Acting legend Albert Finney has signed on to co-star in Sam Mendes's upcoming James Bond film.
According to the Daily Mail he joins fellow Brits Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes, as well as Spaniard Javier Bardem, in what could be the most talented cast in the history of the franchise.
Finney, 75, will play a high ranking intelligence official, with powers that the Mail speculates include supervisory duties over M, played by Dench.
M, of course, is in turn the intelligence officer charged with keeping watch over Craig's Bond, however futile the effort. Bardem has been confirmed as one of the villains in the film, while speculation also has Fiennes squaring off against 007.
One of entertainment's most decorated stars, Finney's won multiple BAFTAs, Golden Globes and an Emmy; been nominated for five Academy Awards, but has yet to take home an Oscar.
He has some experience in espionage films, with his participation in the Bourne series and, back in 1967, Gumshoe, when he played a private eye.
