Luke Evans is giving completely nothing away about whether or not or not he’s the following James Bond.
Hypothesis over who will take over from Daniel Craig has been rife for a sizzling minute, with names together with Henry Cavill and Idris Elba within the combine.
Welsh actor Evans, 43, has lengthy been tipped to tackle 007 subsequent, and has beforehand mentioned he’d ‘soar’ on the likelihood to play the long-lasting function.
However, you’re not going to squeeze affirmation out of him that simply, because the star is remaining tight-lipped.
Regardless of her greatest efforts, The One Present host Alex Jones couldn’t get a lot from the Dracula Untold star as he appeared on the BBC present on Friday (November 4).
‘We’ve bought to start out with some rumours which might be circulating,’ the guy Welsh star started, earlier than enjoying the well-known Bond theme tune and asking Evans if it ‘means something’ to him.
The West Finish performer maintained his greatest poker face, shaking his head and denying any connection to the observe.
‘Apparently, final week, the percentages of you being Bond have been slashed,’ she continued, to which Evans replied innocently: ‘Have been they?’
‘However, I imply, you wouldn’t inform us something anyway, even should you knew, would you?, she probed.
After Evans shook his head with a slight smirk, she added: ‘Let’s faux the decision’s are available, what kind of Bond are you gonna be?’
Laughing that he could be a ‘Welsh’ Bond, inevitably, Evans mentioned: ‘Positively Welsh. I don’t know. I’ve by no means actually thought of it. It’s a bit like jinxing it by speaking about it.’
‘They’d be large footwear to fill, wouldn’t they?’, he famous.
Refusing to confess defeat, the One Present host nudged: ‘However you’d fairly prefer it, wouldn’t you?’
‘Meh, I’d take pleasure in it, at a push,’ Evans laughed, earlier than suggesting filmmakers might ‘save a fortune’ by additionally getting him to sing the theme tune.
‘I imply, who is aware of?’, he concluded. ‘It's famously one of the best saved secret within the film world, proper?’
‘So, nobody is aware of,’ he admitted, though we’re not so satisfied he’s as clueless as he makes out…
The Lease star has been vocal about his love for all issues Bond, just lately providing his opinion on the franchise, praising it for shifting with the instances.
On how the long-lasting movie collection has moved away from the key agent’s womanising methods, the place Bond would hook-up with a number of ladies per film, he mentioned: ‘We’re not within the Roger Moore [era] the place he sleeps with 5 ladies per movie, that’s probably not what he’s about anymore.’
Evans added that he felt audiences have been now ‘extra within the spectacle, the story’.
He beforehand informed The Guardian: ‘I don’t know what the present temperature is with audiences, whether or not they care sufficient to fret about what James Bond does within the bed room,’ as he confirmed his curiosity in taking up the function of the long-lasting and suave MI6 operative.
Additionally requested whether or not that remark referred to Bond’s sexuality, or that of the actor enjoying him, Evans – who's homosexual – confirmed to The Impartial: ‘Each, I suppose.’
Solely time will inform who’s set to tackle the character subsequent…
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