{"id":889090,"date":"2026-09-09T10:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/889090\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:24:13","slug":"new-bond-writer-says-it-was-a-little-easier-to-write-film-once-he-found-out-whod-been-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/889090\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bond writer says it was \u2018a little easier to write\u2019 film once he found out who\u2019d been cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Steven Knight, the screenwriter of the new James Bond<\/a> film, has revealed that the next 007 has been cast \u2013 and hinted that he\u2019s been writing with the actor in mind.<\/p>\n

Peaky Blinders creator Knight<\/a> is currently writing the 26th Bond film, which will reboot the franchise with a new actor in the lead role, and he suggested his job recently got a little easier when he found out who producers had chosen as the man for the most coveted role in cinema.<\/p>\n

Days after Gary Oldman claimed that producers had already decided who would play<\/a> the British spy, Knight appeared on Radio 4\u2019s Today programme, and was asked whether he had written the film with the chosen actor in mind or based on what he already knew about the character.<\/p>\n

\"StevenSteven Knight says he’s been writing new Bond film with Daniel Craig’s replacement in mind (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of both,\u201d he replied in the interview on Tuesday (8 September). \u201cIt does make life a little bit easier if you know who that person is, but also you have to write the character, not the actor.\u201d<\/p>\n

When questioned about when exactly he found out who was going to succeed Daniel Craig in the role, Knight squirmed, adding: “I\u2019ll refer you to my previous answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Oldman threw his support behind Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden<\/a>, who has in recent weeks emerged as the bookmakers\u2019 favourite to play the role. Other mooted frontrunners for the part include rising star Jack Barton (Heartstopper), Callum Turner (One Night Only), Jacob Elordi (Wuthering Heights), and Harris Dickinson (Babygirl).<\/p>\n

The decision is being made by Amy Pascal and David Heyman, as well as Dune filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who will direct the film.<\/p>\n

\"JackJack Lowden is the favourite to play Bond (Getty)<\/p>\n

Knight said that he\u2019s \u201ctrying to shut out\u201d the frenzied interest in the project, which will be the first Bond film since long-time producer Barbara Broccoli handed the keys for the Aston Martin over to Amazon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I can say is it feels like I\u2019m doing my duty for king and country \u2013 if you\u2019re a British writer, you have to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThe thing with Bond is it\u2019s its own universe and its own franchise. Obviously, you have to move it along, but I love where it sits. I love that it\u2019s British and it\u2019s not DC or Marvel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Knight said he \u201cfeels a responsibility to\u201d author Ian Fleming\u2019s source material\u201d.<\/p>\n

The last Bond film to be produced was 2021\u2019s No Time to Die, which served as Craig\u2019s fifth and final outing as the spy. The new film is not expected to start shooting until Villeneuve has released Dune: Part 3 in December.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Independent back in June<\/a>, casting director Debbie McWilliams, who helped select previous Bond actors such as Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Craig, said that \u201cit is absolutely essential that [Bond] retains a total enigma\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to see [Elordi, Turner, et al] as Bond because we now know so much about them,\u201d she added. \u201cWe want to know as little about them personally as possible, because that\u2019s what spies are. We don\u2019t need to know where he goes shopping or who his parents are, or where he lives \u2026 He\u2019s licensed to kill, and we have to believe that he can do that. If you don\u2019t, then you\u2019ve lost the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Rory Kinnear, who played the supporting character of Bill Tanner in the Craig era of Bond films, spoke about the possibility of returning to 007 for the reboot<\/a>. The actor, who featured in four Bond films, said he was hopeful that the new entry would retain a degree of \u201ccontinuity\u201d with Craig\u2019s run.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the exciting thing,\u201d he told The Times. \u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019ll want to hold on to some continuity, what it means to people. But there\u2019ll be a whole different approach.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-889090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}