Pierce Brosnan on 007 future as he says next James Bond must be British

Actor Pierce Brosnan has said it is a “given” that the next James Bond should be British. His comments comes following concerns that the franchise will not be British anymore in the wake of Amazon MGM Studios taking creative control over the 007 character.

In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the former Bond also said he thought it was the “right decision” for the franchise’s long-standing producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson to hand creative control to Amazon.

“It takes great courage for them to let go”, said Brosnan. “I thought it was coming for some time I guess, but I think it was the right decision for Barbara and Michael. I hope that]Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and imagination and respect”.

In February, the US film and television production and distribution studio announced it will be co-owners with Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who have produced the Bond films together since Brosnan’s first movie – 1995’s GoldenEye.

Brosnan, 71, who played Bond in four films, added that “no one really knows” what will happen to 007 in Amazon’s control.

“In this world that is moving so fast now, at the speed of light, (the change) does come with a certain lament”, he said.

The interview added that Brosnan said it was a “given” for Bond to remain British despite the new US owners.

He said: “History has been passed on and I’m very proud to have been part of the history and the legacy of Bond and the movies that I made with Barbara and Michael.

” That we moved the needle, that we brought it back to life. It had been dormant]for] six years and GoldenEye was such a success that it continued and went from strength to strength… I wish them well. “

Andrew Garfield, the British-American Spider-Man actor, is among the bookmakers ‘ favourites for the role, while the American Oscar Isaac and Chilean-American Pedro Pascal are also contenders.

British-born James Norton, who starred in Happy Valley, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who appeared in Kick-Ass and Kraven the Hunter, remain other names linked to the role to step into Craig’s shoes.

Before the Amazon announcement, the Mirror had reported uncertainty around the next Bond project and when it would start.

Daniel Craig’s final film No Time To Die was released in September 2021 and the following year in June 2022 Bond producer Barbara Broccoli said the next Bond film was a long way from starting.

At the time she told Deadline:” There isn’t a script and we can’t come up with one until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because, really, it’s a reinvention of Bond.

“We’re reinventing who he is, and that takes time. I’d say that filming is at least two years away”.

With Amazon now in creative control and no new Bond appointed, it is likely to be up to three years before we see a new 007 unleashed on screen.

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Source: Mirror