{"id":43843,"date":"2024-01-15T17:18:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1960603"},"modified":"2024-01-15T19:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:58:02","slug":"why-long-rumoured-potential-james-bond-clive-owen-avoided-the-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/why-long-rumoured-potential-james-bond-clive-owen-avoided-the-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Why long-rumoured potential James Bond Clive Owen avoided the role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owen has previously said he turned down the part multiple times. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 15 January 2024 at 16:18 PM<\/p>

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As Clive Owen\u2019s new series Monsieur Spade starts to air in the US, the star who was for a long time considered to be in the running to play James Bond<\/a> has addressed one of the reasons why he never did.<\/p>\n

When speaking to Daily Beast<\/a>, Owen was asked whether his avoiding the Bond part despite rumours of his involvement was driven by a disinterest in getting locked into one role and genre.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I think that\u2019s a very good point,\u201d he replied. \u201cThe thing about this particular show, because it\u2019s a genre I love so much and because I rate Scott Frank so highly as both a director and writer, we\u2019re already talking about the possibility of doing more.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s something with this one that I wouldn\u2019t hesitate to do, just because there were times when I was shooting this series and I was like, this is where I want to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m working really hard, I\u2019m trying to live up to really great dialogue with a director I totally trust, and that\u2019s where you want to be as an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n