Rosamund Pike has admitted that she wished that she had been older when she was cast in James Bond.
The actress was just twenty one when she landed the role in Die Another Day but wished that she had played smaller roles for longer.
Speaking to The Sunday Time the actress revealed: "I wish I'd got to be an observer for a bit longer, played small roles in big films, like James McAvoy - watch, learn, then suddenly emerge victorious.
"My dream of acting was playing lead roles in Shakespeare at the National, not Bond. It was just terrifying."
"I feel like the whole of my childhood was waiting until I was old enough to do this. That's when I was happy.
"School and Oxford pale into the background. I didn't care about anything but acting. Still, the only place I ever feel like I belong is on a film set or rehearsing a play.
"That's what home is to me - talking to the director of Barney's Version about intimacy, or to [Johnny English Reborn co-star] Rowan Atkinson about the precise inflection of a line. That is what I thrive on."
The actress was part of hit movie Made In Dagenham, which was released earlier this summer, she will also be back in the new year with Barney's Version, which also stars Dustin Hoffman.
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