“It’s a big commitment.
It’s not just showing up for a couple of months of filming.”
Whoever gets the role will need to sign on for numerous films over a decade, Broccoli said.
“The thing is, it’s going to be a couple of years off,” she said.
“And when we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment.
So he’s probably thinking, ‘Do I really want that thing?’
Not everybody wants to do that.
It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it].”
Craig played James Bond in five films, ending with 2021’s No Time To Die.
One name that has popped up for the role of James Bond is British actor Idris Elba.
“We love Idris,” she said.
“It’s about a reinvention, and, ‘Where are we taking it?
What do we want to do with the character?'”
“It’s a big commitment.
It’s not just showing up for a couple of months of filming,” she said.
“I believe in making characters for women and not just having women play men’s roles.
He should be British, so British can be any [ethnicity or race].”
This lines up closely withwhat Craig himself has said about the future of the series.
“The answer to that is very simple,” he toldRadio Times.
“There should simply be better parts for women and actors of color.
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