Taron Egerton thinks hes too messy to play…
Shaken, not stirred.
Taron Egerton has dropped out of the race to turn out to be the next James Bond as Amazon MGM Studios eye their new worldwide man of thriller.
During a latest interview with Collider, the British actor admitted that he wouldn’t be a “good choice” to play the next 007 after Daniel Craig, 57, gave up the mantle following 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
Taron Egerton as Eggsy in 2017’s motion film “Kingsman: The Golden Circle.” twentieth Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection
Daniel Craig as James Bond in “Casino Royale,” which got here out in 2006. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I think I’m too messy for that,” Egerton, 35, advised the outlet. “I really love James Bond and particularly Daniel Craig’s tenure. But I think I wouldn’t be good at it.”
“I think there are so many cool, younger actors who would be great for it,” the “Smoke” actor added. “I think it would be wasted on me, probably.”
However, Egerton clarified that his opposition to taking part in the next Bond doesn’t imply he doesn’t “have aspirations and plans” to star in “more commercial” motion pictures in the longer term.
Taron Egerton attends the “Smoke” premiere during the Tribeca Festival on June 12. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival
Daniel Craig as 007 in “Casino Royale.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I think I’m in a period in my life where I’ve been following the things that speak to me on a creative level a little bit more, but I’m sure I won’t feel that way forever,” Egerton mentioned.
“But James Bond is quite an undertaking, and I think, one, as far as I’m aware, nobody’s asking me to do it,” the “Rocketman” star added. “But also, it’s possibly not quite the thing that would make me happiest.”
“I do think it’s a big old undertaking, it kind of consumes your life, a role like that,” Egerton famous.
Taron Egerton in the Apple TV+ crime drama collection “Smoke.” Apple TV+
The actor beforehand starred as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, a fashionable spy comparable to Bond, in director Matthew Vaughn’s 2014 movie “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and its 2017 sequel.
Although he didn’t seem in the 2021 prequel “The King’s Man,” Vaughn teased “Kingsman 3” and Egerton’s attainable return during an occasion back in 2023.
As for 007, Egerton wouldn’t be the first actor to distance himself from the function.
Taron Egerton performs an arson investigator in “Smoke.” Apple TV+
“Crazy Rich Asians” star Henry Golding, 38, mentioned that taking part in James Bond is “every actor’s kind of nightmare” during an interview with People final month.
“Why can’t they bring out more agents or more 00s? I think that would be so much more fun, because there just aren’t the restraints and the expectation,” he mentioned.
“Maybe I’m just a p—y. I don’t know,” Golding added. “But I think I would love it so much more if there wasn’t that overhanging cultural pressure.”
Daniel Craig during his final outing as James Bond in “No Time to Die.” ©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection
After acquiring artistic control of the franchise in February, Amazon MGM Studios introduced in June that “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve would helm the studio’s first Bond movie.
“I’m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory,” Villeneuve, 57, mentioned after being named director. “I intend to honor the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come.”
“This is a massive responsibility, but also, incredibly exciting for me and a huge honor,” he added.
Taron Egerton as Elton John in 2019’s “Rocketman.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
While the lead function has not been crammed, the rumor mill has been in overdrive with strategies on which actors needs to be in rivalry. The checklist contains Henry Cavill, Harris Dickinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Idris Elba and more.
Pierce Brosnan, who performed the martini-sipping undercover agent before Craig took over in 2006’s “Casino Royale,” insisted back in March that the new 007 have to be British.
Brosnan, 72, also recommended producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson for handing over the franchise’s artistic control to Amazon MGM.
“It takes great courage for them to let go,” he advised the Telegraph at the time.
“I hope that [Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and imagination and respect,” the “Die Another Day” star added.
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