{"id":518978,"date":"2026-04-08T05:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518978\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:43:13","slug":"hollywood-director-says-sydney-sweeney-should-be-next-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518978\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood director says Sydney Sweeney should be next James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Ever since Daniel Craig stepped down from the hit franchise in 2021 after No Time To Die, speculation has been rife about who is going to fill in his shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">A surprising name that has been thrown in the ring is Sydney Sweeney, who is facing rumours that could be cast as the next James Bond &#8211; and a top Hollywood director has recently tipped her as the perfect choice for 007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">In an interview with The Sun, Bridesmaids director Paul Feig said: &#8220;I&#8217;d rather Sydney be the next Bond. There have been some cool Bond girls, but come on, let her be the super-spy, she\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;She&#8217;s one of the hardest-working people I know, so professional, so smart, so savvy. I think she\u2019d be a good spy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment\/carey-mulligan-cbe-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carey Mulligan says new Bond \u2018has big shoes to fill\u2019 as she picks up CBE award<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Sweeney has also addressed the rumours herself back in October, when she suggested she might not be interested in a supporting role as a &#8216;Bond girl&#8217; but rather the leading part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cI think I\u2019d have more fun as James Bond,\u201d the Euphoria star said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Asked about whether she would be on board for the film, she added: \u201cI can\u2019t\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026 To be honest, I don\u2019t know all the Bond rumours, but I\u2019ve always been a huge fan of the franchise, and I\u2019m excited and curious to see what they do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Sweeney has rose to fame thanks to her break-out role on HBO\u2019s teen drama Euphoria. Since then, she has been cast in slow-burn whodunnit series The White Lotus as well as box office hits Anyone But You and The Housemaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Social media users have previously speculated that Callum Turner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jacob Elordi are vying to succeed Daniel Craig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">While no casting has been confirmed for the next Bond film, Dune\u2019s Denis Villeneuve will be directing, while Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has been revealed as scriptwriter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since Daniel Craig stepped down from the hit franchise in 2021 after No Time To Die, speculation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-518978","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\/518978","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=518978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}