She’s avoided the Bond girl curse to star in Stephen Frears’s raucous, raunchy new comedy. Cath Clark hears about squeezing into outfits, her new Sloaney look and ‘Midsomer Murders’

Rising star Gemma Arterton left Rada three years ago. Since then, she has played a head girl (‘St Trinian’s’), a Bond girl (‘Quantum of Solace’) and a canny kidnap victim (‘The Disappearance of Alice Creed’) and been in a blockbuster or two (‘Clash of the Titans’, ‘Prince of Persia’). Now she’s the heroine of black comedy ‘Tamara Drewe’, Stephen Frears’s adaptation of Posy Simmonds’s comic strip. Newspaper columnist Tamara is forced back to the village where she grew up. Once an ugly duckling, she returns, post-nose-job, as a smouldering femme fatale, entangling a trio of admirers: indie-drummer, fit farmer and philandering crime novelist.

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A big thank you goes out to Lorna!

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: Daily Record (UK) – August 30, 2010

Jonathan Liebesman (upcoming Battle: Los Angeles) has signed a deal to direct the Clash of the Titans sequel for Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary. Liebesman will shoot the sequel in 3D instead of having it added during post-production.

The first film, made for about $125 million, has earned $491.9 million worldwide.

Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Dan Mazeau (The Flash, Jonny Quest) and David Leslie Johnson, writer of next year’s Red Riding Hood worked together on the treatment, with Mazeau and Johnson now writing the script.

Sam Worthington and Gemma Arterton are among the actors expected to return for the second installment.

British actress Gemma Arterton thinks it is good when baddies die in films.

The star admits she was pleased with the death scene in her upcoming movie Tamara Drewe because character Nicholas Hardiment (Roger Allam) – who is killed by a herd of cows which have been spooked by a dog – is not a pleasant man to his wife Beth (Tamsin Grieg).

Tamara Drewe is released in the UK on September 10 and in the US on October 8.

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A TIGHT red top and a tiny pair of hotpants gave gorgeous Gemma Arterton her sexiest entrance since she was a Bond girl.

It’s an unforgettable moment in her new film Tamara Drewe – and has even been used on the movie’s poster.

The film has only been released in France but is already a huge hit.

But Gemma, who starred alongside 007 Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace, says she’ll remember the sexy scene as one of her most uncomfortable.

“I’m such a prude,” laughs Britain’s rising star.

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KENT NEWS: The county’s very own leading lady Gemma Arterton has bagged her first lead role, which comes as her last movie Prince of Persia arrives on DVD.

Gravesend-born Arterton, 24, had already appeared in several movies when she hit the big time as a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace.

But she is now starring as the title character in Tamara Drewe, which arrives in cinemas on September 10.

She plays a high-flying media ace returning home to the West Country to find a den of violence and laughs.

The film is being promoted as the British feel-good hit of the season.

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GALLERY LINK:
- Tamara Drewe (2010): USA Trailer

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Gemma Arterton has revealed she has kept the prosthetic nose from her new film, Tamara Drewe.

The Prince Of Persia star dons a big fake nose to play the title role in Stephen Frears’ new drama, but rather than saying goodbye to it once filming ended, she gave it the pride of place in her bathroom.

“I actually have that nose in my bathroom, framed – it’s great, I just look at it sometimes,” she said.

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Gemma Arterton has revealed she goes to the toilet to hide from her fans when they spot her out and about.

Gemma Arterton goes to the toilet to hide from her fans.

The British actress recently visited her hometown and received so much attention in the restaurant she was eating in she had take evasive action in the rest room.

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Anchor Bay Home Entertainment announced that the film THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED will be coming to Blu-ray on November 23, 2010. The thriller stars up and coming actress Gemma Arterton, most recently known for her roles in the summer blockbusters CLASH OF THE TITANS and PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME as well as last years PIRATE RADIO. Arterton plays the daughter of a millionaire who is kidnapped but doesn’t bow down to her captors. The film had a limited theatrical release earlier this month but premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. There’s a short list of special features that include:

* Storyboard featurettes
* Audio commentary with director J Blakeson
* Extended scenes with commentary

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Gemma Arterton reveals what’s the secret of surviving as a female on a film set.

