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New York Post
8 hours ago
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- New York Post
Taron Egerton thinks he's ‘too messy' to play James Bond: ‘It would be wasted on me'
Shaken, not stirred. Taron Egerton has dropped out of the race to become the next James Bond as Amazon MGM Studios eyes their new international man of mystery. During a recent interview with Collider, the British actor admitted that he wouldn't be a 'good choice' to play the next 007 after Daniel Craig, 57, gave up the iconic mantle following 2021's 'No Time to Die.' Advertisement 9 Taron Egerton as Eggsy in 2017's 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle.' 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection 9 Daniel Craig as James Bond in 2006's 'Casino Royale.' ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 'I think I'm too messy for that,' Egerton, 35, told the outlet. 'I really love James Bond and particularly Daniel Craig's tenure. But I think I wouldn't be good at it.' Advertisement 'I think there are so many cool, younger actors who would be great for it,' the 'Smoke' actor added. 'I think it would be wasted on me, probably.' However, Egerton clarified that his opposition to playing the next Bond doesn't mean he doesn't 'have aspirations and plans' to star in 'more commercial' movies in the future. 9 Taron Egerton attends the 'Smoke' premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 12, 2025, in New York City. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival 9 Daniel Craig as 007 in 'Casino Royale.' ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement 'I think I'm in a period in my life where I've been following the things that speak to me on a creative level a little bit more, but I'm sure I won't feel that way forever,' Egerton explained. 'But James Bond is quite an undertaking, and I think, one, as far as I'm aware, nobody's asking me to do it,' the 'Rocketman' star added. 'But also, it's possibly not quite the thing that would make me happiest.' 'I do think it's a big old undertaking, it kind of consumes your life, a role like that,' Egerton concluded. 9 Taron Egerton in the Apple TV+ series 'Smoke.' Apple TV+ Advertisement The actor previously starred as Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin, a stylish spy similar to Bond, in director Matthew Vaughn's 2014 film 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' and its 2017 sequel. Although he did not appear in the 2021 prequel 'The King's Man,' Vaughn teased 'Kingsman 3' and Egerton's possible return during an event back in 2023. As for 007, Egerton wouldn't be the first actor to distance himself from the role. 9 Taron Egerton in the Apple TV+ series 'Smoke.' Apple TV+ 'Crazy Rich Asians' star Henry Golding, 38, said that playing James Bond is 'every actor's kind of nightmare' during an interview with People last month. 'Why can't they bring out more agents or more 00s? I think that would be so much more fun, because there just aren't the restraints and the expectation,' he said. 'Maybe I'm just a p—y. I don't know,' Golding added. 'But I think I would love it so much more if there wasn't that overhanging cultural pressure.' 9 Daniel Craig during his last outing as James Bond in 2020's 'No Time to Die.' ©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement After obtaining creative control of the franchise in February, Amazon MGM Studios announced in June that 'Dune' director Denis Villeneuve would helm the studio's first Bond film. 'I'm a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he's sacred territory,' Villeneuve, 57, said after being named director. 'I intend to honor the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come.' 'This is a massive responsibility, but also, incredibly exciting for me and a huge honor,' he added. 9 Taron Egerton as Elton John in 2019's 'Rocketman.' ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection Advertisement While the lead role has not been filled, the rumor mill has been in overdrive with suggestions on which actors should be in contention. The list includes Henry Cavill, Harris Dickinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Idris Elba and more. Pierce Brosnan, who played the martini-sipping secret agent before Craig took over in 2006's 'Casino Royale,' insisted back in March that the new 007 must be British. Brosnan, 72, also commended producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson for handing over the franchise's creative control to Amazon MGM. 9 Taron Egerton attends the 'Smoke' premiere at the Tribeca Festival on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in New York. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP Advertisement 'It takes great courage for them to let go,' he told the Telegraph at the time. 'I hope that [Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and imagination and respect,' the 'Die Another Day' star added.
Sydney Morning Herald
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The anti-Bond: Why Keeley Hawes' new assassin is the spy we need now
More than two decades ago, actor Keeley Hawes and I met on the set of David Wolstencroft's television spy thriller Spooks. That series, about a group of intelligence officers working in Section D of the British spy agency MI5, was hailed for the way it upended the established espionage genre. Since the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953, that franchise had defined the way stories about spies and assassins were told. But if Spooks gave the genre its light and shade, the new thriller series, The Assassin, flips the script again, in favour of something more resembling a rollercoaster. ' The Assassin feels a bit like the opposite of Bond in every way,' Hawes explains, when we reconnect to talk about the new series. 'Julie is a kind of anti-hero. Obviously when we meet her as a young woman she's obviously been very, very good at her job. But even then, she's this person who's a bit sort of worn down with it. 'She is real in a way that James Bond is not,' Hawes adds. 'And I think even though they're so different, both of those shows would appeal to the same sort of person who loves a high-octane show.' Created by Harry and Jack Williams – the sibling writing partnership behind The Missing and its spinoff Baptiste, Liar and The Tourist – The Assassin is a crime thriller about a retired assassin (Hawes' Julie) who is living a quiet life on a remote Greek island and trying to reconnect with her son, Edward (Freddie Highmore). The hiccup? Mum's past has caught up with her. When Hawes sat down to begin work on the series, the scripts and the story framework were still in an evolutionary state, she says. 'So you have an idea of where the show is going to go,' she says. 'But then that can change. It is also organic. And particularly with Jack and Harry, there are some curveballs that are thrown. 'Once you've established who the character is, [and] how you'll play that person, it's quite exciting to then not know which direction they're going to go,' Hawes says. 'In this case, it just gets more and more exciting. And I just loved the work. 'I know everybody always says this, but this really was a joyful job,' Hawes adds. 'Freddie and I had this amazing chemistry from the beginning. I immediately knew that it was going to be OK. We met and had a coffee, and we did the read-through [of the scripts] and I felt like I had known this person for much longer than I have.'
The Age
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
The anti-Bond: Why Keeley Hawes' new assassin is the spy we need now
More than two decades ago, actor Keeley Hawes and I met on the set of David Wolstencroft's television spy thriller Spooks. That series, about a group of intelligence officers working in Section D of the British spy agency MI5, was hailed for the way it upended the established espionage genre. Since the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953, that franchise had defined the way stories about spies and assassins were told. But if Spooks gave the genre its light and shade, the new thriller series, The Assassin, flips the script again, in favour of something more resembling a rollercoaster. ' The Assassin feels a bit like the opposite of Bond in every way,' Hawes explains, when we reconnect to talk about the new series. 'Julie is a kind of anti-hero. Obviously when we meet her as a young woman she's obviously been very, very good at her job. But even then, she's this person who's a bit sort of worn down with it. 'She is real in a way that James Bond is not,' Hawes adds. 'And I think even though they're so different, both of those shows would appeal to the same sort of person who loves a high-octane show.' Created by Harry and Jack Williams – the sibling writing partnership behind The Missing and its spinoff Baptiste, Liar and The Tourist – The Assassin is a crime thriller about a retired assassin (Hawes' Julie) who is living a quiet life on a remote Greek island and trying to reconnect with her son, Edward (Freddie Highmore). The hiccup? Mum's past has caught up with her. When Hawes sat down to begin work on the series, the scripts and the story framework were still in an evolutionary state, she says. 'So you have an idea of where the show is going to go,' she says. 'But then that can change. It is also organic. And particularly with Jack and Harry, there are some curveballs that are thrown. 'Once you've established who the character is, [and] how you'll play that person, it's quite exciting to then not know which direction they're going to go,' Hawes says. 'In this case, it just gets more and more exciting. And I just loved the work. 'I know everybody always says this, but this really was a joyful job,' Hawes adds. 'Freddie and I had this amazing chemistry from the beginning. I immediately knew that it was going to be OK. We met and had a coffee, and we did the read-through [of the scripts] and I felt like I had known this person for much longer than I have.'
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Superman' Star David Corenswet Just Revealed His Mind-Blowing James Bond Theory
The newest cinematic Superman, David Corenswet, is a man who thinks deeply about movies he loves. If you're someone who has strong opinions about the order of Star Wars films, Corenswet feels like the kind of guy you could hang out with, literally, any day of the week, for as long as possible. And, in a recent appearance on Brittany Broski's Royal Court, Corenswet went into great detail about his love for the opening scene of the 2006 James Bond movie, Casino Royale. And, in detailing his admiration for this scene, Corenswet also floated a theory that might make you see the movie in a totally different light. 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 Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Superman star David Corenswet has a "hot take" on Casino Royale, "the greatest Bond film ever made": "So great to get that off my chest"
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Superman star David Corenswet feels very passionately about James Bond. Well, one movie in particular: Casino Royale, AKA "the greatest Bond film ever made" and "one of the best movies of all time." Released in 2006, Casino Royale was Daniel Craig's first outing as 007. The movie starts with Bond earning his 00 status and "licence to kill" by carrying out his second (and first) kills. But Corenswet has strong opinions about what exactly the film's opener means. "My hot take is, everyone thinks the second kill is when Bond kills the main bad guy in the office later and he's like, 'Yes, considerably,'" he explained during an appearance on Brittany Broski's Royal Court. "But what actually happened is, experientially, Bond already had his second kill because he drowned the guy and then had to shoot him. So, in his experience, he had to go through drowning the guy, thought he was dead, thought that he had had his first kill, and then the guy woke up and he just shot him. So, that's actually the second kill in his mind that was super easy." He's referring to the moment that Bond kills Dryden (Malcolm Sinclair), a crooked MI6 agent, and the flashback sequence when he murders Dryden's contact in Prague. "It's a human experience thing. The point is not the second person you kill, it's the second experience of killing," Corenswet continued, before jokingly adding, "I'm sure you'll cut all that out, but I needed to get it in somewhere. It was not gonna come up anywhere else in press. So great to get that off my chest." Corenswet is currently starring as the Man of Steel in James Gunn's Superman, the first theatrical release in the DCU Chapter One. He stars opposite Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. Superman is out now in theaters. For more on the latest DC movie, check out our guide to the Superman ending explained, or get up to speed with our verdict in our Superman review. Solve the daily Crossword
