The cast for Bond 22 is shaping up with announcements that French actor Mathieu Amalric will play the villain, Dominic Greene, and Swiss actor Anatole Taubmann will play a henchman. As for the girls, 22 year old British actress Gemma Arterton will play MI6 Agent Fields and Ukranian actress Olga Kurylenko be the newest Bond girl, playing female lead to Daniel Craig's Bond.
Mathieu Amalric is one of France's leading film stars and is best know for his roles as Jean-Dominique Bauby in Julian Schnabel's award-winning film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Gemma is a relative newcommer, having recently appeared in the hit British comedy St. Trinian's (2007) alongside Rupert Everett and Colin Firth.
Olga Kurylenko recently co-starred opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman (2007) and opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t'aime (2006).
Although filming has begun later than planned, the film is still set for release November 7, 2008.