Big thanks to the always helpful Lorna!

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: SFX (UK) – September 2010

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GALLERY LINKS:
- The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009): Production Stills
- Events: Virgin Media Louder Lounge at the V Festival #1
- Events: Virgin Media Louder Lounge at the V Festival #2

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The most anticipated TIFF announcement, after the films (or, before the films for many) is the one which informs the city which filmmakers and actors are coming to the festival.

This year’s list has just been announced, and includes: directors Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle, Robert Redford, Ben Affleck, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris; actors Nicole Kidman, Matt Damon, Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Paul Giamatti, Marion Cotillard, and Ellen Page; and musician Bruce Springsteen, NBA great Steve Nash, eco-activist David Suzuki and computer person Bill Gates. And, of course, our lovely Gemma Arterton.

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on September 14, 2010. You can pre-order it from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

Gemma and Jake are adorable!

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- Prince of Persia (2010): DVD Screencaptures – An Unseen World: Making Prince of Persia

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The UK premiere of Tamara Drewe will be take place on Monday 6 September at the Odeon in Leicester Square and you could be there! Extra members can win two tickets to what is set to be the film premiere of the year.

Based on a cartoon strip by Guardian and Observer cartoonist Posy Simmonds, it features a full British cast and crew. It’s already received outstanding reviews following its special screening out of competition at the Cannes festival. All of the cast are expected to attend the premiere including Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper.

Click here for your chance to walk down the red carpet with the stars.

The closing date is midnight on 3 September.

To learn more about Tamara Drewe follow the film on Facebook www.facebook.com/tamaradreweuk

The Tamara Drewe premiere
The Odeon, Leicester Square
Date: 6 September 2010
Time: 6:45pm
Duration: Three hours

If you’ve seen British actress Gemma Arterton as a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace or as the regal Tamina in Prince of Persia, you really haven’t seen her at all.

Arterton, 24, may be best-known to North American audiences for those two blockbusters, but all that’s going to change with The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a grimy little thriller about a kidnapping that stars Arterton, Eddie Marsan and Martin Compston.

Arterton is not just another pretty face, and The Disappearance of Alice Creed, opening Friday, is proof.

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“Making Clash Of The Titans was also fun but it was a lot warmer.

“It was mostly filmed in Tenerife, where we did all the battles with the giant scorpions. It was great.

“We were either working or drinking beers in the evening, not bad. We were basically spending 24 hours together and became a tight group – Sam, Nicholas Hoult, Liam Cunningham, all of us.

“We were competing all the time, doing sports and all kinds of stuff.

“Gemma Arterton was the only girl but she became just one of the boys. She was good fun and took part in everything.

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GALLERY LINKS:
- Tamara Drewe (2010) > Related Clipping: Be (France) – July 9, 2010
- Scans From 2010: Envy (France) – July 8, 2010
- Scans From 2010: Nylon Guys (USA) – September 2010

Call her the Not-It Girl.

For the past few years, the English actress Gemma Arterton, 24, has been on a trajectory that Hello! magazine dreams are made of: graduation from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts; roles in a gritty Guy Ritchie movie (Rocknrolla) and a frothy Richard Curtis one (Pirate Radio); starring as Elizabeth Bennet and Tess (of the D’Urbervilles) on British TV. Then (drumroll), the break that every starlet fantasizes about: playing Bond girl Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace.

Arterton rolled in flagrante with Daniel Craig, and yes, it was good for her. Hollywood and its megabudgets came calling. In Clash of the Titans, she got both a death and a resurrection scene – setting her up for the sequel, which she’ll film next year. In Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, she intoned mystical prophecies like a pro. It appeared that a new It Girl had arisen.

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