James Bond star addresses Daniel Craig replacement as they insist 007 needs to be 'renewed'
Daniel Craig has said goodbye to the role of James Bond for good
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Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond in No Time to Die offered the perfect chance for a reset.
Craig's Bond bowed out in heroic circumstances as the 55-year-old actor's take on the iconic spy met his demise following an intriguing and brutal battle with Rami Malek's Safin and Spectre.
A number of names have been tipped to take on the role of Bond in a post-Craig era.
These include the likes of James Norton, Damson Idris, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Henry Cavill and many, many more.
In what would be a first for the franchise as well, the possibility of having a Black or female actor take on the role has been suggested - although producer Barbara Broccoli has publicly suggested Bond should remain a man.
Addressing the revamp Bond will undergo whoever takes over from Craig, Q star Ben Whishaw has spoken about the film's future.
Ben Whishaw played Q in the James Bond films
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Discussing his own future in the movies, he said: "I was only contracted to do three films, and they’re done.
"How many films have they made – 25 or something?" he added before he turned his attention to Bond's future.
He told Radio Times Magazine: "I think they have to keep renewing it if they want to keep going!"
Whishaw also touched upon the impact appearing in Bond has had on his private life.
"Honestly, no one recognises me ever. Hardly ever," Whishaw admitted.
"I go on the Tube in London. I go on the bus. No one stops me. So it doesn’t affect my life really.
"It’s only when you go to a film festival and people are screaming at the red carpet that I remember, 'Oh God, I’m in these films,' but it doesn’t really alter my day-to-day existence."
How exactly Bond bosses will "renew" the character remains to be seen but as mentioned earlier, it is something Broccoli has spoken about publicly prior to Whishaw's latest quotes.
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Ben Whishaw was speaking in next week's Radio Times
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She told the Hollywood Reporter in 2021: "He should be British, so British can be any (ethnicity or race). I think one of the successes of Bond is that it isn't afraid to change with the times.
"Sometimes it got a little stuck in the time, but the books were written in the '50s, the films started in the '60s."
Broccoli added: "I mean, the world has changed dramatically since then. We've just had to constantly reinvent him, and we've had the opportunity with each new actor to recalibrate the series."
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