It is in 2021 that Daniel Craig last played James Bond in Dying can wait. The British actor bowed out after five films and fifteen years of good and loyal service. No regrets on his part, and above all no hope of doing it again one day. Since, let's remember, “his” agent 007 did not survive his last mission. But it's not because this James Bond is dead that he won't be reborn from his ashes (that's fair to say…). Because since the adventures of the spy imagined by Ian Fleming came to life on the big screen, in 1962, it's been the game, the performers come one after the other. Daniel was the sixth “official” (David Niven was an “unofficial” one in the Casino Royale 1967).
Who will be the next James Bond?
At the moment, it is still unclear who will succeed Daniel Craig in the role of James Bondbut his sketch is starting to take shape… Just a year ago, Barbara Broccolico-producer of the spy saga alongside her brother Michael G. Wilson, had indicated to Guardian that we would still have to show a little patience before discovering who would play the new agent 007. She had even admitted that there remained “a long way to go” before the character is “reinvented for the next chapter”and that the franchise modernization process had not haven't even started”.
But where are we today in the search for that rare pearl? Since Daniel Craig hung up his holster, James Bond fans have been trying to guess the name of the future lucky man, and everyone has their own prediction. Know that Daniel also has his opinion on the subject: he doesn't really care!
The criteria to be the next James Bond
But there are clues about who they are looking for: he will be a man in his early thirties (James will look a little younger), and nothing says that he will be white. “Every time we cast a new actor, the films change. It's the excitement of a new Bond, a new directionMichael G. Wilson told AP on November 14. Everyone who took on the role brought something new and different.” And the neo-James Bond should be ready to don the costume for at least ten years.
There is an actor who seems to be holding the rope: Aaron Taylor-Johnson 34 years old, whose name has been regularly mentioned for several months. A persistent rumor. Difficult to say if he will be the final choice, but many think that this role would fit him like a glove. Barbara Broccoli is nevertheless aware that it will take a period of adaptation, because “Every James Bond has had its detractors”. Daniel Craig had suffered the worst comments, criticism and insults when his name was revealed, before he became one of the public's favorite James.
