Actor news

Joseph Wiseman, who appeared as the original Bond villain opposite Sean Connery, died on Monday at the age of 91. Wiseman was born in Montreal in 1918, moving to the United States with his family as a boy. He had a long career in theatre, first appearing on Broadway in “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” (Robert [...]

Daniel Craig’s first outing as James Bond in Casino Royale has recently been re-released on DVD and Blu-Ray to coincide with the theatrical release of Quantum of Solace.

Premiere.com recently interviewed Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace villain Dominic Greene) while he was on the Bond 22 set in Panama. Click here to read the article.

Olga Kurylenko has been chosen to play Camille opposite Daniel Craig in Bond 22. Born in 1979 in Berdyansk in the Ukraine, Kurylenko became a model after being spotted by a scout while on holiday in Moscow. Her film career began in France in 2005 with L’Annulaire. She also appeared in last year’s Hitman and [...]

With Bond 22 now shooting, Jeffrey Wright, who played CIA agent Felix Leiter in Casino Royale, has signed to reappear in Bond 22 according to a Variety article repeated by MI6. Also confirmed is Gemma Arterton in the role of “Fields” and although details of her character are not available a Danjaq rep is quoted [...]

Last weekend we all received the sad news that Lois Maxwell, accepted by most of the Bond community as the definitive Miss Moneypenny, passed away on Saturday evening. She appeared in a total of 14 Bond films alongside Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore. Born in Ontario, Canada on Valentine’s day 1927, she had [...]