Homeland star Rupert Friend reveals the reason why he passed on the chance to play Casino Royale's James Bond, citing his love for the franchise.
Homeland and Star Wars actor Rupert Friend reveals the reason he originally passed on the opportunity to play James Bond in 2006’s Casino Royale. Based on the 1953 Ian Fleming novel of the same name, Casino Royale marked Daniel Craig’s first outing as the famous British spy. Prior to Craig’s casting, over 200 actors were reportedly considered for the role, including Henry Cavill and Outlander star Sam Heughan.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT However, in a recent interview with Variety, Friend reveals that audiences might have been introduced to a very different, and much younger Bond. According to the actor, producers had approached him at 22 years of age with plans to reboot the Bond franchise with the main character “basically straight out of college.
When I was 22, and just out of acting college, I did three pictures back to back: “The Libertine,” “Pride & Prejudice” and “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont.” And I was told, “We’d love to talk to you about playing James Bond, but rebooting the series. We want to do him basically straight out of college.” And I met Barbara Broccoli and her brother Michael and Debbie McWilliams, the casting director for Bond. Obviously I’ve watched them growing up and just love all the actors and all the movies.
Would A Young James Bond Have Worked? While Friend should be commended for acknowledging his limitations as a younger, less experienced actor, his comments do raise an interesting question of what Casino Royale might have become with a younger actor in the role. Craig, the actor that producers finally settled on, was 38 years old when he first picked up Bond’s Walther PPK and license to kill, a far cry from the vision for the character that Friend was pitched when he was first approached.
Producer Barbara Broccoli has previously admitted to looking at younger 007s in the past, though she has also gone on to suggest that trying to visualize the idea just “doesn’t work.” Instead, Broccoli insists that the character needs to be a veteran “who has been through the wars, so to speak.
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