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January 04, 2008

A rather more substantial prediction

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Recent rumour has Gemma Aterton as the new Bond Girl. Considering the structure of Casino Royale, Deborah Lipp of Ultimate James Bond believes Aterton to be an unlikely choice.

In CR, there are two Bond girls: The primary Bond girl is British (Eva Green: a French actress playing British), and the olive-skinned “exotic” (Italian) Bond girl who is the sacrificial lamb (Caterina Murino).

We know for a fact that Eon is searching for an “exotic” (Latina) Bond girl. It would be absolutely insane, then, for them to cast Gemma Arterton as the main Bond girl, and give us the same formula as last movie. They’re trying to break away from formula!

So I remain full of doubt. I really, really think she’s got a secondary role or even smaller.

A commenter argues Aterton is more likely to be the next Moneypenny; I agree. Which brings me to my nomination for the next Bond girl: Aruna Shields (pictured above). She is not Latina but I believe she fits the bill.*

* Though if they choose to run with a name actress it is arguably criminal Aishwarya Rai has yet to feature in a Bond, uhh, feature. She is enormously fetching in The Last Legion.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 4, 2008 07:03 AM

Comments

The Last Legion was surprisingly enjoyable.

Aishwarya Rai is a turbo babe.

Posted by: Solomon [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 4, 2008 12:35 PM

Turbo Babe is right. I especially enjoyed when she did her crazy eyes thing when fighting.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 4, 2008 12:43 PM