How ‘Euphoria’ Star Sydney Sweeney Can Modernize the Bond Franchise by Attracting a Younger Audience

Rumors are swirling that screen siren Sydney Sweeney is on track to be the new Bond girl!

The next film about 007’s adventures is being helmed by Dune director Denis Villeneuve — and Sydney just happens to be pals with him. Now he reportedly wants to cast the 27-year-old to follow in the footsteps of other iconic actresses who’ve played the role, including Ursula Andress, Diana Rigg, Jill St. John, Jane Seymour, Denise Richards, Halle Berry and Léa Seydoux.

Sydney also seems to have gotten the nod from Jeff Bezos, the head of Amazon. The Euphoria alum was one of the stars who attended his recent wedding to Lauren Sánchez in Venice.

And in February, Amazon MGM Studios acquired the intellectual property rights of the Bond franchise, which include creative control.

“Sydney is the top name on the casting sheet for Bond,” an insider confirms.

Villeneuve, a 57-year-old Canadian-born director, and Sydney have hung out a number of times.

“Denis has admired her stratospheric rise and believes she is hugely talented, as well as having an alluring appeal to younger generations, vital in modernizing the franchise,” the source says.

Last year, the two were spotted chatting with former Bond girl Ana de Armas, 37, at the Toronto Film Festival.

“Plus Sydney has the quality of being athletic and able to perform physical scenes, as well as being feminine and following in the legacy of Bond girls,” the insider says.

She recently got into fighting shape to play boxer Christy Martin in a new biopic set for release later this year.

“I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kickboxed midday for about two hours and then weight-trained again at night for an hour,” shere told W magazine last month.

So helping James Bond take on his next adversary will be a walk in the park!