Rosamund Pike 'asked to strip to underwear' for James Bond audition
Rosamund Pike was asked to strip to her underwear during her 'James Bond' audition.
The Hollywood actress - who played Miranda Frost opposite Pierce Brosnan in 2002 movie 'Die Another Day' - insisted while she had no issue with steamy scenes in the movie, she wasn't willing to do so before she'd landed the role.
She told Harper's Bazaar UK magazine: "In the Bond audition, I was asked to unzip and drop the dress I was wearing, to just stand there in underwear.
"And I thought, 'Well, no, I'll be doing that if I get the part. I won't be doing that now.'
She recalled refusing the request, and added: 'I don't know what possessed me."
The following year, Rosamund was cast in a production of 'Hitchcock Blonde', which required her to walk across the stage in the nude.
She said: "There was a moment of, 'F***, they've given me this absolute stellar part, but it involves nudity.'
"I was taken for a very considerate, you might say, lunch by the director to say, 'Are you aware of this?' '
She insisted the meeting wasn't necessary as the director "knew exactly what was on the table, which was a brilliant role in a fantastic new play".
She didn't feel like she could turn down that particular scene, although she did make a request for a different moment in the play.
She explained: 'After killing her husband, my character brings his body in and she's meant to be naked.
"I requested a dressing gown, which I got. I've usually spent my career being more clothed than was initially on the page.'
Last month, Rosamund revealed she was worried about her nipple tape injuring co-star Pierce while they filmed a love scene for 'Die Another Day'.
She told 'David Tennant Does A Podcast With': "We have this clinch, and then we separate, and I look at this body tape and the nipple covers and they're covered in hair. And I think, 'Oh my God, I'm waxing Pierce's chest'.
'I was so mortified. I thought, 'Oh my God, he's so brave, and I'm pulling off his chest hair with every embrace.'
'And of course, it took a couple of takes to realise it was not him. It was the fake fur of the rugs adorning the swan bed. I literally thought I was waxing the poor man's chest.'
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