Two years after Daniel Craig’s last appearance as 007, we’re all waiting with baited breath to find out who will play Bond next.
last hit our screens in 2021, but fans are set to wait longer than they bargained for to see him in action again.stepped down from the film franchise after supping his last “shaken, not stirred” martini in No Time To Die, with speculation currently mounting as to who will succeed him as the next 007., Barbara added that executives “haven’t even begun” the process of modernising the franchise – something they have been doing in the two decades since Daniel was confirmed as the sixth 007.
“I go back to Golden Eye when everyone was saying, ‘The cold war is over, the wall is over, Bond is dead, no need for Bond, the whole world’s at peace and now there’s no villains’ – and boy was that wrong!” she said. Barbara also reflected on how it was crucial for writers to make Daniel’s Bond into a more modern man, as they “wanted to focus on what a 21st-century hero would look like”.“Daniel gave us the ability to mine the emotional life of the character… and also the world was ready for it,” Barbara added. “I think these movies reflect the time they are in, and there’s a big, big road ahead reinventing it for the next chapter and we haven’t even begun with that.
There are currently a few big names in the frame to replace Daniel as the British spy, and rumours have so far seenDaniel first starred as Bond in Casino Royale in 2006, and went on to play the famous spy in Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre before his last appearance in No Time To Die two years ago.
“And then we want to also look at Bond’s emotional life, and what he’ll be facing personally that he hasn’t had to deal with before. So he has two big issues in the films — one is the geopolitical one and the other is the personal one.”Is This The Biggest Sign Yet That The Next James Bond Has Been Chosen?By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.
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