3 and Out was released in the UK on Friday. I hope all of the Gemma fans have had the chance to go out and see it. I am planning to go next week myself. Feel free to post your comments on Gemma’s performance on this post.

St. Trinian’s is also now available on DVD. I am still waiting for my copy but as soon as I receive it, captures and clips will be posted. Thanks for the patience.

Bond girl Gemma Artertpn is disappointed she never got to ride in the superspy’s Aston Martin sportscar before it ended up in an Italian lake.

The limited edition car - driven by Daniel Craig in two Bond movies - had to be fished out of Italy’s Lake Garda on Saturday (19Apr08) after an accident on the set of new movie Quantum of Solace.

But Arterton, 22, is upset she was never given the opportunity to drive the car.
She says, “I never got to go in it.

“I was always filmed in these old bangers. It wasn’t very glamorous at all.”

Source: Contact Music

Gemma Arterton has denied that girls will be jealous of her role in the next Bond film - because her character is a geek.

The 22-year-old said: “My Bond girl’s not really a Bond villain. She’s not glamorous or anything - she’s quite geeky. So I don’t know… it’s amazing what a haircut will do!”

“I just went to work every day, and if I thought about it too much I’d freak out! But it was absolutely brilliant.”

Gemma, wearing a figure-hugging dress on the red carpet of her latest film Three And Out, denied she had gone on a fitness regime for the film, called Quantum Of Solace.

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Actress Gemma Arterton has confessed she preferred her onscreen kiss with Daniel Craig than her clinch with Mackenzie Crook.

The 22-year-old shared a screen kiss with Crook during their new movie Three and Out - but the star reluctantly admits Craig has a better technique.

She says, “They can’t be compared. They’re very different scenes. One is tender and loving and the other is passionate.

“Asking me to choose which one I’d date is so unfair, that’s horrible. I’d rather go out with someone completely unknown and obscure.

“But Daniel’s probably more my type because Mackenzie’s quite nervous. He was lovely though and the scene was very romantic.

Arterton is currently shooting new Bond film Quantum of Solace with Craig.

Source: contactmusic.com

Wearing a crimson, fitted silk halter neck gown, a fresh-faced Gemma Arterton sizzles at the red carpet for the premiere of her new film Three and Out held yesterday in London. Gemma was looking every inch a future Bond girl and check out the new hair! Gemma’s never looked more glamorous in our book!

We have added 93 HQs and 49 MQs.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: World Charity Premiere of “Three and Out”

GALLERY LINKS:
- 3 and Out: Production Stills (a couple of older stills were replaced with HQ versions)
- 3 and Out: Clip Captures

The clip can be viewed here.

Gemma Arterton, who plays Tommy’s daughter Frankie, watched all manner of Liverpudlian TV shows to help her master a North West accent.

She added: “I did it in the audition just like a rough version and Jonathan said to me: ‘it’s nice how you’ve merged the Liverpudlian with the Cumbrian’ because she lives in Cumbria now.

“I said: ‘I think you’ll find that it’s just cr*p Liverpudlian but if it works for you, then great’.”

Source: Sunday Sun

Fancy a bit of red carpet action and rubbing shoulders with the stars?

Then clear your diary for Monday in London as the controversial new movie Three and Out gets its World Premiere.

And you could be there.

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Please do not enter unless you can genuinely make it to Leicester Square on Monday 21 April. The winner will be contacted on Monday morning and must reply within an hour of getting the email, or a new winner will be picked out of the hat. The competition closes at 9.59am on 21 April, 2008.

Two runners-up will win a package of prizes including soft toy bunnies, a soundtrack CD, book and poster.

Romping with a Bond girl made Mackenzie Crook nervous.

The Office star beds stunning actress Gemma Arterton in his latest film, Three and Out.

And Mackenzie reckons the naked sex scenes were helped along by the St Trinian’s star.

