Berenice Marlohe Organised Her Own Skyfall Audition

Berenice Marlohe was so determined to win a role in the next James Bond installment, she called up "every name involved in the movie" to land an audition.

The former model admits she didn't have an agent when she heard about castings for Skyfall, the upcoming 23rd superspy outing, so she had to rely on her own initiative.

And her perseverance paid off when Marlohe was cast as the enigmatic and sexy Bond girl Severine.

She tells Britain's Empire magazine, "It's very difficult in France to get access to castings when you don't have any relationships.

"I totally heard by chance that they were doing the casting for a James Bond movie, and that one of the auditions was taking place in Paris.

"So I tried myself to contact every name involved in the movie I could possibly find on the IMDb (Internet Movie Database)!

"I finally managed toget the first audition in Paris, then I did the second in London with Sam Mendes, and then the third was with Sam and Daniel Craig, again in London. And then I was cast!"

Skyfall, Craig's third outing as 007, is due in cinemas in November (12).