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Rosamund Pike Says She Refused to 'Unzip and Drop the Dress' in Her Bond Audition: 'Don't Know What Possessed Me'

Rosamund Pike says during her audition for 2002's 'Die Another Day,' she was asked to "drop the dress" she was wearing. Pike made her big-screen debut as Miranda Frost opposite Pierce Brosnan's James Bond.

Rosamund Pike said her first audition for 2002's Die Another Day required her to undress The Gone Girl star refused, explaining at the time, "Well, no, I’ll be doing that if I get the part. "In the Bond audition, I was asked to unzip and drop the dress I was wearing, to just stand there in underwear," Pike told the magazine. Pike ultimately landed the role that became her big-screen debut opposite Pierce Brosnan's James Bond for the 2002 spy film.

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