“You have to be consistently statuesque to be that guy…
I’ve always struggled with my weight.”
“You have to be consistently statuesque to be that guy.
And that’s something that I am still striving for.
I’ve always struggled with my weight,” he said.
“I’ve just never been one of the guys that they’re looking at.
I just don’t think I’m the right person for that.
“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],” Broccoli said.
Egerton is known for his roles in the Kingsman series and for portraying Elton John in the film Rocketman.
One of Egerton’s next roles is thevideo game entrepreneur Henk Rogers in the movie Tetris.
Egerton is the latest actor to take himself out of the running for the role of James Bond.
Before this, Idris Elba said hewould not play the character.
“I’m not going to be that guy,” Elba said.
“It’s about a reinvention, and, ‘Where are we taking it?
What do we want to do with the character?'”
It was the fifth and final James Bond movie to feature Daniel Craig in the lead role.
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