Monday, November 10

• Quantum of Solace's Forster Had 'No Interest' in Directing a Bond Flick

  The secret to winning over Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, it seems, is to play hard to get. That's what Swiss-bred filmmaker Marc Forster (The Kite Runner, Stranger than Fiction) did when the longtime Bond producers offered him the director's job on Quantum of Solace. "I don't want to do a Bond movie," Forster told the caretakers of the 007 franchise. "I have no interest."

  Still, Broccoli and Wilson persisted, and it appears their efforts have paid off. Learn more about the quirky man behind Quantum of Solace's camera in our interview with Marc Forster. Then check out our Olga Kurylenko interview for a revealing chat with the feisty Ukrainian model-turned-actress who plays the newest Bond girl.

  
  

  Posted 11/10/2008 by reelz

  Related: Marc Forster | Olga Kurylenko | Quantum of Solace

Wednesday, October 22

• Olga Kurylenko: Not Just Another Bond Girl

  My, how times have changed. Used to be, beautiful women would practically kill for the chance to be seduced by Britain's swaggering super-spy, James Bond. These days, however, they're a little more reticent about becoming another notch on 007's rather large belt.

  (Spoiler Alert)

  Case in point: Daniel Craig's Quantum of Solace co-star, Olga Kurylenko, told us yesterday that she's "very happy" that her character, Camille, didn't share a love scene with the blond Bond in the most recent chapter of the iconic franchise.

  "I'm very proud of that," the Ukrainian-born model-turned-actress said of her character's strictly platonic relationship with 007. "He's been sleeping with all the girls and it's good that he’s not sleeping with me because my character is strong. It's not about that. She's strong and independent. And he's not interested too, because he just lost the woman he loved and he's not about to jump on the next one."

  Well, maybe not Craig's Bond, perhaps. But Connery's probably would.

  
  

  Posted 10/22/2008 by reelz

  Related: Olga Kurylenko | Quantum of Solace

Monday, January 7

• Bond gets girl, starts shooting

  Sony announced today that principal photography has begun on the 22nd Bond flick, tentatively -- and creatively -- titled Bond 22, at London's venerable Pinewood Studios. Daniel Craig returns as the blonde Bond, accompanied by Casino Royale co-stars Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright and Giancarlo Giannini. Newcomers include Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), who plays Bond's Gallic nemesis, and Gemma Arterton (Rocknrolla), who plays MI6 Agent Fields.

  Sony also announced that Bond's leading lady will be Ukranian model-turned-actress Olga Kurylenko, who was last seen opposite Timothy Olyphant in the videogame flick Hitman -- a movie Bond 22's producers apparently never saw.

  
  

  Posted 01/07/2008 by reelz

  Related: Daniel Craig | Olga Kurylenko | Quantum of Solace