Freida signs $3 million contract to become Bond girl

Mangalore Today News Network

London, Mar 21: After endless rumours of her being billed as the next Bond girl, Freida Pinto is reported to have landed the role in the next Bond flick to be directed by Sam Mendes. 

According to UK’s Mirror, the Mumbai girl who skyrocketed to fame with the multiple Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire has signed a whopping £3 million deal to be part of the 23rd Bond flick to be shot in Afghanistan. 

’Slumdog Millionaire’ star Freida Pinto has been roped in to play the next Bond girl and her boyfriend Dev Patel is cool with seeing her ’rolling around’ with the super spy, says a report.

 

 

The 24-year-old actress will be seen alongside Daniel Craig in the upcoming 007 movie, which is to be directed by Sam Mendes. It will be set in Afghanistan, contactmusic.com reported.
’It will be a typically glamorous and raunchy role and Dev (Patel) has been joking to friends he is cool with seeing Freida rolling around with 007,’ said a source.

Meanwhile, American actress Olivia Wilde is reportedly in talks to star as the second Bond girl in the 23rd outing of the spy franchise.

 

’Sam (Mendes) has been talking about Bond for months now and is so excited about it. 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,’ said a source.

’This is going to be the most ambitious 007 yet. Sam plans to reinvent the genre. Peter Morgan, who wrote ’The Queen’, has penned the first draft of the script and it promises to be visually stunning.’


Indian actress Freida Pinto will romance Hollywood heartthrob Daniel Craig in the next 007 movie as she steps into the coveted shoes of a Bond girl.

The actress, who rose to international stardom with the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, will star in the next spy flick to be directed by Sam Mendes, reported Mirror online.

"Sam (Mendes) has been talking about Bond for months now and is so excited about it. 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," said a source.