Bond Girl Rumour #7 - Abbie Cornish lands role according to pal Rose Byrne

Although director Marc Forster admitted recently that casting the leading ladies for the 22nd James Bond film had yet to get underway, news beaks today that a role may already have been pencilled in.

MTV News interviewed actress Rose Byrne and asked her if she had been contacted about Bond 22, particularly as she was amongst the final candidates for the role of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (Eva Green ultimately landed the part for Daniel Craig's debut outing as 007).

Byrne said she had not been contacted about Bond 22, and then dropped a bombshell - "I think Abbie Cornish has got it." Byrne and fellow Australian actress Cornish are good friends.



MI6 first reported that 26 year-old Abbie Cornish was linked to a role in Bond 22 back in March.

Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon Productions), BOND 22 (title to be announced) is scheduled for release November 7th 2008 and will be directed by Marc Forster. Principal photography will start in December 2007, at Pinewood Studios (UK) and foreign locations to be announced. The draft screenplay has been handed in by regular scribes Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis will polish. The story will be a direct continuation of the events of Casino Royale. It is British actor Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond, following his debut film Casino Royale released November 16th 2006.

Thanks to `shhimundercoverdamnit` for the alert.

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