“It is nerve-wracking,” he said. “But I can’t think of anyone better to do it with, if that doesn’t sound too rude.

“She is great and very professional. I it was great working with her in that – and all my scenes with her.

“It is quite awkward, getting your kit off in front of a crew. I can’t wait to do it again!” he joked.

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Many thanks to Clarisse for sending in HQ scans from Ciné Live.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazines: Ciné Live (France) - April 2008

IGN has two new exclusive Quantum of Solace video blog entries. Gemma appears briefly in the Toby Hefferman one.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Talk Shows & Interviews: Online Interviews > IGN - “Quantum of Solace” - Toby Hefferman - 2nd A.D. (April 15, 2008)

One of the BBC’s autumn drama highlights, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, has been hit by a suspected arson attack that has damaged thousands of pounds’ worth of period costumes.

Costume-makers have been roped in to work around the clock to replace outfits lost in the fire for the four-part adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s tragic novel, which stars Bond girl Gemma Arterton.

Arterton, who plays Agent Fields in new Bond movie Quantum Of Solace, plays the lead role alongside a top cast including Anna Massey.

The damage was discovered yesterday morning in a trailer at Tog Hill near Bath, Somerset.

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Check out one of the first reviews for Gemma’s upcoming 3 and Out film.

Rising star Gemma Arterton, on the other hand, who made her feature film debut in St Trinian’s, is wonderfully captivating in her role as the overtly confident Frankie Cassidy.

A STREET in Corsham was transformed back in time for a day as the BBC moved into film a new production of Tess of the D’Urbevilles.

On Monday a scene from the Thomas Hardy novel was recreated in Church Street.

The star of the production, which is due to be screened in August, will be 22-year-old Gemma Arterton.

The young starlet landed the role as Tess just months after being signed up to play Agent Fields in the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.

After graduating from Rada last year she has starred in several films, including the British comedy St Trinian’s.

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From ThisisWiltshire.co.uk:

The Corsham club have also been playing host to the BBC this week as filming continues for an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles. The production, whose cast includes new Bond girl Gemma Arterton and Anna Massey, have been utilising the rugby club as a base unit while filming in the Corsham locality.

The Daily Mail has an interview with Mackenzie Crook about Three And Out today. There’s a mention to Gemma in it.

Frankie, his love interest, is played by 22-year-old St Trinian’s star Gemma Arterton, one of the UK’s hottest young actresses. It was during the filming of Three And Out that Arterton learned she’d been cast in the next 007 movie, Quantum Of Solace. How did Crook feel about beating Bond to the girl?

He smirks. “She’s not the new Bond girl – she’s the new Crook girl.”

Crook says filming the sex scene was “far from erotic”, which must have been of some comfort to wife Lindsay, a former advertising executive with whom he has two children, five-year old Jude and three-month-old Scout.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazines: TV Quick (UK) - March 29-April 4, 2008 (scanned by Lorna)

USA Today has an interesting report about Quantum of Solace, they also got a new still which featured Daniel as James Bond and our Ms. Arterton as Agent Fields. I have added it to the gallery and check out the article here.

“He has his heart broken,” says Craig, who turned 40 during the shoot. “The love of his life is killed, and he finds out she’s not who she said she was. … He’s out for revenge. But he’s also out to find — and this is what the title is about — a ‘quantum of solace.’ Something has been taken away from him, and he’s out to get that back.”

Bond does bed another MI6 agent, played by British actress Gemma Arterton, 22, a relative newcomer. “He has one relationship in this movie, a kind of fling. It’s mutually beneficial,” Craig says. “I think both parties enjoy it.”

GALLERY LINKS:
- Quantum of Solace: Production Stills

Gemma was featured in Radio Times last month and we finally have a scan thanks to Lorna. It’s the first time that we see Gemma as Elizabeth Bennet, her character in the upcoming mini-series Lost in Austen.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazines: Radio Times (UK) - March 8-14, 2008