Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto has reportedly bagged a multi-million pound deal to be the next Bond girl under the helm of Sam Mendes. She will join the league of screen beauties, Ursula Andress, Diana Rigg and Britt Ekland.
Media reports suggest that the Mumbai beauty is slated to sign a deal of 3 million pounds. House actress Olivia Wilde is also in negotiations for the film, which will see Daniel Craig back in character for his third outing as the iconic British agent.
The Slumdog star is said to be "ecstatic" after she was approached for the coveted role in the next 007 venture to be directed by Sam Mendes. "The project has been in the pipeline for months and Freida was always the dream Bond girl, but initially she was nervous about accepting it. This is going to be the most ambitious 007 yet. Sam plans to reinvent the genre," a souce told the paper.
Meanwhile, US actress Olivia Wilde, star of TV's House, is in negotiations to play the other lead female role in the 23rd Bond flick, set in Afghanistan.
"Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, has penned the first draft of the script and it promises to be visually stunning. It will be a typically glamorous and raunchy role and Dev has been joking to friends he is cool with seeing Freida rolling around with 007."
Olivia, 25, has been approached to play a double-crossing UN worker based in Afghanistan. She is best known for playing Dr Hadley in Howuse but recently finished filming on new movie Tron Legacy, starring opposite Michael Sheen and Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges.
The new Bond movie, due to begin production later this summer, will be shot in Buckinghamshire's Pinewood studios and on location in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Signing Freida to star beside Daniel Craig's 007 will come as a great boost to British director Mendes, who this week announced his split from Oscar-winner Kate Winslet.
Media reports suggest that the Mumbai beauty is slated to sign a deal of 3 million pounds. House actress Olivia Wilde is also in negotiations for the film, which will see Daniel Craig back in character for his third outing as the iconic British agent.
The Slumdog star is said to be "ecstatic" after she was approached for the coveted role in the next 007 venture to be directed by Sam Mendes. "The project has been in the pipeline for months and Freida was always the dream Bond girl, but initially she was nervous about accepting it. This is going to be the most ambitious 007 yet. Sam plans to reinvent the genre," a souce told the paper.
Meanwhile, US actress Olivia Wilde, star of TV's House, is in negotiations to play the other lead female role in the 23rd Bond flick, set in Afghanistan.
"Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, has penned the first draft of the script and it promises to be visually stunning. It will be a typically glamorous and raunchy role and Dev has been joking to friends he is cool with seeing Freida rolling around with 007."
Olivia, 25, has been approached to play a double-crossing UN worker based in Afghanistan. She is best known for playing Dr Hadley in Howuse but recently finished filming on new movie Tron Legacy, starring opposite Michael Sheen and Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges.
The new Bond movie, due to begin production later this summer, will be shot in Buckinghamshire's Pinewood studios and on location in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Signing Freida to star beside Daniel Craig's 007 will come as a great boost to British director Mendes, who this week announced his split from Oscar-winner Kate Winslet.
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