HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Shilpa Shetty was asked before Aishwarya Rai30th Aug 2007 14.00 IST By Agencies Shilpa Shetty was indeed being considered for the role of Sophie in the ‘Pink Panther’ sequel before the job was handed over to the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Reaffirming this, her publicist and spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar dismissed claims made by Ash's international agent Simone Sheffield in a Mumbai tabloid that "Aishwarya is the first and only choice to play Sophie in the Hollywood film "Pink Panther". A couple of secondary actresses claim to have refused the role Ash is starring in". 
Bhagwagar said Shilpa was approached about two months ago for playing this character in the film. He said, “We are professional people and we deemed fit not to boast, as we decided not to do the film.” To back his statements, Bhagwagar disclosed the content of an initial mail to Shilpa from Valerie Lindquist who is a Casting Assistant at 'Ilene Starger Casting' agency in New York City requesting a check on the availability of dates of the "Big Brother" winner. "Please let us know her availability as soon as possible. If she is available we would like to have some demo material on her," said the mail forwarded by Bhagwagar to the media. This documented proof, for now is a huge blow to Ash’s PR machine. Shooting for the film, produced by Robert Simonds, started from August 20 in Paris, and is expected to wrap up in the first week of November. Ash has already been photographed on the sets of the film, also starring Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and John Cleese. After a two-week stop in Paris, the rest of the movie, directed by Harald Zwart, will be shot in Boston and Massachusetts. Related Shilpa Shetty Aishwarya Rai | ALSO READ scoop ~ Saif loves to see Kareena dressed up hot ~ Priyanka Chopra a diehard fan of Michael Jackson ~ Akshay's daring promotional stunt for 'Kambakkht Ishq' ~ 'Ekta has all it takes to win Miss Universe crown' ~ Kambakkht Ishq – Movie Review ~ Don't call me lucky: Katrina ~ Akshay Kumar plans a film for Michael Jackson? ~ I don't believe in luck: Imran Khan ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Katrina Kaif voted most eligible single female ~ Making love with clothes on! ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Valentines Day, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas CardWeaver.com > Birthday, Holi MOVIES Kambakkht Ishq, New York, Paying Guests, Kal Kissne Dekha, 99, Aa Dekhen Zara, Videsh, Billu Barber, Aloo Chaat, Dev. D, Delhi 6, Jashnn , Love Aaj Kal , Kaminey , Rann MUSIC Love Aaj Kal , Jashnn celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Freida Pinto | Anushka Sharma | Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Dev Patel | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Nandana Sen | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | Namitha | Kalki Koechlin | Mahi Gill | Shakeela | Lara Dutta | A R Rahman | Trisha | Shruti Haasan | Neetu Chandra | Shriya Saran | Padma Lakshmi | Emma Watson | Kelly Clarkson | Britney Spears | Anne Hathaway | Anjana Sukhani | Tila Tequila | Soha Ali Khan | Priyamani | Sonal Chauhan | Vaishali Desai | Jackky Bhagnani | Kristen Stewart | Robert Pattinson | Neil Nitin Mukesh | Shiney Ahuja | more... | 
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