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Penelope Cruz to be "the oldest ever Bond girl"

Spanish star Penelope Cruz is to appear in the 24th Bond film aged 40; following in the footsteps of husband, Javier Bardem, who played the Bond baddie in Skyfall.


James Bond himself may be getting on a bit. Three films into the franchise, Daniel Craig is 45. The most recent Bond film, 'Skyfall', had many jokes about ageing and retirement.


And now Penelope Cruz is set to become the oldest Bond girl ever – at the age of 40.

The Spanish actress, who is pregnant with her second child with actor husband Javier Bardem, will start work on the as yet unnamed 24th Bond movie next summer. She will be 40 next April.

A source close to the production of the £100 million film, likely to be directed by Sam Mendes after his success with 'Skyfall', said: ‘"The producers have tried to get Penelope before, but she has never been available because of other commitments. The discussions have been going on for some time and they are working out the contract details now."

Cruz will take the title of oldest Bond girl from British actress Honor Blackman, who was 39 when she appeared in 1962’s 'Goldfinger' as Pussy Galore.

Cruz, who won Best Supporting Actress for her part in the 2008 Woody Allen film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', has a two-year-old son, Leo and is due to give birth any day now.

The source said: "She got back into shape fast after the first baby and will no doubt regain her figure quickly this time. She’ll be a great Bond girl. Bond girls are always brainy as well as sexy, and that’s totally Penelope."

Cruz and Bardem started dating in 2007 and married in July 2010 in the Bahamas.
They are one of Hollywood’s most low-key couples, preferring to spend most of their time in their native Spain. Mendes last week said he was in talks to direct the next two Bond movies, which will mark the end of Daniel Craig’s run as 007.

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/penelope-cruz-to-be--the-oldest-ever-bond-girl--140506308.html

 

[strafer]

but no

 

[DominoKid]

owwwwwww. Do like.

 

[Dr. Kenneth Noisewater]

Finally, a younger man gets to play Bond.

 

[3N16MA]

Get Rachel Weisz.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Rachel Weisz would be better. Cruz is like a constellation prize.

 

[Grisby]

Get Rachel Weisz.

I would be ok with both.

 

[Brian Fellows]

No thank you.

 

[Vire]

Boring.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

I hate her stereotypical crap acting with a passion.

 

[teruterubozu]

No Vanilla Skyfall please.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

How about Kate Upton guys?

But she will have to have no dialogue.

 

[Dr. Kenneth Noisewater]

How about Kate Upton guys?

But she will have to have no dialogue.

As long as they only show the upper half of her body.

 

[Fantasmo]

I hate her stereotypical crap acting with a passion.

Yeah, she's a terrible actress. Looks and nothing else.

 

[Gabotron ES]

Si, por favor.

 

[- J - D -]

I hope she speaks Spanish the entire time.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Yahoo breaking news, I'm shocked.

 

[Currygan]

 

[vas_a_morir]

I think she's hot.

 

[Randdalf]

A source close to the production of the £100 million film, likely to be directed by Sam Mendes after his success with 'Skyfall'

I thought he'd already turned it down? Doesn't bode very well for the correctness of this article.

 

[3N16MA]

I thought he'd already turned it down? Doesn't bode very well for the correctness of this article.

They pulled him back in.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

I thought he'd already turned it down? Doesn't bode very well for the correctness of this article.

Not only is he doing the next one. Apparently he's doing the one after that as well.

Craig's last 2 bonds.

A Craig/Mendes/Deakins/Newman Bond trilogy. Sweet Jesus, we are spoiled.

 

[Majine]

"Bond girl" is stretching it.

 

[Kinyou]

How about Kate Upton guys?

But she will have to have no dialogue.

Alessandro Ambrosio had a cameo like that in Casino Royale.

Kind of a cool idea to cast a topmodel for the role of "random hot chick #2"

 

[PJV3]

Get Kate Beckinsale to play the English lady who has a love for leather and skimpy knickers.

 

[Escape Goat]

Has James Bond ever had to seduce a gay man? For Queen and Country and all that.

 

[Beyonce Beytwice]

Penelope Cruz is one of my favorite actresses, she's so great in movies like Volver, On Stranger Tides and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. So this is excellent news.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Salma Hayek to play the sex charged evil bond girl villian?

...Please?

 

[SJRB]

We all know it should be Antje Traue.

 

[Fritz]

HOT! I don't know what else to say.

 

[AkuMifune]

Penelope snooze.

 

[Escape Goat]

More like Penolope cruz on by cuz I dont want to see two old people having sex.

 

[Beyonce Beytwice]

Salma Hayek to play the sex charged evil bond girl villian?

...Please?

Wasn't her character in the Oliver Stone film Savages pretty much that already?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Maybe she will try to assassinate Bond.

With this.

 

[PJV3]

Maybe she will try to assassinate Bond.

With this.

Cleavage is the best way to go.

 

[statham]

Maybe she will try to assassinate Bond.

With this.

someone photoshop this.

 

[Beyonce Beytwice]

More like Penolope cruz on by cuz I dont want to see two old people having sex.

 

[Escape Goat]

Maybe she will try to assassinate Bond.

With this.

Ms Onatopp already tried to kill him using her thighs. I guess breasts are the next logical step.

 

[- J - D -]

Has James Bond ever had to seduce a gay man? For Queen and Country and all that.

It's sorta implied in Skyfall that Bond has had experience with that in the past. That scene where Silva was feeling up on him and Bond replies: "'What makes you think this is my first time?" But who knows.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Why?

What a boring choice.

 

[Rich!]

It's sorta implied in Skyfall that Bond has had experience with that in the past. That scene where Silva was feeling up on him and Bond replies: "'What makes you think this is my first time?" But who knows.

Nah. Silva was trying to make him feel uncomfortable, and Bond totally psyched him out with his response.

Didn't tell anything either way really.

 

[Escape Goat]

It's sorta implied in Skyfall that Bond has had experience with that in the past. That scene where Silva was feeling up on him and Bond replies: "'What makes you think this is my first time?" But who knows.

Thats kind of hot. But then Bond is probably riddled with STDs now. Dozens of illegitimate children around the world. :-/

 

[Rich!]

Thats kind of hot. But then Bond is probably riddled with STDs now. Dozens of illegitimate children around the world. :-/

After the abuse his balls got in Casino Royale? Heh

 

[- J - D -]

Nah. Silva was trying to make him feel uncomfortable, and Bond totally psyched him out with his response.

It could go either way, I think. Skilled as Bond is, he probably could seduce a gay person easily.

 

[NYR]

She was god awful in potc 4. The entire movie was garbage, but she added a special and pungent odor of shit only she could provide with her broken English and obligatory angry yelling in Spanish.

 

[tino]

Anything is better than Moneypenny.

Michelle Rodriguez is better than Moneypenny.

 

[3N16MA]

Marion Cotillard is a good choice. Get down with both Batman and Bond.

 

[Rich!]

If a hot Latina was needed for a Bond film, then Salma Hayek is the only real answer.

could be a good femme fatale like Sophie Marceau was in TWINE

 

[G-Fex]

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[Escape Goat]

Make Queen Latifah the new Bond girl. Or Christina Hendricks.