Outlander’s Sam Heughan weighs in on James Bond…
He’ll take it shaken, not stirred.
Daniel Craig’s tenure enjoying James Bond ended with 2021’s “No Time to Die.” Ever since, Hollywood has been abuzz on who his successor may very well be.
Names like Aaron Taylor-Johnson and “Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page have been thrown round, however what about “Outlander” star Sam Heughan?
While speaking to The Post to advertise his new show “The Couple Next Door” (airing Fridays at 9 p.m. EST on Starz), Heughan, 44, mentioned concerning the risk that he may very well be the subsequent 007, “I don’t know. I certainly haven’t heard anything.”
He quipped, “I know every British actor that’s ever worn a suit is probably talked about [in connection with the Bond role] at some point.”
Sam Heughan in “Outlander” Season 5. ©Starz! Movie Channel/Courtesy Everett Collection
Heughan attends a particular screening of “Outlander” on Nov. 19, 2024. Jeff Spicer/WireImage
“Outlander” star Heughan during his video interview with the New York Post. New York Post
Heughan rose to fame enjoying the kilt-wearing 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser when “Outlander” first premiered in 2014.
The show, which simply completed airing Season 7 on Starz, follows Jamie’s decadeslong love with time-traveling nurse Claire (Caitriona Balfe), because the couple has offers with numerous wars, pirates, politics, witch hunts, years of separation, homicide makes an attempt and more.
Heughan has performed the main man for 11 years, however he’s no stranger to spy motion pictures, as he was in the 2018 comedy motion flick “The Spy Who Dumped Me.”
Although Heughan is a Scot and most actors in the function have been English, he’d be in good company for the reason that authentic James Bond, Sean Connery, was additionally Scottish.
Heughan in “Outlander” Season 4. Aimee Spinks
Daniel Craig as James Bond in 2015’s “Spectre.” ©Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Co / Everett Collection
He’s lastly carried out with “Outlander” — the eighth and last season doesn’t have a premiere date but, however it’s been filmed — so his schedule may very well be open for James Bond.
But it seems that coming off his long stint of enjoying Jamie Fraser is what offers him pause, as a result of Heughan mentioned that James Bond is “an iconic character” — and so is Fraser.
“I don’t know if I’d go from one iconic character to the next,” he advised The Post.
Caitriona Balfe and Heughan (heart) in “Outlander.” ¬© 2014 Sony Pictures Television
Heughan on the 92nd Street Y on Jan. 15, 2025. Getty Images
“Certainly, it would be a great undertaking. But look, I’m a huge fan of James Bond,” Heughan added.
“I was recently in Switzerland where they shot part of [the 1962 Bond movie] ‘Dr. No’ and sat in the same seat that Sean Connery had a martini in.”
The “Outlander” star joked, “Or I’m not sure if he had a martini — probably a Swiss beer.”
“[It] was cool,” he added. “It was cool to see a bit of history.”
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