James Bond casting director says young actors can’t play 007

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James Bond franchise in No Time To Die. Last year's 60th-anniversary celebrations for the franchise came and went without any news on casting the next 007. Nevertheless, rumours have been circling certain stars like Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who reportedly auditioned for Barbara Broccoli.

Richard Madden has long been among the short list of actors rumoured to be in the running to take over the role of James Bond now that Daniel Craig has left the franchise.

James Bond fans are 'stirring' after some have suggested the upcoming 'shake' up of the franchise could see Richard Madden don the famous white tuxedo. The actor, 36, is best known for his role as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones and has been among the favourites in the race to be the next 007 ever since Daniel Craig called time on his stint as the British secret agent.

Richard Madden has the Internet talking!

Eva Green has claimed that “justice prevailed” after successfully suing a production company over the collapse of an abandoned sci-fi film.The Casino Royal star was set to play the lead role in dystopian thriller A Patriot, but the production company, White Lantern Films, collapsed in October 2019.After the film was abandoned, Green sued the production company, claiming she was still entitled to her $1m (£810,000) fee.On Friday (April 28), the judge ruled in Green’s favour, stating that the actress was entitled to her fee. The counter claim, alleging that Green jeopardised the film by abandoning it, was dismissed.The judge said (via The Independent) : “In particular, I find that Ms Green did not renounce her obligations under the artist agreement; nor did she commit any repudiatory breaches of it.”Following the ruling, Green said in a statement: “My professional reputation has been upheld.“In this legal action I was forced to stand up to a small group of men, funded by deep financial resources, who tried to use me as a scapegoat to cover up their own mistakes,” she said.

“Succession” star plays the “tormenter” once again in a new reality competition series inspired by James Bond, titled “007’s Road to a Million,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.“I got to see how ordinary people would cope with being on a James Bond adventure,” Cox, 76, said about his new role, according to the outlet. Cox will host as “The Controller” – AKA the emcee – and the one who decides the future of contestants on the new Amazon Studios game show.The series features two-person teams competing to win $1.2 million, shot in locations that are relevant to James Bond, such as the Scottish Highlands, Jamaica and Venice, Italy.

Prime Video), said she was on board for the project from the get-go.“When I met [executive producers Joe and Anthony Russo], they explained to me what this character was, they wanted to create a female spy that’s like James Bond. I was like, ‘Why would I not do that?’ Of course, I want to do that!” Chopra Jonas, 40, told The Post. Priyanka Chopra Jonas (who married Nick Jonas, 30, in 2018) is no stranger to TV viewers after crossing over from Bollywood to Hollywood to star in the ABC series “Quantico” and movies including “The Matrix Resurrections.” She said that “Citadel’s” status as an international show was especially appealing to her. “Jennifer Salke [head of Amazon Studios] and I were in a meeting and she talked to me about wanting to create this global show that actually connects multiple countries and multiple filmmakers and storytelling, with different cultures in one show,” she said “I was like, ‘Wow, no one has ever attempted that in TV or film, ever.'” “Citadel,” premiering April 28, has already been renewed for a second season and Prime Video is planning spinoff series in other countries and languages following various spies.

Matthew Rhys has added his name to the long list of British actors who, despite their best endeavours, would not be Bond. 

eft her for a younger woman in 2019.  The actress, 71, rose to fame in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me alongside Sir Roger Moore, where she and secret agent James Bond memorably made love under a pile of fur coats.  Despite declaring herself a 'fighter' she told Daily Mail's Richard Eden that she had found the breakdown of her marriage ‘really hard’.

Daniel Craig will star alongside Outer Banks actor Drew Starkey in the upcoming movie Queer.

Chris Evans wants in on the next James Bond movie!

Since her brief (and stunning) cameo in “No Time To Die,” Ana de Armas has been candid about what she thinks about the “James Bond” franchise. For instance, last year, she told EW that she didn’t think the next James Bond should be a woman, but women need a “more substantial part and recognition” in the franchise.

Robert De Niro once left her father “hysterical” after paying him a surprise visit at work.The actor shared the story during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live (April 15), where she explained that she met De Niro while filming her first American movie, 2016 sports biopic Hands Of Stone.“One day on set he told me, ‘I may be going to Cuba soon. If I do, I’ll say hello to your family,’” de Armas said on the show.

Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor has paid tribute to Scots rock legends The Sensational Alex Harvey Band as he made a pitch for his band to record the new Bond theme.

Rachel Weisz says she and her husband Daniel Craig won’t be co-starring in a film anytime soon.“I think we aren’t going to [co-star] at the moment,” Weisz told Willie Geist on “Sunday Today’s” Sunday sit down. “I think we really love our private life as a life, as a family, and then we go to work separately.”The couple, who tied the knot in 2011, has previously worked together on several projects, beginning with the 1994 production of “Les Grandes Horizontales” at the National Theatre Studio in London, before going on to co-star in the 2011 horror flick “Dream House” as well as a 2013 production of “Betrayal.” While Weisz notes that the pair cherished the experience of collaborating in their professional lives, working together also translates into a tight schedule at home as the pair take care of their three children, including their 4-year-old daughter, Weisz’s 17-year-old son, Henry, and Craig’s 31-year-old daughter, Ella.“We really enjoyed that experience, but also it means we can alternate,” Weisz continued.

A casting director who will help select the next actor to play James Bond in the popular film franchise laid out one major requirement for Daniel Craig‘s replacement.

Israeli actor Tool was an international film star celebrated for roles including milkman Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Bond villain-turned-collaborator Milos Columbo in For Your Eyes Only.

the short list of hunky Hollywood heartthrobs rumored to be in the running for the coveted Bond role, alongside Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, “Superman” stud Henry Cavill, Richard Madden of “Game of Thrones” and “Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page. A spokesperson for the video game company was shocked at the uncanny resemblance to Taylor-Johnson, telling the Times, “It’ll be amazing if he actually lands the role now.”Unwind Media also prompted the artificial intelligence technology to manufacture the next Bond girl, with the instructions to imagine a British actress in her mid-20s who is 5-feet, 7 inches tall.