United Kingdom, July 12 -- Sydney Sweeney is being lined up to play the next Bond girl.

The 27-year-old actress is wanted by new 007 director Denis Villeneuve for a role in the upcoming movie and the Euphoria actress is also said to have the backing of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos - with the company acquiring creative control of the spy franchise from long-serving producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "Sydney is the top name on the casting sheet for Bond.

"Denis believes she is hugely talented, as well as having an alluring appeal to younger generations, vital in modernising the franchise.

"They've hung out together a lot and he has admired her stratospheric rise.

"Plus Sydney has the ...