It was less than two years ago that most American filmgoers became familiar with Gemma Arterton, the 24-year old British actress whose all-too-brief tenure in Quantum of Solace ended in… well, oily fashion. Arterton has been more than a little busy (and conspicuous) in the time since, with another pair of blockbuster appearances culminating in this week’s new indie thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed — in which her title character puts up much more of a fight than her doomed Bond girl.
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Gemma Arterton on Alice Creed, Blockbuster Fatigue and the Politics of Being Tied Up
