Bond girl
Gemma Arterton has revealed she won’t be joining the Brit brigade in Tinseltown because she’s struggling to wrestle the big movie roles from the likes of
Anne Hathaway,
Scarlett Johansson and
Keira Knightley.
The brunette says she’d rather hang out with her favourite EastEnders stars than try to suck up to the likes of Angelina Jolie .
Speaking about the competition, the 26-year-old Quantum Of Solace actress said: ‘At the moment, it seems to be Scarlett Johansson, Felicity Jones, Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley. Anne Hathaway’s another one. I’m always like, “Oh, not her again. She’s got it”.’
Mulling over the prospect of upping sticks to move to the US, the Kent-born girl said she needed to be near her family and British idols.
‘I was on Marylebone high street the other day and Barbara Windsor stopped me in the street. I was a massive EastEnders fan when I was growing up.
‘She was with her husband and she said: “I’m so sorry, we don’t normally do this sort of thing but we think you’re amazing and we love you.” Oh, my God. Barbara f***ing Windsor? That couldn’t have meant more if it had been Angelina Jolie,’ she said.
The starlet told Love magazine she prefers to keep her private life and marriage to sales manager Stefano Catelli under wraps.
‘You can’t always be honest,’ she said.
‘I won’t lie but it’s about not revealing absolutely everything.’
Arterton hopes to emulate the success of another private British star, Rachel Weisz, 42, who slinked off and married Bond star Daniel Craig, 44.
‘I always thought Rachel Weisz did well. She’s a good contemporary role model.’
Read the full interview in the new autumn/winter 2012 issue of Love, out now.
