Daniel Craig Really Doesn’t Care Who Replaces Him as James Bond

Everybody has ideas about who the subsequent James Bond must be—besides Daniel Craig. 

In a current interview with Selection, the 56-year-old English actor opened up about who could be his decide to turn into the brand new 007. Although, it seems he’s detached to it. “In the event you had been to move the James Bond torch, who would you like to see play him?” the publication requested Craig, alongside along with his Queer co-star Drew Starkey. “I don’t care,” the British actor responded with a chuckle.  

The interviewer additionally quizzed the 2 on whether or not they may identify the variety of James Bond motion pictures Craig has made over time. “Are you asking me that?” Craig puzzled after listening to the query. “Do I’ve to jot down the reply? I’m gonna get it mistaken.” Starkey couldn’t give you a precise determine, both, however admitted “too many.”  

The Knives Out star formally stepped into the 007 position in 2006 and in the end retired from the spy franchise in 2021 after 5 movies. Following No Time to Die, the final flick within the sequence, Craig was greater than prepared to depart his character behind and had zero regrets about killing off the MI6 undercover agent. 

“I had an extremely lucky 17 years of my life making this,” Craig stated throughout his stint on BBC Radio 4’s Better of At present podcast. “I actually need to spend the subsequent 20 years of my life making an attempt to unhook all of it and try to put it into a spot as a result of it was unbelievable. I left it the place I needed it to be. And that I used to be given the prospect to do this with the final film.” 

When it comes to who can be named as Craig’s successor, rumors started swirling in March that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (The Fall Man) was in line for the job. The Bullet Practice actor allegedly acquired a proper supply to look within the subsequent installment, dubbed Bond 26, which is slated to start capturing this summer season. Nevertheless, nothing has been confirmed.  

Since his exit, Craig joined director Rian Johnson’s immensely fashionable Knives Out franchise and is the one actor to reprise his position in all three motion pictures. The third, titled Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller, will see Craig reunite along with his Spectre co-star Andrew Scott. Different A-listers who’ve signed on embrace Josh Brolin, Jeremy Renner, Glenn Shut, Kerry Washington, Josh O’Connor, and Cailee Spaeny. The movie is due out in 2025 and can stream on Netflix.