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Olga Kurylenko portrays a unique type of Bond Girl in Quantum of Solace: the type that actually does not sleep with 007.

In a new interview with MoviesOnline, the actress talks about other aspects of playing Camille:

You are the first Bond Girl who doesn't hook up with Bond and she mirrors his desire for revenge. Did you think that was really cool when you read it?
Sure. I was very happy. Yeah, I'm very happy and proud that she didn't sleep with Bond. It's okay. He slept with all of them in twenty-one movies, you know? Here is a change. But he was behaving well, so we gave him a kiss (big smile and laughs).

There were some amazing fight scenes and then the fire scenes, what did you expect and what was it really like?
I didn't realize, because even though you read the script, you never know exactly how (it will work). I had never taken part in any action scenes. It was the first time so, amazingly, I didn't even have time to imagine because from the moment I found out that I got the part, there was, I think, less than a week that my agent said “Pack your bags. You're leaving.” So, I went to London, arrived there and met right away with the stunt coordinator and he told me “Look, we're going to train you really hard.”

That's how it started and I said “Yeah, sure. No problem” (laughs) and then we started training and I was like “Why didn't you tell me you were going to train me really hard?” I thought, “Are you sure? We're still training? How many hours? Four?” I had four hours per day for a month, just that because I wasn't shooting. They brought me there a month before just so I'd get in shape and know how to do and what to do.

Olga Kurylenko portrays the character of Camille in Quantum of Solace.

And the actress says she's happy about the fact that - SPOILER ALERT! - Camille doesn't join the long list of Bond Girls who sleep with the film's main star.

"I'm very proud of that," the Ukrainian-born model-turned-actress said of her character's strictly platonic relationship with 007. "He's been sleeping with all the girls and it's good that he’s not sleeping with me because my character is strong. It's not about that. She's strong and independent. And he's not interested too, because he just lost the woman he loved and he's not about to jump on the next one."

We guess full judgment will have to be reserved until Quantum of Solace hits theaters in November. For now, though, it appears as though Olga Kurylenko was a solid choice as the next Bond Girl.

This bikini photo from Loaded Magazine helps make that case:

Having just heard from Gemma Arterton, here's an interview with Olga Kurylenko about her character in the next James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.

Tell us a little bit about Camille.
Olga Kurylenko: She is a strong, feisty, independent woman. She is out there on her mission, driven by revenge.

How deep is her relationship with Bond?
Kurylenko: Well in the beginning they come as opponents, but at a certain point they have to collaborate. They go through a lot of things together.

How did you get the role?
Kurylenko: First I went for general casting in Paris, then I got invited for an audition in London, then I did the final audition with Daniel [Craig]. I just worked very hard. I worked non-stop with an accent coach because I have to speak with a South American accent, as she's from Bolivia.

Read the full interview now.

Olga Kurylenko appears ready to tackle the role of Bond Girl.

The actress has experience with both nudity and adventure, having appeared in the 2006 movie Le Serpent. In it, Kurylenko portrays a model who gets caught up in a blackmail plot... that also involves full frontal nudity and bondage scenes.

At least she won't be shy about doing whatever Daniel Craig wants in Bond 22.

A scene from Le Serpent, starring new James Bond actress Olga Kurylenko.

Actress and Ukrainian model Olga Kurylenko is the latest addition to the cast of the Bond 22 (most likely to be renamed 007).

Kurylenko will be joining returning stars Daniel Craig, Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter) and Giancarlo Giannini (Mathis) in the movie.

In recent weeks, Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and relative newcomer Gemma Arterton has been leaked as the new villain and Bond girl (an MI6 agent), respectively.

Commenting on the casting, series producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said in a statement:

"We are fortunate to continue in the Bond tradition of attracting the finest international actors for our starring roles. Mathieu in the role of Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in Casino Royale, will be a powerful counterpart to Daniel's portrayal of Bond."

"Olga Kurylenko will play the dangerously alluring Camille," they continued. "Who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal."