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Could Lea Seydoux Be the New Bond Girl?

Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Photo © 2015 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Danjaq, LLC and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc)

The Daily Mail is reporting Lea Seydoux has been cast in the upcoming Bond movie, the still-untitled Bond 24. Seydoux joins a cast that is led by Daniel Craig and includes Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory, Naomie Harris as Eve, and Ben Whishaw as Q. Skyfall‘s director Sam Mendes is returning to direct the new Bond with Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli producing.

Filming is expected to begin later this year. Bond 24 will open in theaters on November 6, 2015.

Seydoux earned critical acclaim for her starring role in 2013’s Blue is the Warmest Color. Her credits also include Inglourious Basterds, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Midnight in Paris.

This post was last modified on September 30, 2026 10:55 pm

Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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