At this present time, there are potentially dozens of actors who are hoping that they have some kind of realistic chance to succeed Daniel Craig as the next James Bond. The franchise is making moves forward, with Denis Villeneuve recently tapped to helm the next film with a new 007, and that means that it probably won’t be too long before we learn who will be the movie’s leading man. But while many stars are hoping to get the gig, Henry Golding evidently isn’t one of them, as he seems to have no interest in taking on a role with so much pressure riding on it.
Amid the recent news about the next James Bond movie, People caught up with Golding on the red carpet for the premiere of Netflix’s The Old Guard 2 in Los Angeles, and when he was asked about playing the world’s most famous super spy, he didn’t hold back. The Another Simple Plan star told the reporter,
I think that’s every actor’s kind of nightmare.
Amazon Prime subscribers can see him reprise his role as Sean Townsend in the aforementioned Another Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively; those with Hulu accounts can see him as part of the ensemble in Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2; and those who are signed up for Netflix can soon see him in The Old Guard 2, which will be debuting on July 2.