{"id":23005,"date":"2022-10-01T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1714870"},"modified":"2022-10-01T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:16:12","slug":"the-next-james-bond-will-be-a-thirty-something-and-not-a-younger-actor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-next-james-bond-will-be-a-thirty-something-and-not-a-younger-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"The next James Bond will be a \u201cthirty-something\u201d and not a younger actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 01 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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James Bond producer Michael G. Wilson has ruled out the possibility of casting a younger actor to explore the character\u2019s early days.<\/p>\n

Wilson told Deadline<\/a> that while the search for Daniel Craig\u2019s replacement is yet to officially begin, the next 007 will be \u201ca thirty-something\u201d in line with franchise tradition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve tried looking at younger people in the past but trying to visualise it doesn\u2019t work,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, Bond\u2019s already a veteran, he\u2019s had some experience \u2013 he\u2019s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He\u2019s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn\u2019t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off.\u201d<\/p>

Series co-producer Barbara Broccoli suggested back in June that the next\u00a0Bond movie is \u201cat least two years away\u201d<\/a> from filming.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re working out where to go with him, we\u2019re talking that through,\u201d Broccoli said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere isn\u2019t a script and we can\u2019t come up with one until we decide how we\u2019re going to approach the next film because, really, it\u2019s a reinvention of Bond. We\u2019re reinventing who he is and that takes time.\u201d<\/p>\n