Daniel Craig offered a very blunt three-word answer when asked who he wants to play the next James Bond.
The former Bond actor, 56, played the iconic character for five films in the franchise, between 2006 and 2021.
And while rumors swirl about who will replace him, Daniel has made his feelings about a new casting known, albeit bluntly.
Variety asked Daniel and his Queer co-star Drew Starkey on Thursday: “If you passed the James Bond torch, who would you love to see play him?”
The question brought a laugh from the Knives Out star as he matter-of-factly replied: “I don’t care.”
Daniel Craig offered a very blunt three-word answer to Variety when asked who he wants to play the next James Bond (pictured last month).
The former Bond actor, 56, played the iconic character in five films in the franchise, between 2006 and 2021 (pictured in 2012’s Skyfall).
The comment comes after it was reported that fans will wait half a decade to see another 007 film return to their screens.
The five-year delay is reportedly due to “production and casting delays” as the next spy has yet to be confirmed.
A year after the final release of No Time To Die in September 2021, producer Barbara Broccoli said there was a year of waiting before filming the next film.
But, much to the dismay of 007 fans, it is likely to be much longer as filming has not yet started.
In June 2022, Barbara said: “There’s no script and we can’t come up with it until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because it’s actually a reinvention of Bond.”
‘We’re reinventing who he is, and that takes time. I would say filming is at least two years away.
And that scheduled deadline has already passed and not only has filming not started, but the protagonist has not yet been chosen.
A movie insider said the mirror: “The best case scenario is that a new Bond film hits theaters at the end of 2026, that is, five years after No Time To Die, and that is if things change soon,”
As rumors bubble with speculation about who will replace him, Daniel has made his feelings about a new casting known, albeit bluntly (pictured in September).
Variety asked Daniel and his Queer co-star Drew Starkey on Thursday: “If you passed the James Bond torch, who would you love to see play him?” (Pictured from 2006’s Casino Royale)
While another source told the publication that there were rumors of script issues and delays.
Daniel hung up his bow tie and tuxedo three years ago and has since leaned toward more experimental roles, ranging from a funny camp detective with a Southern accent to a man who falls in love with a drug addict in Mexico City, in the 1940s.
The English actor also appears to be shedding the stern, meticulous aura that comes with playing the macho secret agent, and flourishing with ostentatious fashion choices, most recently marked by his blown-out hairstyle at the Venice Film Festival.
Elsewhere, more recently, fashion media celebrated the star’s ‘freaky’ era after she debuted in LOEWE’s FW24 campaign, looking almost unrecognizable in yellow-tinted glasses. knitted sweaters and pants with intricate beading.
Daniel’s first post-Bond adventure came in the form of Rhian Johnson’s Knives Out (2019), where he played an amateur detective with a very camp dress sense and an exaggerated New Orleans-style accent.
Talking to him Los Angeles TimesDaniel explained that it was important for him to ‘kill off’ Bond in order to move forward artistically, so he was grateful for the character’s fatal end in 2021’s No Time to Die.
Daniel hung up his bow tie and tuxedo three years ago and has since leaned toward more experimental roles (pictured in Casino Royale)
His most recent role (left) is a bit more sincere and fiery, as he plays an American expatriate in 1940s Mexico City who finds himself fascinated by a young man, played by 30-year-old Drew Starkey (right ).
“One, for the franchise, was that reboot, starting over, that (the franchise) did with me,” he revealed.
“So let’s kill my character and find another Bond and find another story. It starts at 23 (age), it starts at 25, it starts at 30.
‘The other was so I could move on. I don’t want to go back. I suppose I’d be very lucky if they asked me to come back, but the fact is that I have to leave it behind.
‘The sacrifice he makes in the film was for love and there is no greater sacrifice. So it seemed like a good ending to me.