Bond girls past and present strutted their stuff down the catwalk last night in the name of charity. The glamorous 007 Top to Tail Catwalk Show and Dinner saw the likes of Gemma Arterton, Olga Kurylenko, Maria Grazia Cucinotta (The World Is Not Enough) and Shirley Eaton (Goldfinger) parade down the runway. Gemma posed for photos with Ms. Eaton, whose character in Goldfinger inspired her iconic Bond moment in the new franchise film.
Eva Green (Casino Royale) couldn’t attend the event because her new film Franklyn premiered at the BFI London Film Festival yesterday as well. When asked whether she was feeling nostalgic over Bond now that his latest adventure Quantum Of Solace was about to hit cinema screens, Eva said: “I have heard it’s brilliant.”
Many thanks to Catherine for sharing her own scans with us!
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Tess ended a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve added 8 new stills from it as well as a photo from the set to our gallery. We now have incredible 60 stills from the TV Series!
I have added scans from the November issues of CosmoGirl (Scarlett Johansson on the cover) and Teen Vogue (Rachel Bilson on the cover). I especially enjoyed these brief articles and their cute pics. In Teen Vogue, Gemma dishes on beauty secrets (and a there is a new Bond still). And In Cosmo Girl Gemma talks about her love for London and reveals she’d like to work with Joaquin Phoenix - “… he’s a brilliant actor - and really hot!”.
I also scanned the US print advert for Avon. It’s the same as before, in fact it’s identical to the first one we ever showed you but now it’s in HQ.
Gemma Arterton is worried being in the new James Bond film will ruin her career.
The actress - who plays Agent Fields in Quantum of Solace - is concerned she may be typecast and will “never work again” after the film’s release.
She said: “Luckily, I haven’t had time to reflect but appearing with 007 carries the threat of a career crash, as has happened in the past. Sometimes it closes doors.
“People have asked me, ‘Are you worried about not getting work after Bond?’ I don’t know. I could be in the biggest film, be absolute rubbish in it and never work again.”
Arterton, 22, still has small lumps on the side of her hands following the childhood procedures to have the extra digits removed.
The fingers were “tied”, causing them to fall off naturally.
“It’s my little oddity that I’m really proud of,” she told Esquire magazine. “It makes me different.”
The actress, who plays Agent Fields in Quantum of Solace, James Bond’s 22nd adventure, revealed earlier this year that she was also born with a “crumpled ear” that had to be corrected with surgery.
After being seen as dowdy Tess of the D’Urbevilles over the weekend, Gemma showed a far sexier side when she arrived at a London party to mark the end of author Ian Fleming’s centenary year.
The 22-year-old showed off her curvaceous figure in a stunning gold dress.
Her outfit was a far cry from the dowdy clothes her character Tess wears in the BBC adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel.
An entire host of Bond stars turned out to the event on Sunday to pay tribute to Bond author Fleming, including former 007 star Roger Moore and the current Bond, Daniel Craig.
‘Kissing Daniel was great - I can’t pretend that it wasn’t,’ Gemma Arterton talks about falling for 007’s charms
Gemma Arterton: ‘Kissing Daniel was great – I can’t pretend it wasn’t. It was my first day on set and I’d only met him once before – and then suddenly we were expected to kiss. But I just couldn’t get that image of him walking out of the sea in Casino Royale out of my head. He was very cool and I was a giggling mess. I mumbled something like, “I just kissed you!” and he just coolly said, “Yes, you did. And now we have to do it again.” Fortunately, he’s an incredible kisser.’
Daniel Craig: ‘Gemma’s character is great and she plays it to the hilt. She’s an agent who seems clueless, but she’s smarter than we first think.
New Bond girl Gemma Arterton is worried her feisty character in the forthcoming 007 movie Quantum of Solace will fail to turn on red-blooded male fans - because she is so normal.
The British actress wanted to break the tried-and-tested Bond girl mould by playing a down-to-earth love interest in Daniel Craig’s second outing as the suave secret agent.
However, despite Arterton insisting her character in the movie isn’t “hot”, she believes she has a certain humble charm that will interest most men.
She says, “There is a formula to Bond women. They’re his women. You just have to make them your own in any way you can.
“To the normal guy, they’re unobtainable but I didn’t want that. I wanted my character to be a girl from down the road who does this job - we don’t know exactly what she does but she goes to work every day - and comes back and she goes down the pub at the weekend and has a drink.”
She adds, “At first you might think she was a bit of a snooty bitch but she’s actually quite nice when you get to know her. I wanted to make her real. She’s not hot but I hope there’s a charm to her.”
London, Sep 27 (IANS) British actress Gemma Arterton has revealed that she had a very unpleasant time when James Bond star Daniel Craig rubbed oil on her back in a scene for the latest Bond movie “Quantum of Solace”.According to thesun.co.uk, 22-year-old Gemma stars as agent Field and got a sensual massage for a scene in the movie.
Gemma said: “I couldn’t move, I couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe properly. I couldn’t even hear because all the oil went in my ears. It was pretty unpleasant but hopefully it will be an iconic part of the film.”
I have made DVD screencaps of Gemma’s role as Frankie in Three and Out, which was recently released on DVD in the UK. I think Gemma is just wonderful in this role and she gets to be both funny and heartbreaking. And her look is super cute! The film is well worth a look just for her, even though her role is smaller than I expected.
The Sun recently posted a video preview from the next installment of Tess of the D’Urbervilles where Angel confesses a secret to Tess. The video contains spoilers for the next episode. You can catch Tess on Sunday at 9pm on BBC1.
So, what did you think of last night’s episode of Tess?
BBC1’s adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles lost 600,000 viewers for its second episode last night, but still managed to top ITV1 drama Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and movie productions The Notebook and Black Hawk Down in the 9pm hour. Not bad at all!
