United Kingdom, May 14 -- Rosamund Pike was asked to strip to her underwear during her 'James Bond' audition.

The Hollywood actress - who played Miranda Frost opposite Pierce Brosnan in 2002 movie 'Die Another Day' - insisted while she had no issue with steamy scenes in the movie, she wasn't willing to do so before she'd landed the role.

She told Harper's Bazaar UK magazine: "In the Bond audition, I was asked to unzip and drop the dress I was wearing, to just stand there in underwear.

"And I thought, 'Well, no, I'll be doing that if I get the part. I won't be doing that now.'

She recalled refusing the request, and added: "I don't know what possessed me."

The following year, Rosamund was cast in a production of 'Hitchcock Blonde', whi...