James Bond: new clues about who could succeed Daniel Craig

After 16 years playing the legendary James Bond, after the retirement of actor Daniel Craig, There has been much speculation about who could be the actor who plays the almost ‘immortal’ british secret service detective.

In the last days, Michael G. Wilson, producer of the James Bond films, It seemed to show where the balance of the ‘casting’ of the new protagonist is moving.

During a talk in the British Film Institute in London, Wilson, director of Eon Productions with his sister, Barbara Broccolionce again excited the millions of followers of the famous film saga.

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“We’ve weighted younger people in the past, but trying to visualize them doesn’t work. Remember: Bond is already a veteran, he has had some experience. He is a person who has been through wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He is not a high school boy that you can bring in to start his career. That’s why he works for a thirtysomething,” Wilson said, as recorded by the portal ‘hobbyconsolas.com’.

These comments led the critics of the seventh art and the followers to think that the successor of actors like Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosman and Daniel Craig he could be an older, mature actor.

A few months ago, international media had revived the debate on speculation about the new Bond with other candidates. Fan bets point to the new James Bond I could be Henry Cavill who has been associated with the role of the secret agent for more than a decade.

In addition, he himself has said that the producers of the saga seriously considered it to bring 007 to life.

It must be remembered that on a past occasion the initial decision was between choosing Cavill and Craig. They finally opted for a more adult version (at that time Cavill was only 21 years old) and chose Daniel Craig to star in ‘Casino Royale’. The rest is history.

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Other names that sound to play the role are:Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aidan Turner, Idris Elba, James Norton and Richard Madden that, although for a few months it was the favorite of many, now it appears in last place.