With hypothesis at present working rife, Alan Partridge is the newest public determine to talk out about who ought to be the subsequent James Bond. 

In a brand new in-character Q&A interview in The Guardian, the Steve Coogan creation was requested whether or not he himself would settle for the provide to play the spy if the prospect got here round. 

“Wouldn’t occur,” he replied. 

“There’s a sequence to the casting of 007. They select an actor from one of many smaller UK nations, then from a non-British Commonwealth nation and at last an Englishman – and repeat. Actor from smaller UK nation (Connery, Scotland), non-British actor (Lazenby, Australia), Englishman (Moore, England). Sequence accomplished, we go once more: actor from smaller UK nation (Dalton, Wales), non-British actor (Brosnan, Eire), Englishman (Craig, England).” 

“So, you see, I couldn’t be the subsequent Bond. It’ll be James Nesbitt (Northern Eire), Ryan Gosling (Canada), then an Englishman. Assuming Nesbitt and Gosling do three motion pictures every (one each three years), the earliest I may take the function can be 2041, after I’d be in my 80s. That’s virtually definitely too previous.”  

“Whereas I’ve concepts as to how the function could possibly be barely rewritten to accommodate the key agent’s mobility and bladder points, even then I feel it very, impossible they’d select me. Given all that? Not going to occur … most likely not going to occur.” 

It’s not simply the id of the actor enjoying the title function that has individuals speculating. This week, Christopher Nolan confirmed that he is not going to be directing the subsequent instalment within the franchise, regardless of being a serious fan. 

He mentioned there was “sadly no reality” to these rumours, including: “The affect of these motion pictures in my filmography is embarrassingly obvious. It will be an incredible privilege to do one,” Nolan mentioned. “On the identical time, if you tackle a personality like that you just’re working with a selected set of constraints.” 

Earlier this month, Bond producer Greg Wilson confirmed that they aren’t but engaged on the subsequent movie at this stage. “There can be one other Bond some day, however we’re not actively creating it,” he mentioned. 

And with rumours flying round about who would possibly play the subsequent Bond, collection producer Barbara Broccoli addressed the brand new section of the story following the character’s loss of life on the finish of No Time To Die by saying, “It’s gonna take some time for us to get – , it’s a complete new reinvention. So it’ll take a while.” 

A ballot carried out over the summer time by William Hill Vegas discovered that the UK’s best choice for the subsequent James Bond is Idris Elba, simply forward of Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill. 

Broccoli additionally just lately commented: “There’s an enormous, massive street forward reinventing it for the subsequent chapter and we haven’t even begun with that.” 

Not too long ago, the Amazon Prime Video collection 007: Street to a Million collection launched, which sees contestants tackle Bond-inspired challenges around the globe for an opportunity to win a £1million money prize. 

Succession’s Brian Cox hosts the present, and he just lately admitted that he thought he had signed as much as be the subsequent Bond villain when he agreed to the present.