Previous James Bond star George Lazenby (“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”) shared that “Avengers: Age of Ultron” star Aaron Taylor-Johnson has whatever he requires to take the 007 mantle. Lazenby informed TMZ that Taylor-Johnson will have the ability to manage all the stunts required to shine in the function– and to manage the so-called “Bond women.”
Reports that Taylor-Johnson will be the next star to depict Bond have actually swirled in current days. The function was most just recently played by Daniel Craig, who ended his run in 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
Manufacturers have actually not commented on the Taylor-Johnson reports and Lazenby himself kept in mind that he didn’t believe Taylor-Johnson had the part simply. The one-time Bond star kept in mind that, even back in the 1960s, Lazenby needed to go through a series of tests and auditions before landing the function.
Taylor-Johnson declined to resolve the reports in an interview with Rolling Stone UK. He informed the outlet, “I can just truly discuss the important things I’m going to reveal and inform. ‘The Fall Guy,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Kraven the Hunter.’ I’m here to promote those.
Of his future strategies, the star just used, “I do not seem like I require to have actually a future extracted for me. I seem like: whatever’s extracted for me, I can f– kin’ do much better. It’s the very best when you in some cases lose all inhibitions totally, and you seem like you’re hanging there, and the director has sort of got one finger on the back of your t-shirt, so you do not fall.”
“It’s everything about chasing after that sensation. There’s absolutely nothing so thrilling as that.”
Lazenby included that Bond has actually been played by individuals from throughout the British islands for many years, together with himself– Lazenby’s Australian.
In the last few years it’s been believed Idris Elba was up for the part, though absolutely nothing ever pertained to fulfillment. In 2018, The Daily Star reported that Elba was on the verge of accepting the function– the news sent out fans into a craze. The outlet’s report priced estimate director Antoine Fuqua, who stated manufacturer Barbara Broccoli wished to bring variety into the movie’s casting.
“Idris might do it if he remained in shape. You require a guy with physically strong existence. Idris has that,” Fuqua stated at the time. That claim was quickly rejected by an agent for Fuqua, who informed TheWrap, “He never ever had a discussion about this with Barbara.”
Even star and director Ron Howard wasn’t immune from the fever that surrounded reports of Elba’s casting. He tweeted at the time, “I’ve long rooted for this casting once the outstanding Daniel Craig picks to proceed.”
Speculation has likewise swirled around previous Superman star Henry Cavill, especially after he depicted a comparable elite spy in 2015’s “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”