Next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan says

Actor Pierce Brosnan has said it is simply a "given" that the adjacent James Bond should beryllium British.

In an interrogation with the Sunday Telegraph, the erstwhile Bond besides said helium thought it was the "right decision" for the franchise's long-standing producers to manus originative power to Amazon.

"It takes large courageousness for them to fto go," said Brosnan, who is Irish.

"I anticipation that [Amazon] handles the enactment and the quality with dignity and imaginativeness and respect."

The prime of Daniel Craig's successor volition beryllium a determination for Amazon MGM Studios.

James Norton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James - who are each English - are among the bookmakers' favourites to capable Craig's shoes.

Bond has been played by 2 non-British actors successful the past - Australian George Lazenby arsenic good arsenic Irishman Brosnan - but 007 has ne'er been an American, and among the names mooted for the role is California-born Austin Butler.

Other non-British names that person been suggested see Irish stars Paul Mescal, Cillian Murphy and Aidan Turner, oregon Australian Jacob Elordi.

Under the woody announced past month, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson volition stay co-owners of the franchise but Amazon MGM Studios "will summation originative control".

Brosnan, 71, told the Telegraph: "History has been passed connected and I'm precise arrogant to person been portion of the past and the bequest of Bond and the movies I made with Barbara and Michael."

It is not wide erstwhile the adjacent Bond volition beryllium announced - and determination is inactive nary timescale for erstwhile the adjacent movie volition beryllium made.

The past movie successful the franchise, No Time To Die successful 2021, was Craig's last.

But fixed however overmuch clip it takes to marque a blockbuster movie, the spread betwixt No Time To Die and the adjacent movie could interruption the six-year grounds for the longest play betwixt Bond releases.

Pierce Brosnan starred successful 4 Bond films from 1995's GoldenEye until 2002's Die Another Day.