Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Amalric to play baddie in Bond film

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 7, 2007 at 11:19 AM

LONDON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- French actor Mathieu Amalric says he will play James Bond's nemesis in the next 007 spy adventure, the BBC reported Friday.

Amalric starred in the films "The Singer" and "Munich" and is garnering great notices for his work in the upcoming "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."

The 42-year-old actor recently confirmed his part in the 22nd official Bond movie, in which Daniel Craig will reprise the role of the iconic British agent he played in last year's "Casino Royale."

"I will, it's true," Amalric told Empire magazine of his part in the new Bond flick. "To be a villain in James Bond is just so funny. I never dreamt about that."

The movie is slated to begin shooting next month.

Topics: Daniel Craig, James Bond, Mathieu Amalric
Recommended Stories
© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Memorial Day: how it's changed, and why some people think it should not be part of a three-day weekend...
Born in Malaysia in 1923, after 3 years as a Japanese POW during WWII, 3 years fighting for the...
The eyes, the giant EYES..... GAAAAH
Delta Airlines begins testing flights with even crappier service
Only in Miami: Police shoot, kill naked man who was EATING A MAN'S FACE
You can get just about anything you want at Afghan markets, including lots of stolen American military...