New Bond Girl Proud of Her 'Little Oddity'


Bond girls have long been exceptional women. From Ursula Andress to Halle Berry, they have each embodied the feminine ideal of their particular time. Gemma Arterton, the statuesque stunner who plays Agent Fields in next month's Quantum of Solace, has proven herself to be exceptional not only for her English Rose beauty, but also because she was born with six fingers on each hand.

"It's my little oddity that I'm really proud of," she said to Esquire magazine. "It makes me different." Different indeed. The condition, called Polydactyly, occurs in 1 of every 500 births.

Don't bother looking for additional digits in the film, though. As a child, the surplus digits were "tied," which causes the boneless protrusions to fall off with time. She still bares bumpy scars where her extra appendages once were.

Earlier this year, she revealed that she was also born with a crumpled ear, which was surgically corrected in childhood. "I was born with lots of deformities," the 22-year-old actress told the British press.

Arterton, a graduate of London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who was best known for a BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," beat out 1,500 contenders to become the latest Bond girl. She admitted to InStyle magazine that having to kiss Daniel Craig on her first day working on the film had her "giggling left, right, and center and being really immature."

Next up for Arterton is the movie adaptation of the videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, coming the summer of 2010.

(eta a pic. Oh, and basically, bitch doesn't have the fingers anymore. they fell off)

Sawwwwce.



*FAIL. You can't say something like "I WAS BORN WITH 6 FINGERS ON EACH HAND" and then say "yeah, well they fell off when I was a kid idk idk." That's like if an ONTD came on here and said "yeah, you know, I just had a 3some with Jake Gyllenhaal (or in the case of baglady25, Clive Owen), Gerard Butler and Jason Statham." Don't say that shit unless you have proof! Otherwise it makes our boners go soft. =(

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	hello_lamppost 2008-10-08 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	I must see pictures immediately. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	truthofthewords 2008-10-08 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	your icon is so awesome the first skit on snl I actually laughed at in a while (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	ectypes 2008-10-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	SHES A WITCH!!! GET HER!!!! *PITCHFORK* (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	quitequite 2008-10-08 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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Well, we did do the nose - bambislaught3r, 2008-10-08 08:52 pm UTC (Expand)

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	x_ap0488x 2008-10-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	The family that used to babysit me back in elementary school... the grandfather had an extra finger on each hand and an extra toe on each foot. I was always freaked out by that, but at the same time, I was like a boy in 2nd grade so I thought it was the coolest thing ever. (Reply to this)

	carriehunt 2008-10-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	OMG I WISH I HAD A PET POLYDACTYL I WOULD TEACH IT TO KILL MY ENEMIES (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

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	HAHAHA ICON<3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	chung_____chung 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	ewwww ewww ugh ewww (Reply to this)

	cherrule 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	OMG. i hate that...it looks so disgusting. especially when it's not a full finger..it looks like a raisin or something eww (Reply to this)

	anaskew 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	nip/tuck baby, much? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

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	mte. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	lol omg tess :/ atoned 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	never read the book but my brother spoiled it and because of it i found the show so tragic and upsetting. i just couldn't get into it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: lol omg tess :/ shrewtee 2008-10-08 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	the book is horribly tragic after i finished it, i sobbed all night (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	darkbob 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	Demon baby. (Reply to this)

	damntrippy 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. PREPARE TO DIE. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

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	lol ilu (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	aprivatejournal 2008-10-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno. I still think that's nifty. :) Look for the bumps, then. Duh. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	I really like your icon. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	misskrisha 2008-10-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	having useless appendages removed in childhood != a FOURSOME (i mean, if YOU are there, wouldn't there be FOUR) with two hots and a normie. (Reply to this)

	baglady25 2008-10-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	I just had a 3some with Jake Gyllenhaal, Gerard Butler and Jason Statham. Replace Jake with Clive and HOT DAMN! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	emeyea 2008-10-08 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	I concur, that would be hot. I will change that for you. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	stoic_heart 2008-10-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	Hm.. I'm wondering how she flips people off. Would it be four middle fingers? (Reply to this)

	hello_lamppost 2008-10-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	OMG WHICH ONE IS THE THUMB (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

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	AAAAAHHHH (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	handful_of_fire 2008-10-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	*foursome (Reply to this)

	hyper_tala 2008-10-08 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Her condition sounds like a Pokemon, lol (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	OMG I lol'ed so hard (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fisher55 2008-10-08 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	i was born with a cock less than an inch long. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	sucks for you (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	what is this fuckery (Reply to this)

	marchsky 2008-10-08 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	My dad had an extra finger when he was a kid; the doctors chopped that thing right off! (Reply to this)

	javajavi 2008-10-08 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	that's just....ew. (Reply to this)

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	*cringe* (Reply to this)

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	finchburg 2008-10-08 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	You have six fingers on your right hand. I know someone who is looking for you. (was it the right hand?) (Reply to this)

	xcollsangelx 2008-10-08 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	How Anne Boleyn of her ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

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	Haha that's what I was thinking. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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