UKRAINE: Marina Alyabusheva, the mother of new 007 Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is bursting with pride

Record ID: 746729

  • Title: UKRAINE: Marina Alyabusheva, the mother of new 007 Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is bursting with pride
  • Date: 24th January 2008
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOTHER OF NEW BOND GIRL - OLGA KURYLENKO, MARINA ALYABUSHEVA, SAYING: "She liked to be on stage, play different roles, though I am not sure if she at that stage wanted to become an actress. A friend of hers from that time was very determined to become an actress, but I never heard Olga say she wanted to be an actress. And she didn't want to be a model either, but it just happened. We went to Paris to see what would happen, and ended up staying there." ALYABUSHEVA LOOKING THROUGH ALBUM OF PHOTOS AS SHE SPEAKS TO REPORTER VARIOUS PHOTOS OF KURYLENKO (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOTHER OF NEW BOND GIRL - OLGA KURYLENKO, MARINA ALYABUSHEVA, SAYING: "I would like her to play more drama, rather than see her in action films, and stay with that type of film." ALYABUSHEVA LOOKING THROUGH ALBUM OF PHOTOS FAMILY PHOTO IN ALBUM (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOTHER OF NEW BOND GIRL - OLGA KURYLENKO, MARINA ALYABUSHEVA, SAYING: "I am happy that she is happy. She really wanted to play this part. I think a lot of actresses would like to have such a role in a film like that." ALYABUSHEVA'S HAND RESTING ON PHOTO ALBUM (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOTHER OF NEW BOND GIRL - OLGA KURYLENKO, MARINA ALYABUSHEVA, SAYING: "Well, I want to get closer to James Bond...OK...I'm joking, but it would be fun to meet James Bond, and to see that character, to see what kind of person he is."
  • Embargoed: 8th February 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVA6Y5OF7D84ITPK6X65JGDQ5BIE
  • Story Text: Like any mother Marina Alyabusheva is pleased to see her child succeed, and since it was announced her daughter, Olga Kurylenko, is the new Bond girl, Alyabusheva has been all smiles.
    Kurylenko, a Ukrainian model and actress, has been chosen to play alongside Daniel Craig in a new James Bond movie.
    Speaking to Reuters Television in her hometown of Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine, Alyabusheva said her daughter enjoyed play acting and being in the spot light from an early age, but never really expressed a strong wish to become an actress.
    Olga, born in Berdyansk, was talent spotted in Moscow at the age of 15, and hired by a Paris modelling agency two years later.

    "She liked to be on stage, play different roles, though I am not sure if she at that stage wanted to become an actress. A friend of hers from that time was very determined to become an actress, but I never heard Olga say she wanted to be an actress. And she didn't want to be a model either, but it just happened. We went to Paris to see what would happen, and ended up staying there," said Alyabusheva, as she flicked through a family photo album.
    27-year-old Kurylenko's most recent screen role was in the video game spin-off 'Hitman', where she played opposite Timothy Olyphant.
    Her mother, though, would like to see Kurylenko act in melodramas rather than action movies.

    "I would like her to play more drama, rather than see her in action films, and to stay with that type of film," said Alyabusheva, who herself studied art at university in Russia.
    But it is hard to turn down a role in a film with a massive global reach, and so Alyabusheva is pleased her daughter is to star in the new 007 movie.

    "I am happy that she is happy. She really wanted to play this part. I think a lot of actresses would like to have such a role in a film like that," said Alyabusheva, adding jokingly that she would not mind meeting the British superspy herself.

    "Well, I want to get closer to James Bond... OK... I'm joking, but it would be fun to meet James Bond, and to see that character, to see what kind of person he is."
    Alyabusheva said her daughter, who has made London her home, takes time from a increasingly busy schedule to visit Berdyansk, at least once a year.
    Filming for the 22nd James Bond film, which is due for release in November, has already started, and the plot is said to be a follow-up to Casino Royal, which was a big global box office hit in 2006.
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