![]() ![]() "I'm not going to be that guy," Elba said.īroccoli has said the next James Bond movie will be a "reinvention" of the character, and it could take some time to find the right person. Before this, Idris Elba said he would not play the character. One of Egerton's next roles is the video game entrepreneur Henk Rogers in the movie Tetris.Įgerton is the latest actor to take himself out of the running for the role of James Bond. It was hard enough getting ," Broccoli said.Įgerton is known for his roles in the Kingsman series and for portraying Elton John in the film Rocketman. ![]() So he's probably thinking, 'Do I really want that thing?' Not everybody wants to do that. "When we cast Bond, it's a 10-, 12-year commitment. Regarding Egerton's comment about the lengthy commitment that comes with playing James Bond, he is seemingly referring to Broccoli's comment about how this requirement would turn some people away from the role. I think there's much, much, much better candidates for that role than me," he said. I just don't think I'm the right person for that. "I've just never been one of the guys that they're looking at. "It's sort of irrelevant how I feel about it, anyway, because I can tell you there have been zero phone calls."īefore this, Egerton said the James Bond movie producers have "never enquired" about him as a potential candidate for the role. "That could be really fun in microcosm, but I'm sure I read that said that it's a 15-year commitment," he said. Playing James Bond is more than just playing the character, it's like "being a brand ambassador as well as being an actor," he said. I've always struggled with my weight," he said.Įgerton said when is considering offers for a new role, he factors in how much gym time would be required and makes his decision based in part on that. And that's something that I am still striving for. "You have to be consistently statuesque to be that guy. ![]() Egerton told The Telegraph ( via The Hollywood Reporter), "I don't think I'm the right choice for it," due in part to the demand on the actor to be physically fit for a long time. Actor Taron Egerton has already ruled himself out of being the next James Bond, and he's now explained more about his thought process about not pursuing the role. Here are the frontrunners to be the next James Bond actor, as well as the latest odds on who will be the new 007 via betting aggregator US-Bookies. Bookmakers are already submitting heavily reduced odds for several candidates that could replace the Knives Out actor Craig and usher in a new 007 age that captures the current zeitgeist. ![]() Related: Mr White Is The Most Important Villain Of The Daniel Craig James Bond Eraĭespite a virtuoso performance in No Time To Die from Craig, the recasting scythe for the Bond franchise is as remorseless as ever. The Bond movie franchise is the longest continually running film series, grossing an eye-watering $7.04 billion across its current 58-year duration. Ian Fleming first created the James Bond novel series in 1953, focussing on a quintessentially masculine fictional British Secret Service agent fighting an assortment of villains "On Her Majesty's Service." 007 has since been adapted into multiple forms of modern media, with its most popular incarnation being the James Bond films. ![]()
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