007: The Barbie actor who should play James Bond, according to Greta Gerwig

Still no actor defined to replace Daniel Craig as 007the future of the franchise James Bond remains quite mysterious. Although, Greta Gerwigdirector of Barbiemade a suggestion to Kingsley Ben-Adir be the next to take on the mantle of the world’s most famous spy.

Participating in the podcast Variety Awards Circuitthe filmmaker recalled how Ben-Adir was “so funny” playing one of the versions of Ken, in addition to praising his talent as an actor. In addition to Barbiehe appeared in High Fidelity, Secret Invasion, One Night in Miami It is Peaky Blinders.

“He can do anything and is a very suitable, trained British actor. He can do the voice of [Laurence] Olivierso we had versions where he turned around and was British,” he said. “But that was one of those [momentos], when he turned around and did that voice – everyone on the set, everyone’s jaw dropped. He became this different person.”

I think in the direction I gave him, I said something like, ‘Ascend the throne’ and he said, ‘I get it.’ And he turned and ascended the throne. I was like, ‘Take this to whoever’s doing it Bond, [eles] need it immediately.

007: Even without an actor, the next James Bond has already broken a record in the franchise; understand

Last actor to play James Bond, Daniel Craig revealed how he would leave the legendary franchise in 2019, and his farewell to the role took place in 007 – No Time to Die, released on September 30, 2021 in Brazilian cinemas. Even without a definition, the next artist to take on the spy mantle has already broken a record.

Before Craigwho played the character between 2005 and 2021, James Bond went through actors like Sean Connery (1961–1967, 1970–1971 and 1982–1983), David Niven (1967), George Lazenby (1968–1969), Roger Moore (1972–1985), Timothy Dalton (1986–1994) and Pierce Brosnan (1994–2004).

In other words, it has been four years since Craig confirmed his retirement from the franchise 007 during participation in the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2019. How Screen Rant Note, this interval is quite long if you compare it to the other sequences. The longest time the public was left without news was the two years between the final films of Sean Connery, Lazenby It is Moore.