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Is that picture from 2015??? That photo seriously looks like it could have been taken 15 or more years ago, circa her Matrix Reloaded days.
Also, @Mrcoggins: Are you out of your Vulcan mind??? ;)
Whenever this picture was taken? She looks delicious!!! :x
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It seems all pictures were taken in 2015. Here's the cover after cleaning:
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I think Seydoux is a great actress and something of a throwback to the French New Wave cinema of the 60s. She looks like the sort of actress Godard would have cast.
More interestingly about Madeline is that it has been confirmed that she is Mr. White's daughter in the new synopsis (https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-24-20150722-trailer-1?t=&s=&id=03933). It's unusual for the Bond movies to cross-reference themselves so much and it's intriguing that White's family history is going to play such a significant role in the new film. Especially considering many of us thought Jesper Christensen had been written out of the series.
What do we make of this? I think it's a nice nod for us fans but could prove polarising for casual viewers who won't be able to recall the significance of a bit-part character from two films nearly 10 years ago.
However, the synopsis does reference that being the daughter of an assassin, Swann understands Bond in ways others could not. I think this is really revealing and interesting as Madeline will able to decipher Bond as a character and understand what is going on beneath his cold exterior (not unlike Vesper) better than most. Also, it emerged in Empire's set report that Madeline is a doctor of psychiatry; this idea seems like catnip for Mendes as he has further opportunities to directly put Bond on the couch and probe further into his character. We already got a taste of this in the trailer during the train sequence. I really hope the Swann/Bond dynamic is properly fleshed out.
Furthermore, much has been made of the OHMSS overtones throughout the production of SP to the song's inclusion in the trailer and the initial poster evoking that film's final shot. But Madeline is strongly resembling Tracy, at least in a conceptional sense. They are both daughters of prominent crime figures and both look set to fall in love with 007. Also it should be mentioned that Seydoux does resemble Fleming's description of Tracy opposed to Diana Rigg's interpretation of the character.
Finally, the train sequence from the trailer obviously harkens back to FRWL/GF/CR. But for me the big reference there is Hitchcock. Hitch was obsessed with trains, often describing train travel as exotic and mysterious. Mendes made no bones during an interview with Mark Kermode on the Culture Show that Hitchcock's 'North By Northwest' was a huge influence on SF (it's one of the reasons why Bond wears a grey suit to emulate Cary Grant in the film's opening). There are definite Eva Marie Saint/Cary Grant vibes coming from Lea Seydoux and Daniel Craig in that moment.
Also look at the similarity in the shot of Swann and Bond kissing in 'Spectre' and this shot from 'North By Northwest'.
That being said, NBNW's train scene is a masterclass of artful seduction and the closest the Bond series has come to capturing that interplay was in CR. Homages to Hitchcock's work is always welcome and Seydoux being in SP is a casting coup because she's an incredibly talented actress and she has a golden age beauty and sensuality to her that is omnipresent whenever she's in frame.
Even if SP is junk (which I'm sure it won't be), I'm already a fan of this film because she's in it.
Agree on the Hitchcock throwbacks as well. One can't go wrong by imitating the master. Grant/Saint on the train is the stuff of legend. I've always found trains in films quite romantic personally so I'm glad they have a scene like that here.
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say what now?
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Especially when it comes to these sorts of things.
care to share?
http://perezhilton.com/cocoperez/2015-08-21-monica-bellucci-marie-claire-mexico-september-2015-cover#.Vdg-9vbtmko
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also bonus out-take photo from the US Vogue photoshoot