'Superman' Star David Corenswet Just Revealed His Mind-Blowing James Bond Theory
As Corenswet reminds Broski (and all of us), Casino Royale begins with Bond about to execute a crooked MI6 official. But this scene is intercut with an earlier moment in which Bond has killed another man, the "contact" connected to the crooked MI6 guy that he's about to take out. What Corenswet is interested in is not just the coolness of the scene and the way it plays with time, but also, psychologically, what Bond might have considered to be his actual, second kill.
"My hot take is that everybody thinks that the second kill is when Bond kills the main bad guy," Corenswet says. "What actually happened, experientially, is Bond already had his second kill, because he drowned the guy and then had to shoot him."
Basically, Corenswet is saying that from Bond's point of view, drowning that dude in the bathroom sink felt like a moment in which he took him out. But, because that guy later struggled back to life, and Bond shot him, the other conversation later, about how the second kill is easier, is perhaps a bit meta. Bond taking out the crooked MI6 guy is, from Bond's perspective, his third kill.
It's a pretty great theory, and shows that Corenswet is clearly a big Bond fan, to the point where he's even getting into the psychology of the character. (Ian Fleming would approve!)
Corenswet recently retweeted this portion of the interview he had with Broski and added the comment: "The opening to Casino Royale is even better than you think…"
Look, we know this guy is already a great Superman. And we know the last Superman, Henry Cavill, was already in the running for James Bond. But gosh, maybe David Corenswet would make a perfect 007? Seems like he already knows what makes Bond tick.'Superman' Star David Corenswet Just Revealed His Mind-Blowing James Bond Theory first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 16, 2025
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