Aishwarya Rai led the race to be the Bond girl in a Pierce Brosnan-led James Bond movie
Key takeaways:
- Aishwarya Rai recently returned to the films after an interval of four years with the super-successful Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan I.
Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was one of the first leading females in Hindi cinema to make a move towards the west and ended up featuring in a few Hollywood films like The Last Legion (with Colin Firth) and The Pink Panther 2.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a Pierce Brosnan-led James Bond movie:
In fact, there was a period when she was running the race to be the Bond girl in a Pierce Brosnan-led James Bond movie. Yet, that never happened.
At the time, Hari Singh, Aishwarya Rai’s secretary, assured as much to The Guardian, saying, “Yes, for Aishwarya, it’s something incredible. A global coordinating agency has pitched us on behalf of the studio making the Bond films.”
Aishwarya was filming Rajkumar Santoshi’s directorial Khakee at the time with famous faces like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn.
“They were waiting on the locations and watching the rehearsals with Aishwarya, Amitabh Bachchan and others. They are ready to release her. Let’s see what Aishwarya has to say.”
“We’d have to update our earlier plans,” her secretary had told the magazine. According to the news, other female talents who were being viewed for the part included Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta and Preity Zinta.
Aishwarya Rai recently returned to the films after an interlude of four years with the super-successful Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan I.
