"I have seen her [Bipasha] and she is gorgeous and amazing in the first movie. I hope I can meet up to her standard and not let her down in Jism 2," the 30-year-old said.
"I want to do a good job and I hope everybody likes the movie," she added.
Basu, who made headlines for her steamy scenes 2003's Jism, is sure Leone will do a good job. "I don't know her but [Mahesh] Bhatt saab always casts someone who suits the role. So I am sure she will do a good job."
Jism 2 also stars Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh.