Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton
Gemma Christina Arterton is an English actress. Arterton made her film debut in the comedy film St Trinian's. Her breakthrough role was in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, playing Bond Girl Strawberry Fields, which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. She is known for her roles in the fantasy films Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Byzantiumand as the character Gretel in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 February 1986
CityGravesend, England
My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.
I probably should get a bit more star-struck but I never do.
I was born with six fingers on each hand.
I was born with lots of deformities.
I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.
I wouldn't change a thing in my own life, but I'd like to go back in time anyway though, just to some sort of eras that I wish I'd lived in - like the '60s. I'd love to have been in London in the '60s, partying away.
There is one scene where he is kissing up my back. It is really sexy and I didn't know he was going to do it. He started doing it and in the film you see me saying, whew, and that wasn't acting, that was really me thinking, whew, oh my goodness Daniel Craig is kissing my back! I really did. I had to stop and remind myself that I was playing a character and I was acting in a film.
It's a surreal thing because you are there and made up and dressed up as if you're making the film. You do the scene, which is going to be in the film, and I met him [Daniel Craig] and I'm working with the director, and so it is different to just a normal audition.
I have this attitude to life that is not to take anything too seriously and not worry about anything, and when I met him I wasn't too nervous and I was being myself.
The films that I go to see at the cinema are not Hollywood blockbusters particularly. I've not got anything against them... I'm in them! But I don't go and spend my money on them.
I'm quite a physical person and I gesticulate a lot, which can be a problem when you're in Hollywood and they do everything in a minimalist way...
There was one day where I had to be hysterical all day, then of course it's going to affect you. You're going to go home and feel drained, or feel like you need to let off steam.
I've worked on jobs where there are almost 200 people on set... you always make an effort to have a relationship but you can't really when there's 200.
Sometimes, I feel that if you're a strong, independent woman it scares people away, but actually it does the opposite.