Bond 24: Lea Seydoux set to play new Bond girl
Next instalment will continue the story of Skyfall
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Your support makes all the difference.Bond 24 appears to have found its next Bond girl, with multiple reports claiming Blue Is The Warmest Colour's Léa Seydoux has signed up to Sam Mendes' Skyfall follow-up.
The 29-year-old will play a "femme fatale" according to the Daily Mail (though let's hope it's a part a little more subtle and rich than that), with the French actress being picked despite casters originally looking for a Scandinavian for the role.
Seydoux is reportedly set to meet up with stars Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris for a script read-through in November.
Though best known for the Palme d'Or-winning drama Blue Is The Warmest Colour, she has also appeared in Grand Budapest Hotel, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Inglorious Basterds.
Bond 24 (a title has yet to be revealed) is set to go into production in December with a scheduled release date of 23 October, 2015 in the UK and 6 November, 2015 in the US.
The tiny Austrian town of Obertilliach is expected to be among the shooting locations, along with a car chase in Rome and a sequence in Morocco.
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