The devil’s advocate

At the rate of 300 words per minute interrupted only by contagious laughter Catherine McQueen tells me how the only thing she gets high on is music and I immediately know this is going to be interesting. Well, how could it possibly not be, sitting before me at the Taj Mount Road was a bond girl who has dabbled in everything from modeling to soliciting, been the face of brands like Chanel and Dior and could twist an arm if necessary thanks to four years of Tae Kwondo. From graduating with a degree in Law from the prestigious Edinburgh University to hosting shows for MTV and ESPN she is determined to make the most of the one life that she believes everyone gets.
After having learnt that she personally prefers Rnb to other genres, I steer the conversation to turntablism and her celeb Dj status as she is in the city to spin house tracks at Blend the same evening. I wonder aloud if her dance track ‘Time after Time’ reaching no 15 in the US Billboard Charts is what got her started and she explains, “A few years back when my modeling contract of three months had ended and I had nothing much to do in L.A, Emma, a friend of mine from my modeling days in UK who worked as a dj asked me if I would be interested in joining her. With a little help from her I was soon hooked on and yes the dance track helped too.”
The 5’9” stunner who started modelling at the age of 16 after being chosen finalist for Scotland in The Elite Model Look pageant, claims she’s a jean and tee girl who loves high heels because they instantly make her feel sexy. Speaking of brands she’s very much in awe of Louis Vuitton. “ I have had this amazing LV bag for quite sometime that has been to the jungle, the desert, the beach and has practically been thrown around, but is in great shape till today(touches wood). So I guess I can say Louis Vuitton is a brand I definitely swear by”
For someone who has worked and lived out of a lot of cities around the world she brings up London and L.A quite often during the conversation leading me to further delve into the relationship she shares with both places. “Eventhough I am scottish, London is a lot like home to me. I absolutely love the place, but the weather sucks. Maybe if I could have place like london with the weather of L.A, then I would have my ideal city”, she laughs.
While she might be a bond girl in the widest sense of the term, making an appearance in the Pierce Brosnan starrer ‘Die Another Day’ is something she says, will always cherish. “ I have been fascinated by James bond ever since I was five and I have always loved watching the International espionage kind of movies. So being a part of one felt truly amazing.” Going by the fact that she has toured India quite a bit over the years and also played at Sunburn 2009(Goa) I bring up Bollywood and she animatedly describes her experience of watching Sanjay leela Bansali’s ‘Devdas’ on a Diwali with friends.“I just loved how beautifully the colours were shot and Aishwarya rai is really really beautiful” she adds.What would be her reaction if someone chose to cast her in a Bollywood flick I ask and she excitedly quips, “ Fantastic! I am there” and bursts into laughter.