Bond and the Weisz Girl

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December 26, 2010
MERRYCHRISTMAS&HAPPYNEWYEAR
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Weisz Christmas
. . . Bond hero
Craig and co-star
Rachel holding
hands on Friday
Star Craig falls for Rachel
EXCLUSIVE
JAMES Bond hunk Daniel Craig is having a secret romance with stunning
Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz. By STEPHEN MOYES
The Brit megastars, who play a married
couple in a new film, are spending the festive season together in a cosy Dorset cottage. Daniel, 42, held Rachel’s hand as they
strolled to a country pub where they snug-
gled together in front of the fire for a Christmas Eve drink. A fellow customer said:
“They were clinging to each other like honeymooners. The chemistry was obvious.”
FULL STORY: Pages 4&5
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December 26, 2010
EXCLUSIVE SECRET SERVICE MR BOND?
DANIEL’S DATE IN COUNTRY HIDEAWAY
By STEPHEN MOYES
DANIEL Craig was a Weisz man
this Christmas—he spent it
with one of the world’s most
beautiful actresses.
The 007 hunk whisked ravishing
Rachel Weisz to a secluded
picturesque
hideaway
for
a
hush-hush romantic break.
It came just a month after the British
Hollywood stars QUASHED rumours they
were a couple. But the News of the World
can exclusively reveal that they are very
much an item.
Live and let go . . . Craig with ex-love Satsuki
Daniel, 42, and The Mummy star Rachel,
40, giggled and swapped loving looks as they
stepped outside their holiday home hidden
deep in the Dorset countryside.
And although they drove separately to the
lovenest cottage, they couldn’t be prised
apart once they arrived.
An onlooker said: “They behaved like
love-struck teens—playing the fool and
messing around. They were inseparable.”
Two years ago Daniel got engaged to his
long-term girlfriend, the US producer Satsuki Mitchell, 40. Recent reports have suggested their relationship is over—although
Daniel has never confirmed or denied them.
So-ho-ho, Mr Bond . . .Daniel and
Rachel share a joke
Watch first
video of
Daniel and
Rachel
together at
notw.co.uk
Shy, who loved me . . .
they hide under hats,
shades and big coats
View to a thrill
. . . they go back
to their cottage
Licence to comsume spirits
. . . couple enter the pub
Diamond not forever . . . Rachel
with her former fiance Darren
Quantum of success . . .
Rachel in The Mummy and
Daniel in those trunks
Bond girl—but if he asks me I’d
definitely do it!”
And it now seems he finally has . . .
And they have now had a Bonding
weekend at a small village near Yeovil.
Daniel, who has an eight-year-old daughter with his actress ex-wife Fiona Loudon,
arrived at their cottage in a sleek black
£48,000 Range Rover Sport.
Rachel, meanwhile, turned up in a modest
Fiat 500.
The luxury bolt-hole costs £1,000 per week
and boasts a “super king bedroom”, home
cinema, sauna, Power Plate exercise
machine and roof terrace.
On Christmas Eve afternoon, Daniel and
Rachel—who is currently appearing in
L’Oreal adverts—emerged together from the
plush pad for a romantic walk through the
snow-blanketed countryside.
Warmly wrapped in thick coats, scarves
and wellies—and with their faces almost
hidden under sunglasses and woolly hats
—they held hands and occasionally clung on
to each other as they gingerly manoeuvred
their way down icy lanes.
An onlooker said: “It was a winter wonderland with frost on the hedges and snow
underfoot. Daniel and Rachel looked like a
romantic couple in a film.
TRUNKS
“They were laughing and chatting and
hanging on to each other’s words and stopping to take photos of each other.”
After two miles the couple arrived at
another village and nipped into a deli to buy
supplies. Then they went to a nearby
Edwardian pub where they spent the rest of
the afternoon nestled in a corner. When darkness started to fall they headed out, grabbing each other’s hands for the walk home.
But having a gorgeous new woman on his
arm isn’t the only reason Daniel has been
enjoying a fantastic end to 2010.
We can also reveal the Chester-born star
has signed up for the next Bond film, despite
fears he wouldn’t be able to fit it into his
hectic schedule.
Movie bosses had stalled on a production
date, so Daniel agreed to play the lead role
in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy
and also took on Steven Spielberg’s The
Adventures of Tintin.
Then Bond bigwigs at MGM decided on
2012 for their next release—as it is the 50th
anniversary of the first film, Dr No. Daniel,
who expected it to be 2014, has finally agreed
to do it—and filming will start in the summer.
A source told us: “We’re all thrilled to have
Daniel confirmed—he’s one of the most
popular Bonds ever. It’s a real coup.”
And it should be a real thrill for women all
over the world, who will be hoping for a
repeat of Craig’s famous tight-fitting swimming trunks scene in Casino Royale.
OUTED
Rachel, the daughter of Hungarian refugees who fled to London from Nazi Germany,
also has a massive year in store.
As well as Dream House, Rachel’s blockbuster drama The Whistleblower is due in
cinemas in the summer. In it she plays
real-life US cop Kathryn Bolkovac who
outed the UN for covering up a sex scandal.
Last year Rachel said she and her then
fiancé Darren were committed to each other
“until death do us part”.
She previously dated Neil Morrissey and
Kate Winslet’s ex-husband Sam Mendes.
Craig was once romantically linked with
Jude Law’s current girlfriend Sienna Miller,
and had a seven-year relationship with beautiful German actress Heike Makatsch.
Two years ago he proposed to Satsuki with
a Cartier ring, and also told how she helped
keep him on his feet. “I couldn’t get through
it without her,” he said. “You’ve got to have a
sense of perspective and she gives me that.”
Now he has an entirely different view.
stephen.moyes@notw.co.uk
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Meanwhile Rachel, who won a Best
Supporting Actress Oscar and Golden Globe
for her role in The Constant Gardener,
announced last month she had split from her
American director fiancé Darren Aronofsky
after nine years together.
They have a son aged four, and there is no
suggestion Daniel was the reason for their
break-up.
But now, at the end of 2010, it seems
Rachel is looking forward to a happy new
year with the British beefcake.
The couple first met last spring on the set
of their new film Dream House.
In the thriller, due in cinemas next year,
they play a husband and wife who move to
a lovely new home—only to find that
several grisly murders have been committed there.
While filming in March, Rachel said about
Daniel: “We’ve been getting on really well
and yet I still haven’t had an offer to be a