Two more actors join Ronin
October 17, 1997
(LOS ANGELES) - Sean Bean, who played James Bond's nemesis Alec Trevelyan in
"GoldenEye," and Natascha McElhone, who made her debut as Picasso's wife in "Surviving
Picasso," are joining Robert De Niro, Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgard in the cast of United Artists'
big-budget action-adventure "Ronin." The film is about an international team of former intelligence
agents who are hired to carry out a dangerous mission. Both Bean and McElhone will play part of
the team. Directed by John Frankenheimer, the picture begins a scheduled 72-day shoot on Nov. 3
in France. Credits for Bean include "Patriot Games," "Black Beauty" and "Anna Karenina."
McElhone starred in the yet-to-be released independent film "Mrs. Dalloway," based on the Virginia
Woolf novel about a single day in London just after World War I.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter