So, our own IT girl wont be playing the Bong girl after all. French femme fatale, Eva Green, has nabbed the coveted role.
It was rumored that Ms. Rai had reservations about the nudity, sex scenes, even the kissing. If Eva's work in The Dreamers (Innocents in French) is anything to go by, she will do full justice to her role as the Bond Girl.
- Sumita

French star is Bond leading lady

French actress Eva Green will be the female lead in the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale.

The 25-year-old will play femme fatale Vesper Lynd in the movie, which will also see Daniel Craig's first performance as the suave secret agent.

Danish-born actor Mads Mikkelsen has already been confirmed for the role of Bond's nemesis, Le Chiffre.

Syriana star Jeffrey Wright will play CIA agent Felix Leiter. Work on the movie is already under way in Prague.

Green, 25, made her film debut in 2003 in The Dreamers, about a French brother and sister who befriend a young American during the Paris student riots of 1968.

Last year she starred in Ridley Scott's historical drama Kingdom of Heaven.

Casino Royale, directed by Martin Campbell, is based on the 1953 novel by Ian Fleming which introduced James Bond.

The most recent Bond film, Die Another Day, which saw Pierce Brosnan paired with Halle Berry, took more than $425m (£245m) worldwide after its release in 2002.

Courtesy the BBC.

For those smitten by EVA Green mania, here's her website.