Dainel Craig has revealed that he isn’t interested in who takes up the mantle of James Bond next.
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Craig first embodied the role of the iconic secret agent in 2006’s Casino Royale, starring in several films before being killed off in 2021’s No Time To Die, starring alongside Ana de Armas, Rami Malek and Léa Seydoux.
Last year, Bond producer Greg Wilson confirmed that while a new film will be released, it is not currently in active development. “It’s gonna take a while for us to get – you know, it’s a whole new reinvention. So it’ll take some time,” added fellow producer Barbara Broccoli. “There’s a big, big road ahead reinventing it for the next chapter and we haven’t even begun with that.”
That hasn’t stopped fans speculating about who could be the next James Bond. According to producers, he won’t be a young actor because Bond is a veteran. “He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”
Henry Cavill has suggested he may be “too old now” to play James Bond after almost beating Daniel Craig to the role – meanwhile, producers have played down the rumours about Idris Elba while Aaron Taylor-Johnson has swerved the conversation, after reportedly being offered the role earlier this year.
However, Daniel Craig has confirmed he really isn’t interested in who’ll succeed him as 007. Variety recently asked him, “If you were to pass the James Bond torch, who would you love to see play him?” with Craig replying “I don’t care.”
He and Queer co-star Drew Starkey were then asked how many Bond films Craig had made. “I’m going to get it wrong,” said Craig with Starkey adding “too many,” which Craig agreed with.
In 2022, Spectre and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery co-star Dave Bautista said that Craig was more “fun” and “happy” since leaving the Bond franchise. “You could feel that he was under a lot of pressure. He didn’t seem like the happiest person on Bond, but on Glass Onion, it was the complete opposite.”
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