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Former Bond girl Trina Parks has suggested that Sydney Sweeney would be an ideal star to play 007’s next love interest as final casting for the leading man reportedly gets underway.

Parks, 79, made history as the first Black Bond girl when she played assassin Thumper opposite Sean Connery in 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever.

She told The Telegraph: “Sydney would do a wonderful job. She has done quite a range of acting things and basically has got ownership of her sexual identity.

“Not only is she a talented actress, but has this Hollywood classic kind of style and poise, which really works for her projects and brand.

“I feel for modern cinema and film-making and the future of Bond, audiences want to see a woman opposite Bond who is independent and has ownership of her sexuality. Sydney has those qualities.”

Earlier this year, Parks said that the next Bond should be monogamous to “reflect the modern world”.

“Of course I would like them to keep the romance in, but perhaps not give him a multitude of partners,” she said in July, per The Telegraph.

“I don’t want the women to just fall into bed with him because he is good-looking.

“It should be a female who he has got to prove that he is worthy of being her bed partner. Of course audiences want to see seduction and that vintage flavour, but the women need to be on an equal footing.”

It comes as recent reports claim that Slow Horses star Jack Lowden; Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor and a mystery fourth actor were all officially screen-testing for the part.

Speaking to The Independent earlier this year about the process, retired casting director Debbie McWilliams – who helped put Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig in Bond’s shoes over the years – said that “it is absolutely essential that [Bond] retains a total enigma,” adding: “We want to know as little about them personally as possible, because that’s what spies are.

“We don’t need to know where he goes shopping or who his parents are, or where he lives … He’s licensed to kill, and we have to believe that he can do that. If you don’t, then you’ve lost the audience.”

Actor Ben Whishaw, who played gadget-maker Q alongside Daniel Craig’s Bond, said in an interview this weekend that he believes the franchise “needs to be reinvented completely”.