Meet The Next "Bond" Girl: "Fields" Is Cast

British newcomer Gemma Arterton has been cast as the new Bond girl for the latest installment of the James Bond franchise, currently filming in London for Columbia Pictures and MGM, the film's production companies said.

Arterton will play "Fields" in the Marc Forster-directed movie, which has the working title of "Bond 22" and stars Daniel Craig as Agent 007.

Talk of Arterton's casting has been swirling around the blogosphere and in British tabloids since mid-December, but have remained unconfirmed by the producers. On Friday, Eon Prods. in London and Santa Monica-based Danjaq Prods., as well as Arterton's agent, ICM in London, confirmed the casting. Details of her character were not available, but a Danjaq rep said "it's a nice-sized role."

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Comments

[MikeDu]

This 'Bond Girl' hype was boring promotional copy 30 years ago and its even more boring now. Check out the long line of previous Bond girls, the title on an actress's resume is apparently a one-way ticket to cinematic oblivion. So long Ms. Arterton, we hardly knew yea.

[bushdoescrack]

craig has been the best bond,ever, i have seen them all.

[devilyousay]

mmmm....not bad, but check out the other woman in her imdb page. Caterina Murino? That's a Bond Woman!

[tinkaboutit]

two words: shlong and dong

[realitytrumpsbull]

Goot evenink, Meester Bondt...I gotta disagree
with realpolitic, I didn't like Casino Royale,
they didn't have to bust Bond in the nuts, that
just wasn't right, and what they did to the
Aston Martin, well, that's just plain car
abuse, there.

Sir Sean made a pretty good movie without
being 007, too, the one where he's a thief
with Catherine Zeta-Jones­(rrrrRRRRr­rr) and
they're hanging off that skyscraper and all
that...that was a lot of fun.

Whatever it is, whoever it is, I'm glad to
see that they're keeping the concept going,
and I look forward to seeing it! There's
not much I'll put down the popcorn money
for anymore, especially not now that it's 30 bucks, but I'll manage to get to the theater
for James...will they manage to get a jet-pack
in this one, somewhere? Jet packs have gotten better, over the years...

[realpolitic]

Casino Royale was the best Bond film since Sean Connery played Bond. Daniel Craig is a terrific Bond. Keep the realism and low-tech approach.

[echo]

Supposedly, she is not the main Bond girl.