7:17am UK, Monday December 01, 2003

Catherine Zeta Jones is reconsidering an offer to become the next James Bond girl after some advice from former 007 star Sir Sean Connery.

The Welsh wife of Michael Douglas recently denied claims she had signed a deal to play the female lead opposite Pierce Brosnan.

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Zeta-Jones: Next Bond girl?

However, the advice of Connery - who she starred with in the thriller Entrapment - reportedly changed her mind.

"Catherine is seriously considering whether this would be a good move for her but she won't say yes unless the script is dead right," a source told Teen Hollywood.

"She's spoken to Sean about it and he's told her to go for it but only if she isn't just going to be another notch on the Bond bedpost.

"Catherine wants to sing the theme and play a strong character who's an equal to 007 and not a bitchy villain - maybe even a kind of female Bond."