James Bond To Romance Two Girls In 'Spectre': Meet New Bond Girls Monica Bellucci And Lea Seydoux [SEE PHOTOS]
The 24th instalment of James Bond movie titled "Spectre" is special in many ways. Not only does Daniel Craig, who plays the character of the world famous spy, has a specially designed car, a Aston Martin DB10, for him but this time he gets to romance two Bond girls. One of them is sexy Italian actress Monica Bellucci while the other one is sensual Lea Seydoux from the movie "Blue is the Warmest Colour."
While Monica will be seen in the role of Lucia Sciarra, Lea will be seen in the role of Madeleine Swann, announced director Sam Mendes at the press event in England. While 50-year-old Monica is a well known actress and model, not much is known about the French actress Lea. The 29-year-old started her career in French cinema, where she made headlines as she appeared in movies like "The Last Mistress and On War" before bagging the roles in Hollywood. Her Hollywood black busters include "Inglorious Bastards," "Robin Hood" and "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol."
The director of the movie Sam Mendes was reportedly planning to hire an unnamed Scandinavian actress for the movie but Lea impressed the James Bond team and bagged the most coveted role of Swann. The actress was dressed in a smart little black dress with a bold yellow belt on her tiny waist. Check out her pictures in the slideshow above.
The other bond girl, Monica, is a seasoned actress who has worked in Hollywood movies like "The Matrix Reloaded." At 50 years of age, Monica has made history for being the oldest bond girl till date. Honor Blackman held the record till now for being the oldest Bond girl at 39 years of age. Blackman played Pussy Galore in 1964's "Goldfinger."
It took 20 years for Monica i to win the role of a Bond girl. The actress auditioned for the role 1997 for "Tomorrow Never Dies" but "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher bagged the role then.She gets to play the role of Lucia Sciarra in "Spectre." Other cast of the movie includes Christoph Waltz, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Ralph Fiennes and Daniel Craig as the main spy James Bond. "Spectre" is scheduled to be released on Oct 23, 2015 in U.K. and on Nov 6, 2015 globally.