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A new rumour has surfaces interestingly not mentioning\u00a0 Naomie Harris or Ralph Fiennes<\/a>. The story goes that Bond 23 director Sam Mendes talked Rhys Ifans and Javier Bardem into appearing in the next Bond adventure which is to be filmed primarily in South Africa.<\/p>\n Most American fans might remember Rhys Ifans best as Nigel ‘The Leg’ Gruff from the 2000 movie ‘The Replacements<\/em>‘. According to IMDb Ifans has three movies in post-production including the new Spider-man reboot and two in pre-production.<\/p>\n James Bond director Sam Mendes lures Rhys Ifans, who once kissed Daniel Craig<\/a><\/p>\n By Richard Eden<\/p>\n 7:28AM BST 17 Jul 2011<\/p>\n \u201cIfans will appear in the film, as well as Javier Bardem, who will play the baddie,\u201d says my man with the golden gun. \u201cMuch of the filming will take place in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n Craig, 43, and Ifans, also 43, appeared together in Enduring Love, a 2004 adaptation of Ian McEwan\u2019s novel. Ifans played Craig\u2019s stalker.<\/p>\n The Welsh actor, who is best known for playing Hugh Grant\u2019s dissolute house mate in Notting Hill, said: \u201cI spent the whole shoot winding up Dan Craig saying, ‘Only four days to go now, Dan, darling, before our snogging scene.\u2019 Even now, after two Bonds, Dan still maintains that the hardest stunt he\u2019s ever done was getting to grips with my mouth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n