So Italian, indeed, that even the story of her first audition has her wiping tears of passion from her huge brown eyes. Caterina is Tania Biacas, the love interest of the cult Italian detective, played by Rufus Sewell, and she is – apart from the locations used in the films – probably the only truly Italian thing in the series. The ex-model and former Bond girl (she played Solange in Casino Royale) is here to talk about her role in three feature-length TV adaptations of Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen novels.

Ten minutes after her arrival at the YOU photo shoot – espresso in one hand, BlackBerry in the other – she has taken control of the studio in a way that is just a little intimidating. The 33-year-old Italian-born actress has so much natural glamour that even after a tiring Eurostar journey from Paris – bare of make-up and dressed in jeans – she gives the industrial North London setting a touch of la dolce vita. The film was also directed by Martin Campbell, who had also helmed Pierce Brosnan's debut Bond film, GoldenEye.'I can dress up for a premiere, get in a limousine, but I have to live a real life too,' says CaterinaĬaterina Murino looks madly out of place pulling her suitcase down a shabby street a stone’s throw from St Pancras station. Casino Royale is the official EON adaptation of Ian Fleming's very first James Bond novel, which had previously been adapted in a 1967 feature film and a 1954 US television film.

The 2006 film, which rebooted the series, follows Bond (recently promoted to '00' status) as he is assigned a mission to participate in a high stakes poker game involving a banker who launders money for terrorist organizations. United Kingdom Czech Republic Germany United StatesĬasino Royale is the 21st entry in the official James Bond film series and marked the debut of Daniel Craig as Agent 007.

Caterina murino casino royale red dress