Priyanka Chopra doesn't want to be a Bond Girl

By Jackie Willis, Jackie Willis

Published May 24, 2016

Actress Priyanka Chopra attends the ABC 2016 Network Upfront Presentation at David Geffen Hall on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Priyanka Chopra plays an up-and-coming FBI agent on ABC's "Quantico," but the leading lady has her eye on a much bigger, wildly coveted role.

The 33-year-old actress tells Complex magazine that she has been told that she would make a great Bond girl in the 007 film franchise. "I get that all the time,” she says with a sigh. “But f--k that. I wanna be Bond!"

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Over the weekend, "X-Files" star Gillian Anderson also joked that she too wouldn't mind being cast as the beloved spy. "It's Bond. Jane Bond," the 47-year-old actress tweeted with the hashtag "#NextBond."

While it's yet to be determined who will fill Daniel Craig's shoes as the next Bond, Chopra -- who was recently cast as the villain in the "Baywatch" movie -- says she's out to break the tight casting in Hollywood. "I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood, and henna," Chopra, who got her start as a Bollywood actress, explains. "That’s all great! It’s what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music; I love henna; I love dancing, but that’s not all we are."

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The international star opened up to ET recently about her big break in show business. "When I became Miss World, movie offers started coming to me in India," Chopra said. "I was like, 'You know what? I've been brought here for a reason,' and I started believing that I was the other Destiny's Child [member] besides Beyonce, because destiny had plans for me."

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