New faces in old spaces
Bond girls
Previously played by: Eva Green, Halle Berry, Sophie Marceau, Teri Hatcher, Famke Janssen, Ursula Andress, etc., etc.
More recently played by: Gemma Arterton and Olga Kurylenko (pictured) appeared in 2008’s “Quantum of Solace.” British actress Arterton played Agent Fields, while Ukrainian beauty Kurylenko morphed into a villainess named Camille after her role in video-game-turned-movie “Hitman.”
A change for the better? They’re certainly striking actresses, but Green and Berry were no slouches. Daniel Craig’s Bond has yet to establish himself and is not the freewheeling playboy that Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and Roger Moore portrayed. (AP / WireImage)
New Harry Potter instructors
Previously played by: David Thewlis, Kenneth Branagh, Imelda Staunton and Brendan Gleeson
This time around: Jim Broadbent plays Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 17)
A change for the better? After the icy villainy of Staunton’s Dolores Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix and the masterful boasting of Branagh’s Gilderoy Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets, Broadbent (pictured, right) will have to work double time to make the fawning Slughorn a memorable part of the Harry Potter legacy. (Warner Bros. / Getty Images)
