In the ever-swirling game of “Who’ll be the next 007?”, one dashing British hunk has decidedly taken himself out of the running – none other than Taron Egerton.
“I don’t think I’m a good choice for it. I think I’m too messy for that,” the actor confessed to Collider in a recent chat. He added, “I really love James Bond and particularly Daniel Craig‘s tenure. But I think I wouldn’t be good at it, and I think there’s so many cool, younger actors who would be great for it. I think it would be wasted on me, probably.”
The Kingsman star revealed to Collider he hasn’t been offered the coveted role, but would give it a polite “thanks, but no thanks” if approached. “James Bond is quite an undertaking and I think, one, as far as I’m aware, nobody’s asking me to do it. 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 joins fellow heartthrob Henry Golding in the “thanks but no thanks” club, after Golding declared that playing 007 is “every actor’s kind of nightmare.”
The 26th chapter in the Bond saga remains shrouded in mystery, with only a few confirmed details: maestro Denis Villeneuve will direct, while Amy Pascal and David Heyman are taking the producer’s chairs. “Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007,”
Villeneuve shared in a statement. “I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. I’m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory. 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.”
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