MUMBAI: Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto has been cast opposite Anthony Hopkins in Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger that is set to release in the coming months.

The film has Pinto essaying the role of Dia. A gorgeously exotic musicologist, Dia leaves her fiancé for another man. 

Also in the cast are Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Antonio Banderas, Ewen Bremner, Josh Brolin, Anupam Kher and Naomi Watts among others.

Another film that Pinto features in is Julian Schnbel’s Miral that is based on Rula Jebreal’s novel. The story follows an orphan, portrayed by Pinto, as she falls in love with a Palestinian activist.