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Director Marc Forster updates on the status of the
22nd James Bond film, plus MI6 reveals actress casting
news from Brazil and Mexico...
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Bond 22 Pre-Production Diary (16)
28th October 2007
Director Marc
Forster, who will helm the 22nd
James Bond film, has given an update of the production status
to Coming Soon whilst on a press
tour for his latest film "The Kite Runner".
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Explaining why he took on 007 as his next
project, Forster said "after doing 'Kite Runner' and being
in this world and being in tents in Western China in the hardest
conditions where obviously, you don't have any stars, so you're
limited with your budget and what you can do."
"Ultimately,
the studio has to watch out for the commercial possibilities
of the films, so doing a Bond film next is just a new challenge,
something different. I always like - if you look at
my films - I always like to do the opposite of what I just
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When asked about the lack of casting news, Forster
explained that "No, I still have to do it all. I've been
really focusing on 'Kite Runner' as well, so there has been no
casting news, nothing." MI6 understands that the casting
process for the Bond girls is still at the national level, with
local agents providing tapes of screentests for consideration.
Forster added that he does not know where shooting
will start yet, despite strong indications Panama and Italy will
be key locations - aside from studio and backlot filming in Pinewood
Studios in the UK.
With the threat of a strike crippling Hollywood
from 1st November and Paul Haggis still completing the script,
Forster said "I hope if there's a strike, it will be short.
It'll be hard to judge if it's a long strike. It's all up in
the air."
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Bond Girl Search Targets Mexico
Recently,
casting agent Carla Hool - who specialises in South American
casting for
Hollywood productions - has scoured Mexico for talent
that may play opposite Daniel Craig in his second
outing as 007.
According to reports, actress Ludwika
Paleta is leading the pack. Originally born in
Poland in 1978, Ludwika moved to Mexico with her father,
the famous musician Zbigniew Paleta. She has worked
on the small and silver screens since 1989, and
is fluent in English.
Other Mexican actresses being strongly
considered are Luz Helena Gonzalez and Monserrat
Olivier.
Earlier in the month, MI6 exclusively
reported on the line-up of Brazilian actresses and
models performing screentests in Rio for a possible
Bond girl role. The early
front-runners were Camila Alves and Juliana Paes
and Fernanda Lima, but the
latter had to pull herself out of the race after
discovering she was pregnant with twins. The Brazilan
beauties were then
joined by Lívia Rossi,
Juliana Galvão, Michelle Alves, Ana Paula
Araújo, Fernanda Motta and Paula Franco. |
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Above: Mexican actress Ludwika
Paleta
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MI6 has learned that Cléo
Pires, Giovanna Antonelli, Rita Guedes, Guilhermina
Guinle, and Christine Fernandes are also under consideration.
The roster of potential Bond girls were tested by
local casting agent Ruy Brito in in Botafogo (a
Rio de Janeiro district) last week, with the exception of Juliana
Paes who had an early
test in Los Angeles. After signing confidentiality
agreements, each actress got to choose to either perform a long
scene with heavy dialog, or four short scenes. MI6 understands
that tapes are now being sent to the production team
for consideration.
Tabloid Talk
UK tabloid The News Of The World claims that British
singer Leona Lewis is being tapped to sing the theme to the 22nd James Bond film. The paper says, "the
X Factor winner - whose single Bleeding Love is set to top the charts this
week - is
the girl with the golden voice and want her to perform the signature
tune for the film." The 22-year-old's record company BMG said: "Leona's
management are in talks with various movie producers at the moment
for a number of projects."
