Michael Madsen To Return As Damian Falco

Actor Michael Madsen has confirmed in an interview with Empire Online that he'll be returning to star in Bond 22 as NSA Chief Damian Falco.

Falco is set to appear for this first time this November when Die Another Day is released world-wide. Earlier in 2002 Madsen confirmed that he would be returning to star in Bond 21, creating speculation that his character may be a Blofeld-like villain.

On the longevity of the character? Madsen has said that the character is his as long as he wants it. When he wishes to leave the role producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have told him the character will be killed off.

Michael Madsen Talks About Damian Falco

Michael Madsen, who plays NSA Chief Damian Falco in Die Another Day, has again revealed a lot of information in an interview with Empire Online. And well, that's an incredible Interview!

Well, again confirmation: He will return. Propably in the next two flicks of the franchise. Maybe even in later Bond movies. Time will tell.

Thanks to Palicot for letting us know about the article!

Ananova publishes two high quality 'DAD' pictures!

Well, the following photos may have been seen before, but Ananova brings us those two photos as a high quality version that we haven't seen before:

Bond being captured in North Korea

007 and Q in the London Underground

A German TV magazine has also published some high qualitiy photos from Die Another Day, CBn will bring them to you soon!

British tabloid publishes new photos from set!

British tabloid The Sun has again brought us information on the shooting of Die Another Day.

The paper also indicated two interesting photos in their article, both taken on the set in Gloucestershire, which doubled for Iceland.

Cool … 007 star Pierce takes aim in new
Bond movie Die Another Day

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Bond's got licence to chill

ICE spy with my little eye — movie hunk Pierce Brosnan in his latest outing as James Bond.

But as any good spy knows, appearances can be deceptive.

For pistol-wielding Pierce’s chilling scene at an ice station actually took place in summery GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

The Sun caught up with the 49-year-old star on the set of Die Another Day in a car park at Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

A stunned local said: “I couldn’t believe it. Pierce Brosnan was in the middle of the car park with a gun in his hand.

“They had created these amazing looking ice caps.

“It was pretty weird seeing them there as it was a warm day.”

The film, the 20th in the Bond series, will also star Halle Berry and features Madonna in a cameo role which will feature a lesbian snog.

Rick Yune plays North Korean baddie Zao, who can alter his face at will.

My gun's bigger … baddie Zao chases Bond by
car past the 'ice station' in Gloucestershire

At one point he chased Bond’s Aston Martin across the car park in a Jaguar with a huge machinegun on the back.

Pierce makes a fourth appearance as 007, the “licensed to kill” hero.

But as The Sun watched he forgot his lines and often referred to his script. Pierce, you just say: “The name is Bond … James Bond.”

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Carlton TV Shows Behind The Scenes Iceland Chase

Carlton TV has shown a behind the scenes documentry showing what was being filmed at a disused airfied in Wiltshire.

Dark Horizons reported on the filming The facility was converted into a massive ice set for an action sequence involving the Bond Aston Martin which was being chased by sports cars with rear mounted chain guns. Vic Armstrong indicated they'd be there for six days of shooting which would amount to only about 30 seconds of film. The set itelf was a flat ice sheet with dressed up 'mountains' and 'ice boulders' all over the place, whilst there were shots of the Aston Martin being put though it's paces with gunfire sparks coming off.

Seemingly, they're filming pick-up shots that were missed in Iceland.

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Rachel Grant reveals information on her role!

This is London has published a very interestin article on Rachel Grant, who will play a minor role in Die Another Day; remember – CBn was the first to report some months ago!

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Royal approval for new Bond girl

Steady on, 007, this is taking On Her Majesty's Secret Service a little too far. MI6's seductive superspy is set to unleash his famous charms on a relative of the Queen.

Rachel Louise Grant de Longeuil, a 25-year-old cousin of Princes William and Harry, has landed a part as a deadly secret agent who is – typically – undone by James Bond in the new 007 film, Die Another Day.

"My role is relatively small but this is more than I could have ever hoped for," she said.

Known as plain Rachel Grant, her full name betrays her blue-blooded background. Her great-grandmother, Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon, was first cousin of the Queen Mother.

Grant spent three years as an usherette at the Coronet cinema in Notting Hill, dreaming that one day she would leave the foyer and become a movie star. Since then she has become a presenter on the Science Fiction Channel, starred in a shampoo advert and danced on Top Of The Pops. Now her career has taken a leap forward.

Grant, whose first foray into feature films was as a body double for Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider, was auditioned for a background part in Die Another Day. She ended up bagging a far meatier role.

"After auditioning I was at Pinewood shooting the scene," she said. "It was terrifying, especially when Lee Tamahori, the director, and the writers came to look me up and down."

Working as an usherette, Grant once met Honor Blackman – aka Bond legend Pussy Galore. Now she too knows what it is like to be a Bond girl – especially the secrecy involved.

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She is not even allowed to reveal the name of her character, although she did say that Bond first meets her at a party.

“He sees me and does that classic Bond eyebrow thing. During the scene he walked up behind me and kissed my neck, which I wasn’t really expecting, but that’s Bond for you.”

To put her at ease, star Pierce Brosnan asked if she was a Bond fan. "I told him I used to work at the Coronet and I'd stood at the back to watch the last two Bonds. He thought it was hilarious."

She added: "Pierce is getting $20million for the film and I was paid £1,500 a day for the three days I worked – but I would have done it for free if they'd asked. It's all I've ever wanted to do – my first feature film. And not just any film but the 20th James Bond."

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