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 could possibly be.
Names like Aaron Taylor-Johnson and “Bridgerton” star Rege-Jean Web page have been thrown round, however what about “Outlander” star Sam Heughan?
Whereas speaking to The Put up to advertise his new present “The Couple Next Door,” (airing Fridays at 9 p.m. on Starz), Heughan, 44, stated, “I don’t know. I certainly haven’t heard anything,” in regards to the risk that he could possibly be the subsequent 007.
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.”
Heughan rose to fame enjoying the kilt-wearing eighteenth century Scotsman, Jamie Fraser, when “Outlander” first premiered in 2014.
The present, at present airing Season 7 on Starz, follows Jamie’s decades-long love with time-traveling nurse Claire (Caitriona Balfe), because the couple has handled varied wars, pirates, politics, witch hunts, years of separation, homicide makes an attempt, and extra.
Heughan has performed the main man for eleven years within the Starz time journey historic drama – and he’s additionally no stranger to spy motion pictures, as he was within the 2018 comedy, “The Spy Who Dumped Me.”
Though Heughan is a Scot and most actors within the function have been English, he’d be in good firm, for the reason that authentic James Bond, Sean Connery, was additionally Scottish.
Heughan is lastly performed with “Outlander” — the eighth and last season doesn’t have an introduced premiere date but, but it surely’s been filmed. So his schedule could possibly be open for James Bond.
Nevertheless it seems, coming off his lengthy stint of enjoying Jamie Fraser is what offers him pause, as a result of Heughan stated that James Bond is “an iconic character” — and so is Jamie Fraser.
“I don’t know if I’d go from one iconic character to the next,” he informed The Put up.
“Certainly, it would be a great undertaking. But look, I’m a huge fan of James Bond,” he 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.”
