Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Could it be a sisterly Bond for Gemma?

Hannah lined up as 007’s 25th lover

- EXCLUSIVE BY HALINA WATTS Showbiz Editor halina.watts@ reach.co.uk

BOND girl Gemma Arterton’s little sister could follow in her footsteps to become 007’s new love interest.

Actress Hannah Arterton, 29, is being lined up for a screen test for the 25th spy blockbuste­r.

Sister Gemma played MI6 agent Strawberry Fields in Quantum Of Solace 10 years ago.

A source said: “The producer is very keen on Hannah. She could be a brilliant addition to the cast.

“But she has to go through the audition process before it is a done deal.”

Hannah, currently starring in Netflix thriller series Safe, has also appeared in

Midsomer Murders and Doc Martin.

But Bond will be her biggest part to date if she bags the role. She has spoken about stepping out of her sister’s shadow, saying: “We’re so different. I don’t think we’d ever be up for the same part.

“The only thing that I have learned through seeing Gem do it is that I definitely don’t want to be famous. I don’t want to have to wear a wig to Tesco.”

Gemma, 32, says Quantum Of Solace helped her career but she would not play a Bond girl today.

Bond bosses are looking at British model Olympia Campbell, 22, for a possible villain role.

Daniel Craig, 50, who starred with Gemma in Quantum, is to return as James Bond for an estimated £60 million despite previously saying he would rather slash his wrists than do the role for the fifth time.

Bookies have made Idris Elba, 45, the 2-1 favourite to be the first black 007 in the 26th

Bond movie.

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SISTERS Gem and Hannah

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