The number of actors who are rumored to be playing the next James Bond might soon include nearly every single UK adult male. But one rumored actor has spoken out to say that there's no secret mission in his future. James Norton, known for his roles in Little Women and Black Mirror, was at the BAFTA Awards on February 16 where he was asked if he was aware that his name is at the top of many oddsmakers' lists to play the new 007 after Daniel Craig.
"Am I? Whoever's deciding on these odds needs to get a new job," Norton said, according to The Independent. "It's so weird and bemusing. But yet again, it's based on pure speculation," he added.
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Part of the rumors that Norton could be playing Bond stemmed from a strange viral fan theory. In the new series Playing Nice, in which Norton stars, there is one scene in which he is the only person at a formal gathering who is not wearing a tuxedo. The fan theory reasoned that this was because people who are contracted to play James Bond cannot wear tuxes in other projects.
"If that's not evidence to seal the deal, I don't know what is," Norton joked.
The idea that someone who has been cast as James Bond can't wear a tux in non-Bond TV shows or films is pretty nuts. The closest thing to reality on this was in 1969 when EON producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman freaked out because then-new Bond George Lazenby sported a full beard to the premiere of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, something the producers felt was unbecoming of Bond.
So, as far as anyone can tell, even if Norton was secretly 007, Barbara Broccoli is almost certainly not controlling his wardrobe choices on random TV shows.
Playing Nice is streaming on iTVx.
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