{"id":371347,"date":"2026-01-15T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/371347\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:51:09","slug":"kevin-oleary-wants-to-play-a-bond-villain-and-he-also-wants-007-to-be-a-woman-geektyrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/371347\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin O\u2019Leary Wants To Play a Bond Villain and He also Wants 007 To Be a Woman \u2014 GeekTyrant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people know Kevin O\u2019Leary as the sharp-tongued dealmaker from Shark Tank. Lately though, he\u2019s been testing out a very different arena. O\u2019Leary recently made his feature film debut in Marty Supreme<\/a>, playing Milton Rockwell opposite Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. <\/p>\n

That includes a paddleball spanking that nobody saw coming. Apparently, that experience flipped a switch, because O\u2019Leary isn\u2019t done acting. He was actually really good in the film! <\/p>\n

With awards season in full swing, O\u2019Leary spoke to AP Entertainment ahead of the Golden Globe winners announcement and made it clear that he\u2019s hooked. Acting is something he wants to pursue again, and he already has a very specific target in mind. Not just any role either, but one of the most iconic villain slots in cinema history. As he put it:<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I\u2019ve done this, I really want to do it again, and I know specifically what I want. I might as well \u2014 I\u2019m used to asking for what I want. I want to be the bad guy in Bond. Nobody can do it the way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to laugh that off at first, but Bond villains have come from all over the world, and O\u2019Leary has already proven he\u2019s comfortable on camera in Marty Supreme. Would he headline as the main antagonist? Probably not. But as a cold open threat or a flashy early obstacle for 007 to take out, it isn\u2019t hard to picture him fitting into that universe.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Leary also shared his bigger idea for where the franchise should go next. During the same conversation, he threw out a take that\u2019s been sparking debates for years now, arguing that it\u2019s time to rethink who gets to carry the Walther PPK:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I want Bond to be a woman this time, and I think there could be a new tension between good and bad, you know, darkness and evil. And I just \u2014 I\u2019ve been dissatisfied ever since the \u201860s. I want real bad, and I\u2019m the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question of a female Bond has hovered over the franchise ever since Daniel Craig started nearing the end of his run. Some voices have supported the idea, while others have pushed back hard. <\/p>\n

Craig himself has said Bond should remain male, a stance echoed by his Quantum of Solace costar Gemma Arterton. Longtime franchise producer Barbara Broccoli also stated in 2020 that James Bond would always be a man.<\/p>\n

That certainty has softened a bit now that Amazon MGM Studios controls the franchise, leaving fans guessing which traditions will stick and which might finally be challenged.<\/p>\n

One thing that is locked in is the creative team. The next James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve <\/a>and written by Steven Knight. Whether or not Kevin O\u2019Leary ends up anywhere near that production is still very much up in the air.<\/p>\n

For now, if you\u2019re curious to see how \u201cMr. Wonderful\u201d handles himself on the big screen, Marty Supreme is still playing in theaters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most people know Kevin O\u2019Leary as the sharp-tongued dealmaker from Shark Tank. Lately though, he\u2019s been testing out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-371347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}