Stephanie Sigman hopes Bond girl gig will open doors in Hollywood

Stephanie Sigman hopes her role as the first Mexican Bond girl in “Spectre,” the latest film in the James Bond series, will open doors in Hollywood.

“I think there’s going to be a big opening, I expect this project will open a higher, different door to another path,” Sigman told Efe in Mexico City, where scenes are being shot for the latest 007 film.

Sigman said her role in 2011’s “Miss Bala,” in which she played a young woman whose dream of becoming a model is derailed by involvement in drug trafficking, opened “all the doors.”

“I don’t think I’d be here if it wasn’t for that film. That’s how you build, create, by working hard to continue opening other paths in other places, so I hope that, yes, many interesting things will come my way,” Sigman said.

The 28yearold actress said starring the Bond film was “one of those dream jobs.”

“They ask me if I ever imagined it, and I have a very extensive imagination. So, I’ve imagined many things in life, but sometimes you don’t think something is really going to happen and when it happens, it’s very satisfying,” the actress said.

Sigman plays Estrella and her scenes have already started to be shot.

Mexico is only featured during the first 10 minutes of the film, which also has scenes shot in London and Rome, but Sigman would not say whether her character is featured in the rest of the movie.

Location shooting for the 24th installment of the Bond series started earlier this month in Mexico City.

“Spectre” stars Daniel Craig, who is appearing in his fourth Bond film, and features Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux and Sigman as the latest Bond girls.

In the the film, Agent 007 will battle the Special Executive for CounterIntelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, or SPECTRE, and arch villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz plays Blofeld, whose character first appears in Ian Fleming’s “Thunderball” and has been featured in several Bond films.

Craig also starred as 007 in “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace” and “Skyfall.”