According to Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the search for a new actor hasn’t even begun after the last exit of Daniel Craig as the suave super spy in the 2021 movie No Time to Die.
“Actually, we won’t really be looking for an actor for a while,” Broccoli said in an interview ahead of the 60th anniversary of the world premiere of dr nothe first Bond film, on October 5, 1962.”What we have to do is start another reinventionwhich is the exciting thing about being in this place right now,” Broccoli added.
But while fans continue to speculate on who will play one of the most coveted roles in HollywoodWhat characteristics are the producers looking for in the next actor to play Bond?
“We want, first of all, a good actor, an actor who is not necessarily an action actorbut someone who can play what we hope will be the demanding roles that we write in the scripts,” Wilson said. “That’s certainly, I think, number one, but it’s so hard… I mean, if you look at to the actors who have played Bond, it is very difficult to establish any common characteristics,” he added.
Sean Connery was the first to play the fictional spy created by writer Ian Fleming. He was followed by George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and finally Craig.
Broccoli said that casting the right actor was paramount to the success of the franchise.
“I’m glad they cast Sean Connery in the first place, because I think if it hadn’t been him, who knows if we’d still be here 60 years later. And every one of the actors has taken the show in a new direction, kept it fresh and relevant to the times.”