Mel Raido joins Gemma Arterton in the adaptation

07 August 2013 | Written by Phil de Semlyen

Tamara Drewe‘s Gemma Arterton may be gearing up to tackle another Posy Simmons graphic novel, but she can’t do it on her own. Good news, then, because Spooks and Strike Back‘s Mel Raido has signed up to join her in Anne Fontaine’s adaptation of Gemma Bovery.

Raido will play Gemma Tate’s (Arterton) ex, a roguishly charming but occasionally obnoxious food critic, who returns to Gemma’s life in the Norman village in which she’s settled. The problem? She’s since married Charlie Bovery, and her desires and duties are soon at loggerheads.

Riffing on Gustave Flaubert’s great novel Madame Bovary, the results should offer interesting cultural osmosis with Coco Before Chanel director Fontaine, Arterton and co decamping to rural France for a tale of love, lust and camembert.

Source

Bond girl and sexy star, Gemma Arterton changes her style to act opposite Terence Stamp in Song for Marion.

GALLERY LINK:
– Scans from 2013: D – Donna di Repubblica (Italy) – August 10, 2013

If reposting our scans, please don’t remove our tag, give some us credit and a link back. We spend a lot of money from our own pockect to always bring you exclusive Gemma scans whenever we can. Vanity Fair Jewellery Supplement is a Gemma-Arterton.net exclusive goodie.

GALLERY LINK:
– Scans from 2013 > Vanity Fair Jewellery Supplement – August 2013, thanks to Chuckie

“Imagine carrying so many sad memories with you from century to century,” he says of his latest film’s creatures

By Allen Barra

Two women, one in her late 30s and another perhaps in her early 20s, move into a rundown seaside hotel named Byzantium. They are pursued by menacing strangers who prove to have no connection to the police or any legitimate authorities. The atmosphere is moody, the night air neon-lit. The plot becomes increasingly ominous, and we see violent flashbacks of the same women, not years but centuries in the past.

Neil Jordan’s 17th feature film, “Byzantium,” is already confounding critics on both sides of the Atlantic. Starring Saoirse Ronan (“Atonement,” “Hannah”) and Gemma Arterton and co-starring Sam Riley and Jonny Lee Miller, “Byzantium” is adapted by Moira Buffini from her play “A Vampire Story.” The film is at once identifiable as a Jordan film but is also kind of a busman’s holiday. “There are definitely elements of my other films in this one,” he told me by phone from his home in Dublin, “but I decided not to work on this film as a writer because Moira’s adaptation of her play brought the story to the screen very well. So I was a bit more relaxed while making it.”

Jordan has dealt with vampires before, in his 1994 Anne Rice adaptation “Interview With the Vampire.” In that film, Brad Pitt’s Louis is asked if Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an accurate depiction of the vampire life. “The feverish dreams,” replies Pitt, shrugging off the question, “of a demented Irishman.” Jordan’s interest in vampires is much different from Stoker’s. “I’m very interested in the burden of memories which people carry from one generation to another. Imagine how much more of a burden that must be for creatures who live for centuries. I was intrigued by ‘Byzantium’ because this time it was two women, and the idea of a mother-daughter relationship added a whole dimension. In some ways it’s a little sad, don’t you think? All the things that human beings must carry with them from decade to decade. Imagine carrying so many sad memories with you from century to century.”

“Byzantium” came out in the U.S. on June 28, and it’s just another step in Jordan’s uncommonly varied life and career. He was born in Sligo, in the shadow of Yeats’ Ben Bulben. (“Not so impressive as it sounds,” he once told me, “since virtually all of Sligo is in the shadow of Ben Bulben.”) He was raised in Dublin; his grandfather, mother and sister were all painters.

Source

SHE’S used to attending Hollywood events, so it was no surprise to see Gemma Arterton working the red carpet at Paris Fashion Week.

By: Kirsty McCormack

The 27-year-old actress arrived at the Lanvin fashion show yesterday looking absolutely stunning in one of the designer’s black gowns.

The one-shouldered garment showcased Gemma’s curves perfectly and featured a ruffled shoudler and one long sleeve.

Gemma teamed it with a pair of black strappy heels, a matching clutch bag and a sleek hairdo.

Speaking at the Lancome Lanvin party, the ‘Quantum of Solace‘ star said of her attire: “it’s very fitted, I sort of wriggled my way into it.

“It’s nice because he designs dresses that look good on women, especially curvy women like me so I love his clothes for that reason.”

on being a guest at the fashion event, Gemma admitted that she loves people watching. “I see it as a real experience, an acting experience because there’s so many characters as fashion week, so different to the film world, which is also batty.

“I just love watching people, I feel like a bit of an outsider but it’s so nice to see all these crazy people.”

Source

By Joelle Diderich

Arterton will be seen next in “Runner Runner,” a crime thriller set in the underground world of online gambling. As a femme fatale caught between Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, she got to wear her share of glamorous outfits.

“The main one I had was this beautiful Lanvin dress. It was green and it had a very Jessica Rabbit kind of vibe — I have red hair in it,” explained the British actress, who was sporting a tan from a recent stay in Thailand.

Source

Gemma Arterton – Front Row at Dior Haute Couture

Trivia: “Runner Runner” is a reference to a long shot poker draw that’s only made when you get the cards you need on the turn and the river.

If reposting our scans, please don’t remove our tag, give some us credit and a link back. We spend a lot of money from our own pockect to always bring you exclusive Gemma scans whenever we can. Empire UK and Best Movie are Gemma-Arterton.net exclusive goodies.

GALLERY LINKS:
– Runner, Runner (2013) > Related Clippings > Empire (UK) – August 2013, thanks to the always wonderful Chuckie
– Byzantium (2013) > Related Clippings > Best Movie (Italy) – June 2013, thanks to our friend Claudia