Actress critical of film world

GEMMA ARTERTON has hit out at the film world for putting women in the “background” – and said that she has been seen “as a piece of ass”.

The former Bond girl, who was catapulted to global fame when she landed the role of Agent Fields in Quantum Of Solace, said that she had almost been tempted to walk off film sets in the past because of mistreatment.

The 24-year-old said she had read too many of “the same” scripts, in which women languished in the shadows or were simply there to help the male lead.