{"id":509284,"date":"2026-04-02T17:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:16:12","slug":"henry-cavill-id-love-to-be-a-bond-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509284\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cavill: “I’d Love To Be A Bond Villain”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lionsgate, Amazon<\/p>\n

Over twenty years ago, the finalists for a new James Bond came down to three men \u2013 Daniel Craig, Henry Cavill and Sam Worthington. Craig, then 37, was considered the frontrunner for the part and ultimately got it.<\/p>\n

Cavill, at the time, was a 22-year-old rising star from the likes of \u201cTristan and Isolde\u201d and \u201cThe Count of Monte Cristo\u201d and had been pegged to play Superman in McG\u2019s collapsed \u201cSuperman: Flyby\u201d project. <\/p>\n

The producers were reportedly impressed with his audition, but the trouble was he was deemed far too young for the character. Though he missed out, Cavill went on to carve a successful career of his own, including getting to play Superman in Zack Snyder\u2019s \u201cMan of Steel\u201d years later.<\/p>\n

Even now, the 42-year-old actor remains one of the favourites for the role despite his age not gelling with Amazon\u2019s plans to get a thirtysomething actor who will stick with the role for a decade.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Heat Magazine<\/a>, Cavill has ruled himself out of playing James Bond but is keen on another part in the franchise:<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t turn the role down \u2013 it just wasn\u2019t the right time. What actor wouldn\u2019t love to be Bond? But at 42, I\u2019d probably be considered a bit old to start now. I would love to be a Bond villain, though. If it was the right character, I think that would be fascinating to explore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the next 007 film, with Steven Knight penning the film. No actor has been officially cast as Bond yet, and said announcement isn\u2019t expected for months as Villeneuve finishes up \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d ahead of its December release.<\/p>\n

In the same interview, Cavill also says fatherhood has shifted his perspective: \u201cYour priorities change. What you used to prioritise before no longer seems quite as important\u201d and says kids that come up to him \u201cdon\u2019t see you as the actor who plays the superhero, they see you as actual Superman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cavill has multiple films on the way with \u201cIn the Grey\u201d arriving this Summer, \u201cEnola Holmes 3\u201d on Netflix later this year, the live-action \u201cVoltron\u201d film in early 2027, and the currently filming \u201cHighlander\u201d reboot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionsgate, Amazon Over twenty years ago, the finalists for a new James Bond came down to three men…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[94966,6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-509284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bigslider","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509284","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=509284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}