Actor Taron Egerton Removes Himself From ‘James Bond’ Rumors
There's one actor who won't be playing James Bond in the upcoming Denis Villeneuve-directed film. Kingsman star Taron Egerton has seemingly removed himself from the running.
When Egerton was asked by Collider if he'd want to take on 007, his response was fairly simple. "No," he said. Then, he elaborated.
"I don't think I'm a good choice for it. I think I'm too messy for that. I think I'm not— 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," Egerton told Collider.
Egerton went on to say that he would like to star in something "more commercial," even though he doesn't think James Bond is a fit.
"But that's not to say that I don't have aspirations and plans and also that I wouldn't be interested in doing something that's more commercial, because of course I would. I think I'm a period in my life where, as you say, I've been probably following the things that speak to me on a creative level a little bit more, but, you know, I'm sure I won't feel that way forever," Egerton told the outlet.
"But James Bond is quite an undertaking and I think, one, as far as I'm aware, nobody's asking me to do it. [Laughs] 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," he added.
Although no definitive decisions about the next Bond have been made, there are plenty of rumors floating around. Removing Egerton from the chatter, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James and Harris Dickinson have all had their names in the mix.
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