Regé-Jean Page is simply too busy to be thinking about James Bond right now
"I worry about the work I have, not other people's jobs," said the Bridgerton actor about rumors of him playing the next 007
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Ever since Daniel Craig said farewell to the James Bond franchise, questions have circulated over who could next take on the role of the well-tailored spy. The main criteria from the Bond producers: British (duh), male, and thirty-something. Fitting perfectly into those traits is Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page, who has been at the top of many future James Bond lists, including The A.V. Club’s own 007 wishlist.
While he may be in the conversation of possible Bond actors, Page addressed the casting rumors with a blasé hand-wave in a recent interview with Vanity Fair.
“It’s a conversation people are having, and it’s terribly flattering that they’re having it,” said The Gray Man actor. “I leave them to it.”
After getting that seemingly coy answer which could have the feel of someone currently involved in a casting process, Page elaborated on whether he would take on the iconic British role if offered to do it.
“I have no idea,” answered Page. “It’s not a thing that is fully occupying my thoughts.”
He added, “I’ve got enough on my plate at the moment. I worry about the work I have, not other people’s jobs.”
Although Page’s answers seem pretty vague, the last part of “other people’s jobs” does lend us to the idea that maybe another British hunk has been offered keys to the Aston Martin. Bullet Train’s Aaron Taylor-Johnson did reportedly have a nice meeting with Bond producers back in November, pushing him to front-runner status. But hey, nothing’s confirmed yet, so we’ll keep Page in the race for Bond for the time being.
As Page said in his interview, he is plenty busy for the time being. He’ll next be starring beside Chris Pine in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, as well as playing Butch Cassidy alongside Glen Powell in the Russo Brothers’ re-imagining of the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
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Ouch, please fix the “too” in the header.
Can’t believe they botched “to busy too be thinking”.
Someone needs to have a talk with the headline copywriter.
Look, they’re simply to busy.
At this point I’m just assuming they don’t have one.
2 bzy 4 u
Came here too say this.
This way if the movie fails they can blame racism. But if it succeeds they can pretend it was due to being such a diverse project.
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Are we still talking about him as a huge star? What does that even mean anymore? He was in Bridgerton, then a minor Netflix movie, and a D&D movie, and that’s it.No offense to him, but that’s not the resume of a huge star.
“He was in Bridgerton, then a minor Netflix movie, and a D&D movie, and that’s it.”
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!???!?!
This article refers to him as a “Bridgerton star,” not a “huge” star (which I think matters because none of the actors who have portrayed James Bond were huge stars before being cast as 007; he’s a perfectly legitimate candidate). Otherwise, this article seems like a straight reporting of the facts. Not sure who’s talking about him as a huge star.
I’m not pulling huge star from the article. I mean this, and other websites, devote entire articles to this person, as opposed to, like dropping a line in a wrap up. They decide has the star power to give many full articles to, and I’m unclear why.
Uh, Roger Moore? His first role was in 1945.
Was he a huge star though? Compared to Lazenby, Connery, and even Craig, sure, but even back then, Broccoli was testing much bigger stars.
He was the highest paid television actor in the world and turned down Bond twice before LALD.
Oh, well, television…
“simply to busy”Are you so desperate for clicks that you’re now trolling grammar nazis, AV Club?
You tell us— after you figure out what words like “inverse” mean.:D 😀 😀
“Regé-Jean Page is simply to busy”And you’re two busy too give a fuck about using the correct word?
Have the Bond producers gotten the OK from Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly to cast a black man as 007 yet?
Excuse me. They answer to Piers Morgan and JK Rowling.
to busySeriously? And there’s nothing “nazi” about expecting a small modicum of competence.
““I have no idea,” answered Page….Although Page’s answers seem pretty vague”What is vague about I don’t know? Seems pretty fucking definite to me.
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