BY Moviehole

I haven't seen "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" yet so can't attest to how great the man is, but the masses seem to think Mathieu Amalric, one of the film's stars, is the next coming of Jesus. His next stop? Bond-ville.

According to Empire Online, He will play the bad guy in the 22nd Bond movie. "I will, it’s true. I play the villain, yes. James Bond," Amalric tells the site "It has to do with childhood, you know? To be a villain in James Bond is just so funny. I never dreamt about that. It’s not what I want to do with my career. It’s just that I have kids and it’s so funny to do that. But it doesn’t mean that I’m not going to do a very small French film for free with my friends.”

The new Bond flick, "Raiding Tombs with a Golden Compass Never Layered My Cake" (or not), is in theatres next November.

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