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The next James Bond won't be announced for a while, but we've got a bit of a pointer as to who's likely not to get it. It's bad news for the three people still holding a candle for Idris Elba, and even worse news for anyone waiting for a James Bond Jr reboot.
"We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past," Bond producer Michael G Wilson said at a BFI event celebrating 60 years since Bond made his debut in Dr No. "But trying to visualise it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something."
Good news if you've just had that moment of terror where you realise you're now too old to make a tilt for the World Cup squad: the next cultural cut-off point to your youth is now being too old to get an audition for Bond. It's under-40s only now.
"He [Bond] isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off," said Wilson. "That’s why it works for a thirty-something."
Though the casting process has yet to begin in earnest ("No matter what others tell you") Wilson revealed that everyone who's got the role in the recent past has had to put their own spin on a classic Sean Connery moment.
"We always use the same scene… and that’s the one in From Russia With Love, where Bond comes back to his room after the assassination, and he starts taking off his shirt, goes into the room to bathe. Then he hears something, takes his gun, goes in and the girl’s in the bed."
That, you might recall, ends with Tatiana Romanova complaining that her mouth is too big.
"No, it's the right size," says Bond. "For me, that is".
He never goes back to turn off the bathroom tap.
"Anyone who can bring that scene off is right for Bond," said Wilson. "It’s tough to do."
