:35 AM.

[marktmurphy]

Well if the Sun say it I'm inclined to believe it more than if it were just the Mail. They do have a lot of guff, but they do run a few bits which are true, unlike the Mail.
She looks very nice. Very young, though.

[Zorin Industries]

It is surely no coincidence that ST TRINIAN'S is about to be released in UK cinemas...

Not sure about this one. She looks incredibly young and not all that mature. Eva Green has a dignity and maturity about her. This one looks somewhat wrong, but then we don't know what the part is or what it requires...

Keep the salt on stand-by methinks...

[Fro]

Here's the Daily Mail story
http://www.dailymail...n_author_id=230

It's the third item in the column. Seems to me like it's either legit or the folks promoting the "St Trinian's" movie pushing this.

[Rene Mathis]

She looks very pretty, but not in the old school Bond way (to quote Lewis Gilbert - the girls have to be gorgeous...and be able to act a bit).
I could easily see this Gemma girl as the new Bond girl for 22, after Vesper Lynd i'm assuming the new female lead will not be as strong, more a damsel in distress type role, similar to Solitaire in LALD (book).

[Shrublands]

Here's the Daily Mail story
http://www.dailymail...n_author_id=230

It's the third item in the column. Seems to me like it's either legit or the folks promoting the "St Trinian's" movie pushing this.

It

[Jim]

It is surely no coincidence that ST TRINIAN'S is about to be released in UK cinemas...

Not sure about this one. She looks incredibly young and not all that mature. Eva Green has a dignity and maturity about her. This one looks somewhat wrong, but then we don't know what the part is or what it requires...

Keep the salt on stand-by methinks...

Well, quite.

"I wonder if she has a new film out?"

Still, this sort of stuff does show that one can still publicise one's film by reference to the Bond series; for a forty-five year old franchise, that's pretty good going.

It may yet prove true, but the cynical old pooh-ears in me (i.e. all of me) notes that uncanny coincidence.

[Zorin Industries]

It is surely no coincidence that ST TRINIAN'S is about to be released in UK cinemas...

Not sure about this one. She looks incredibly young and not all that mature. Eva Green has a dignity and maturity about her. This one looks somewhat wrong, but then we don't know what the part is or what it requires...

Keep the salt on stand-by methinks...

Well, quite.

"I wonder if she has a new film out?"

Still, this sort of stuff does show that one can still publicise one's film by reference to the Bond series; for a forty-five year old franchise, that's pretty good going.

It may yet prove true, but the cynical old pooh-ears in me (i.e. all of me) notes that uncanny coincidence.

And anyone who is alleged in the paper to have announced to the world the part is theirs tends not to be on Eon's list at all. I seem to remember Sharon Stone was Elektra King, Whitney Houston was Wai Lin and Gerard Bulter was the next Bond. Eon are not stupid.

The title rumour - "007" - has filtered through the internet though. That holds more validity in my mind and that one alone is still quite a tenuous rumour...


Haven't the press confused the phrase "Bond 22" with "The Pink Panther 2"...?!!

Next!!

[Shrublands]

The title rumour - "007" - has filtered through the internet though. That holds more validity in my mind and that one alone is still quite a tenuous rumour...

Yes, here is The Guardian covering both the “007” title gossip and the Gemma Arterton rumour in one article.

http://film.guardian...2227633,00.html


It seems that the Gemma Arterton rumour and the "She has the modern look" quote were simply copied from a report on Marie Claire's website. (or perhaps it’s the same person spreading it everywhere). So much for the Sun’s “exclusive” or the Mail’s so called inside source.

Edited by Shrublands, 14 December 2007 - 11:20 AM.

[MarcAngeDraco]

Seems a bit young to be the leading lady, but who knows...

[Vauxhall]

Yeah I really cannot imagine she is the main Bond girl, especially with all the hype about Latin actresses. I can perhaps see Aterton merely being a background character, such as a hotel receptionist.

[Simon]

Or a deck chair attendant.

[doubler83]

Recently recruited to MI6 Moneypenny, perhaps?

Or, is Moneypenny definitely not in it?

[Binyamin]

Casting announced within the month?

That's two weeks. Press conference....

...and title to go with?

[DamnCoffee]

I thought the girls were supposed to be Foreign.
Gemma = Moneypenny? perhaps? Just thinkin'.

[Binyamin]

Yes, first reaction to her photos was.... "oh, she's.... nice." Not drop-dead gorgeous, almost a girl-next-door cute. Nothing wrong with that, just don't see her as a lead Bondgirl.

Moneypenny could work.

[Bondian]

Definately a Moneypenny.

She could also look good as Bond's Sister.

[doubler83]

She could be my Moneypenny.

[bond_azoozbond]

22 years old in bond 22

ITs Not real ..

[Vauxhall]

22 years old in bond 22

ITs Not real ..

Definitely some sort of conspiracy going on there...
Perhaps the title really will be TWENTY-TWO.

Welcome to CBn by the way

[Shrublands]

Casting announced within the month?

That's two weeks. Press conference....

...and title to go with?

Do you know, I wouldn

[bond_azoozbond]

22 years old in bond 22

ITs Not real ..

Definitely some sort of conspiracy going on there...
Perhaps the title really will be TWENTY-TWO.

Welcome to CBn by the way

Thank you ,, I expect that ,,A terrible situation without title ,, bond 22 become boring .

[Qwerty]

Recently recruited to MI6 Moneypenny, perhaps?

Or, is Moneypenny definitely not in it?

She wasn't included in the script at the time of this article back in September...

[Fro]

Found a couple more headshots with a bit different look