{"id":824844,"date":"2026-11-05T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/824844\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:14:10","slug":"pierce-brosnan-approves-of-callum-turner-as-new-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/824844\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan Approves of Callum Turner as New James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPierce Brosnan<\/a> has given his James Bond<\/a> seal of approval to Callum Turner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Irish actor \u2014 who played 007 across four films from 1995 to 2002 \u2014 told Vanity Fair<\/a> in a new interview that he is \u201ceagerly\u201d awaiting the announcement of the next Bond like the rest of us, and could see Turner taking the role. Brosnan previously shared the screen with Turner in 2017\u2019s \u201cThe Only Living Boy in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOh, I\u2019m just an audience member now. I\u2019m just the man in the street who is eager to see who is going to play this epic role of cinematic history,\u201d Brosnan said when asked if he\u2019s keeping up with the Bond chatter. \u201cAll the men who are on the list now are actors I admire. Callum Turner is someone I\u2019ve worked with, and he\u2019s so strong. They all have a voice and a physique, and a presence on film. They all have longevity as actors, all of these young men.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Variety reported<\/a>, the other frontrunner appears to be \u201cSlow Horses\u201d star Jack Lowden and final auditions are believe to be taking place in London. Other names that have previously been floated include Josh O\u2019Connor and Jacob Elordi. <\/p>\n

\n\tAsked his advice for the next actor to don Bond\u2019s dapper suit, Brosnan said: \u201cWhoever plays the role, I wish him the very best of life and strength and courage. You know, it\u2019s hard to tell who it would be, but I eagerly await to hear the news and the celebration of the next James Bond.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tBrosnan is particularly excited to see \u201cDune\u201d director Denis Villeneuve\u2019s take on the spy franchise. \u201cI think we are going to be blown away. I really do,\u201d he said. \u201c[Villeneuve] is such an iconoclastic director. His work is visionary, and his stealth and imagination of camera work and storytelling is so visceral and sensuous. It\u2019s going to be great. It\u2019s going to be truly magnificent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRead Brosnan\u2019s full Vanity Fair interview<\/a> here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan has given his James Bond seal of approval to Callum Turner. The Irish actor \u2014 who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7135,96,5453,2839,28338,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-824844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-callum-turner","tag-entertainment","tag-james-bond","tag-movies","tag-pierce-brosnan","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824844","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=824844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}