James Bond only goes for exotic, uber-sexy hotties – and Kurylenko definitely fits the bill. Yet, actor Daniel Craig doesn’t even hook up with her in the new Bond movie Quantum Of Solace, which opens in cinemas tomorrow.
Not that the sultry 29-year-old Ukrainian model-actress – who was plucked from obscurity to play the secret agent’s vengeance-seeking sidekick Camille – wasn’t getting physical in other ways. She had to undergo a gruelling fitness regime to prepare for her role. She performed many of her stunts even though she has a fear of heights.
The 1.78m beauty told FHM magazine: ‘It’s been so physical – skydiving, weapons training – my body has never felt so sore.’
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Ukrainian model Olga Kurylenko, who stars as the new Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig in “Quantum of Solace”, is scared of heights, but she says she did herself proud by overcoming her fear and doing her own stunts.”I don’t like heights and I am acrophobic. I had to do two scenes that were a little high up and that too being acrophobic. But I did them and that’s one of the great things about this job (acting) and in particular working in a Bond movie. You get to do so many different things,” Olga told IANS in an e-mail interview. Acrophobia is a pathological fear of heights.
“I was so proud of myself when I did it (the stunts). It was a big thing for me and thereafter it was like ‘wow, I did it!’ You feel such a sense of achievement,” the actress added.
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Olga Kurylenko, the new Bond girl, talks to Screen about working with Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace How did you bag the role of the Bond girl?
The first audition was just general but the second one was in London with Barbara and Marc (Forster), the director, was there too. And that’s when I met all of them. The third audition at Pinewood was the worst of all because that was when I was really nervous because Daniel was there and we did it in the studio with make-up and costumes. I got the news on Christmas Eve that I had been given the role of bond girl in Quantum Of Solace. It was a dream-come-true situation for me. You can imagine that’s the best Christmas present I’ve ever had.
What was your first reaction when you knew you were chosen for the role?
I was amazed and I was so proud of myself that I got selected for this awesome character. It was really very challenging for me but considering it as a part of a Bond film, I accepted it. It was exciting and challenging and at times a little frightening. But how many times do you get to be a Bond girl? It’s a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity and I didn’t want to let it go!
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James Bond returns with Quantum of Solace this weekend and apart from Daniel Craig it’s the new bond girl Olga Kurylenko who’s grabbing the headlines. Our entertainment editor Rajeev Masand met up with Olga in London, where she talked about being the first Bond girl who didn’t go to bed with Agent 007.
CNN-IBN: There is a story about how you managed your role for Quantum of Solace?
Olga Kurylenko: Yes, there is a story that lasted for two months and a half, and yes there were three auditions all together. The first one in Paris which was a general one then I was invited to London to meet the producer and the director and I did a different audition which had a different text, different scene.
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Her name is Kurylenko, Olga Kurylenko. Her mission: To be British agent James Bond’s latest stunning companion.
The 28-year-old beauty from the Ukraine had her biggest role to date in the new 007 flick ‘Quantum of Solace’, and she told BILD.com her experiences of the job and what she had to do to land it.
BILD.com: When did you get the news that you would be a Bond girl?
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