
Gal Gadot’s first Hollywood audition was for the role of a James Bond girl in “Quantum of Solace,” alongside Daniel Craig. Although Gadot did not get the role, now, a decade and a half later, she finds herself playing a female version of 007 in “Heart of Stone”—a big-buck action thriller that will air on Netflix on August 11 (and which will be, if all goes as planned, the first installment of an ongoing series). The days when she was regarded as “the girl of” are long gone. Today Gal is the main attraction.
“It’s true,”said the Israeli superstar to Israel Hayom in a special interview. “My first audition was for a James Bond girl. It’s funny how life turns around sometimes, isn’t it?”