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Pierce Brosnan has backed Cillian Murphy to tackle the enduring position of James Bond.
The 70-year-old Irish actor, who portrayed the worldwide spy throughout 4 movies from 1995 to 2002, was requested who he thought ought to take over from Daniel Craig who retired from the half in 2021.
“Cillian would do an impressive job as James Bond on His Majesty’s Secret Service,” Brosnan instructed the BBC on Thursday (7 March) on the Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles.
Nevertheless, in line with Murphy, 47, “that ship has sailed”. “I’m a bit outdated for that,” the Oscar nominee instructed Variety when requested about Brosnan’s advice.
Ever for the reason that now-56-year-old Craig hung up his tux after 2021’s No Time to Die, the hearsay mill has been rife with hypothesis about who would possibly succeed him within the forthcoming twenty sixth Bond movie.
Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Regé-Jean Web page and Paul Mescal have all been touted as supposed frontrunners, whereas Greta Gerwig advised Barbie and Bob Marley: One Love star Kingsley Ben-Adir can be excellent for the position. Final yr it was even rumoured that two actors might be chosen, with Bond 26 starring “two 007s – one youthful and one older”.
Nothing has been confirmed, and the movie has but to obtain a launch date.
Pierce Brosnan and Cillian Murphy
(Getty Pictures)
Whoever is subsequent to tackle the position will be part of a powerful legacy of actors: the large display screen’s first James Bond star was Sean Connery, adopted by David Niven within the 1967 spoof On line casino Royale.
Since Connery, the official Bond franchise has starred George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Brosnan and Craig.
Brosnan first entered the world of James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye. He reprised the position three extra occasions in 1997’s Tomorrow By no means Dies, 1999’s The World is Not Sufficient and 2002’s Die One other Day.
Craig picked up the position shortly afterwards, making his James Bond debut in 2006’s On line casino Royale, adopted by 2008’s Quantum of Solace, 2012’s Sky Fall, 2015’s Spectre and 2021’s No Time to Die.
Murphy, in the meantime, is at an all-time profession excessive. He’s presently favorite to win the Finest Actor Oscar at Sunday’s ceremony for his title position in Christoper Nolan’s Oppenheimer, for which he’s already landed a Bafta, Golden Globe and SAG award.
Nolan’s atomic bomb epic additionally leads the 96th Oscars with a whopping 13 nominations, together with Finest Image and Finest Director.
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