{"id":8899,"date":"2021-12-18T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T09:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1537479"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T09:24:07","slug":"james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond star Naomie Harris would \u201chate\u201d to never play Moneypenny again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 18 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Daniel Craig\u2019s swan song as James Bond, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/no-time-to-die-dvd-streaming\/&quot;\">No Time to Die<\/a>, certainly <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/james-bond-die-no-time-to-die-death\/&quot;\">had a sense of finality about it<\/a> \u2013 but with Craig bidding farewell to the role of agent 007 after five films, does that mean we\u2019ve also seen the last of other key players from his era?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Naomie Harris insisted that she hasn\u2019t had a definitive answer on whether she\u2019ll play Moneypenny again, adding that she\u2019s very much open to the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t [know], I wish I did,\u201d she said. \u201cI would love to come back, because the franchise means so much to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the time as an actor, you\u2019re going from job to job and you form these intense bonds with people for three, four months, and then you never see them again, but this has been some form of continuity in my life for the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve loved it \u2013 it\u2019s felt like reuniting with the family every time I\u2019ve gone back to do a Bond movie, so I would hate to lose that in my life. But, you know, the franchise needs to go where it needs to go, so I don\u2019t know what the future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Pre-order No Time to Die on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Ultra-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GQ5BRC3\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">4K Ultra HD<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Bond-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GPXXS8N\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Blu-ray<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-Die-James-Bond-DVD\/dp\/B09GQ81BKD\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">DVD<\/a> now<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Harris said it was \u201cjust beautiful\u201d to reunite with the other returning players from the Craig era on each new movie, including Ben Whishaw as Q, Ralph Fiennes as M and Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are such lovely, lovely guys, and we had such a great time together. It was very long hours, a lot of night shoots, but it was so fun to be together late at night and just being playing games and taking the mickey out of each other. Everyone has such a great sense of humour \u2013 particularly Rory, he\u2019s hilarious. So we just had a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/moneypenny-no-time-to-die-27bc12e.jpeg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=10px%2C7px%2C1899px%2C1265px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/moneypenny-no-time-to-die-27bc12e.jpeg?quality=90&amp;crop=10px%2C7px%2C1899px%2C1265px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/moneypenny-no-time-to-die-27bc12e.jpeg?quality=90&amp;crop=10px%2C7px%2C1899px%2C1265px&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Naomie\" harris=\"\" as=\"\" moneypenny=\"\" alongside=\"\" rory=\"\" kinnear=\"\" bill=\"\" tanner=\"\" and=\"\" ben=\"\" whishaw=\"\" q=\"\" in=\"\" a=\"\" scene=\"\" from=\"\" no=\"\" time=\"\" to=\"\" die=\"\" title=\"&quot;moneypenny-no-time-to-die&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Naomie Harris as Moneypenny alongside Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner and Ben Whishaw as Q in a scene from No Time to Die<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>2021 Danjaq, LLC &amp; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Though the manner in which Craig\u2019s Bond exits the series might suggest that another reboot is on the cards for <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/james-bond-26-release-date\/&quot;\">Bond 26<\/a>, it\u2019s worth remembering that the franchise has carried over actors from one continuity to another before \u2013 with Judi Dench playing two different versions of M in the Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig movies.<\/p> <p>But if No Time to Die is to be Harris\u2019s final film as Moneypenny, she is \u201csuper, super proud\u201d of the contribution she made to the franchise and the manner in which the character evolved across the three films in which she appeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super proud of it, but also that\u2019s because that was allowed by [producers] Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and [Skyfall and Spectre director] Sam Mendes,\u201d she said. \u201cThey wanted a Moneypenny that was a real departure, they wanted to modernise her, they wanted to make her more multifaceted. So I am so thankful to them for their vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about James Bond:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/naomie-harris-no-time-to-die-ending-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Naomie Harris didn\u2019t believe No Time to Die ending was real: \u201cI thought, is this a joke?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/naomie-harris-advice-next-bond-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Naomie Harris offers her advice to the next James Bond: \u201cDon\u2019t get intimidated\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>No Time to Die is available on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Ultra-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GQ5BRC3\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">4K Ultra HD<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Bond-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GPXXS8N\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Blu-ray<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-Die-James-Bond-DVD\/dp\/B09GQ81BKD\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">DVD<\/a> from 20th December. Visit our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/&quot;\">Movies<\/a> hub for more news, interviews and features, or find something to watch with our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>This year\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/when-does-the-radio-times-christmas-issue-go-on-sale-3\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/when-does-the-radio-times-christmas-issue-go-on-sale-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">Radio Times\u00a0<span class=\"&quot;markoq8soskp3&quot;\" data-markjs=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-ogac=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogab=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsc=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsb=\"&quot;&quot;\">Christmas<\/span>\u00a0double issue<\/a> is on sale now, featuring two weeks of TV, film and radio listings, reviews, features and interviews with the stars.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Morgan Jeffery Published: Saturday, 18 December 2021 at 12:00 am Daniel Craig\u2019s swan song as James Bond, No Time to Die, certainly had a sense of finality about it \u2013 but with Craig bidding farewell to the role of agent 007 after five films, does that mean we\u2019ve also seen the last of other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8900,"template":"","categories":[6],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-star-naomie-harris-would-hate-to-never-play-moneypenny-again.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Morgan Jeffery Published: Saturday, 18 December 2021 at 12:00 am Daniel Craig\u2019s swan song as James Bond, No Time to Die, certainly had a sense of finality about it \u2013 but with Craig bidding farewell to the role of agent 007 after five films, does that mean we\u2019ve also seen the last of other&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/8899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}