Dev Patel: It would be oh oh heaven to play an asian bond
SLUMDOG Millionaire star Dev Patel says he’d love to play James Bond. Speaking to Day & Night the actor said that he would like to put an Asian twist on the character when Daniel Craig hands over the reins.
“Bond Patel? That would be great. I need to learn how to drive before I can be Bond. I’m getting there,” joked the 20-year-old.
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Bond has been played by ScotsmanSean Connery; IrishmanPierce Brosnan; WelshmanTimothy Dalton; Aussie George Lazenby; and two Englishmen, Daniel Craig and Sir Roger Moore. But until now a British-Indian Bond has not been touted as a possibility.
What Dev may have to face, though, is the prospect that his girlfriend Freida Pinto, 25, who played his on-screen love in the Oscar-winning Slumdog, could soon be the object of Daniel’s affections as a Bond girl in the next film. Hope that doesn’t leave you too shaken and stirred, Dev.