Tabloids try to link Rihanna to Bond 24 in echoes of Madonna

With the start of principal photography on Bond 24 just a few months away, the tabloids are just getting revved up to full speed on casting rumours.

The Sunday Mirror (UK) is claiming that R&B singer and some-time actress Rihanna is being linked to Bond 24.

The paper says that producers have approached her for a "cameo role."

A 'source' told the tabloid: "Rihanna is a big fan of the Bond films and has always loved the idea of appearing in one. She didn't even need to think about it, she knows she wants to do it. She's really excited."

Not only is this very unlikely (and probably just a lazy reheat of this 2012 article), it also smacks of Madonna in 2002's "Die Another Day, and we all know how that turned out...

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