Fact: Downton Abbey actress Samantha Bond is taking her talents to the stage in her first West End musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Bond will begin her run at London's Savoy Theatre on 10 March (14).
Fact: British actresses Juliet Stevenson, Anna Chancellor and Samantha Bond will read a selection of Sylvia Plath's poems at the London Literature Festival in the U.K. capital on 26 May (13).
Quote: "Having kissed Pierce Brosnan, I didn't want to progress to the next Bond, Daniel Craig, as I would have felt I was being unfaithful." Samantha Bond is adamant she has no intention of reprising her role as Miss Moneypenny in the 007 franchise.