Freida Pinto lands Bond-girl role

According to The Mirror, the “Slumdog Millionaire” star Freida Pinto will feature alongside Daniel Craig in the next instalment of the “007” franchise, which will be directed by Sam Mendes.

A source said: “Sam has been talking about Bond for months now & is so excited about it. The project has been in the pipeline for months – 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.”

“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 [boyfriend] Dev [Patel] has been joking to friends he is cool with seeing Freida rolling around with 007,” a source said.