George Clooney says he will not be James Bond and nominates a candidate
The future of the 007 saga is uncertain. Although it has already been confirmed to us that Lashana Lynch will be the one to take this position in "No Time to Die", we do not know if it will remain. At the time, the producers of the saga commented that they did not intend to make the character a woman. In that interview they justified that inclusion did not consist in replacing women with men, but in creating real spaces for them, or for any other underrepresented group. During this 2020, many names have sounded for the role, but at the moment there is no chosen one. One of those was George Clooney, who has already dropped out of this race.
In an interview with the Heart Evening Show, Clooney gave his reasons why he does not see himself in the role of James Bond: “First of all, because I will be turning 60 this year, so it's a bit late for Bond. And secondly, he should be British, don't you think? Elba (Idris) should be Bond. He is classy, I think he would do a great job. I would choose Elba, absolutely, and in general I don't think he should be me. The closest thing I've ever done to any kind of hero was Batman and you see how that turned out. " This is not the first time the African-American actor has been nominated for the character. Even Barbara Broccoli, producer, has already stated that the next agent "does not need to be a white man."
With George Clooney discarded, the list of postulates is still long. Tom Hardy, Tom Hiddleston, Robert Pattinson and John Boyega are just some of the names that were circulating during 2020.
For now, the next thing we will have of James Bond will be "No Time To Die" in the first months of 2021. In this film we will see the last interpretation of Daniel Craig as agent 007 and, according to Broccoli, there they will only be able to "close that stage ”And think of another actor. Who would you like me to be?
