Casting for Bond Begins: "It's a 10 to 12-year Commitment...Not Everyone Wants to Do That!"
A search is currently underway for a new James Bond: “When we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment. Not everybody wants to do that. It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it]. And he was in his early 30s at the time!”
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- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) September 21, 2022
- Landing James Bond may be the biggest acting gig in Hollywood, but 007 producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson say they still have to pitch prospective actors on the part.
- For a while, that person seemed to be Idris Elba. But the “Luther” star recently said he didn’t see Bond when he “looks in the mirror” - remarks that some have interpreted as Elba’s valediction to 007.
- “The thing is, it’s going to be a couple of years off,” Barbara notes. “And when we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment. So [Idris'] probably thinking, ‘Do I really want that thing? Not everybody wants to do that. It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it].” Wilson interjects: “And he was in his early 30s at the time!”
- "Most young actors", say Broccoli and Wilson, "think they want to do Bond, but don’t fully fathom the commitment of carrying a franchise across many years...a lot of people think, ‘Oh yeah, it’d be fun to do one,” Broccoli laughs out loud. “Well. That ain’t gonna work.”
- “That’s why, when people go, ‘Oh, who are you going to get?’ It’s not just about casting an actor for a film. It’s about a reinvention, and ‘Where are we taking it? What do we want to do with the character?’” says Broccoli. “And then, once we figure that out, who’s the right person for that particular reinvention?"
- As Pierce Brosnan once famously said “More people have walked on the moon than have played James Bond.”.
who would you look to see as Bond? who do you think will impress the judges and snatch the crown?