"Bond" Girl Gemma Arterton: I Was Born With 12 Fingers

New Bond girl Gemma Arterton may be many men's idea of the classic English rose, but her path to the beautiful actress she is today wasn't so easy.

The 22-year-old starlet, who plays Agent Fields in the upcoming Quantum Of Solace, admitted she was born with six fingers on each hand.

After undergoing an operation to have them removed, she still has bumpy scars as remainders of her extra digits.

The extra fingers were 'tied', which causes them to fall off naturally.

She tells Esquire magazine: 'It's my little oddity that I'm really proud of. It makes me different.'

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[Puller58]

So did Hounddog Taylor. He got drunk and cut his off himself. Ugh! Good luck with your career, young lady.

[zanbama]

I have a cousin with 12 fingers. He still has those 2 extra fingers, when i was little I got a kick out of seeing them.

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

I was born with extra digits on my hands and my son had extras on both hands and feet...It called polydactylism ....We both had them removed as children....It's rare

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

I love telling the story just to see the look on peoples faces...It was past on to me from my father , then on to my son!!! I guess we are special..... I love being special for Obama lol

[LeftLeanWing]

Stupid Question but;

Would they have helped you with Scales and Arpeggios on the Pianoforte ?

[Alic4]

I love that you said "Pianoforte."

[KillerCarlson]

I can't decide if this is a human interest story or mindless celebrity trivia. It's six of one, half-dozen of the other.

[gintheb]

The better to tug me my dear.

[exactor]

She could have kept her extra fingers and made ads selling nail polish, instead she turned into a 'shaken not stirred' Bond girl.

[LeftLeanWing]

She would have made some interesting shadow puppets or could have played Rock Paper Scissors ChickenWing

[PaulLee]

ROFLMAO - ChickenWIng. Best response.
BTW I was born with extra digits myself

[MKJeeves]

But what she didn't say was that it was twelve fingers on EACH HAND!

[wyamarus]

Where's Eric Idle when you need a good witch detective....?

[digoweli]

Anne Boleyn had six fingers. But can you imagine what an incredible concert pianist Arterton would have been had they not considered this mutation an aberration? Sometimes the need to be the same stops the next step in an evolving humanity. That is the kind of thought that makes Gays into perversions and keeps us from seeing beauty in everything that the Creator gives us. At another time, such a "gift" would have been considered reason to kill the child at birth. When will we stop with our fear of differences and embrace life? Digoweli

[marymansour]

Don't be advertising the fact of your extra fingers, Gemma. There's a witch hunter running for office now. If she should make the cut, run for 'them thar hills' in another country.

[LibRS]

Anyone mad about the mortgage mess? If so, watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj3YezuNuQo

[lioness39]

She had better avoid the USA if Palin is elected. She could be burned at the stake.

[AngryAmish]

Yeah, I thought I was born with 11 fingers, but then my mommy set me straight.

[rektruax]

She's a witch I tell you!!!

[lordball]

Quick, get Palin's pastor to get it out of her. I heard it worked for Palin.

[MalloMel]

"I heard it worked for Palin."

I'm not so sure about that.

[MissT]

You heard wrong.