Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan wants to helm the next James Bond
Nolan said that "the influence of those movies in my filmography is embarrassingly apparent", but that it would have to be "the right moment" for him to take on Bond.
It's long been talked about as a match made in heaven, but Christopher Nolan has now re-asserted his love for the Bond movie - and the potential that he could take one on in the future.
The Oppenheimer director was speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast about his new film when he was asked about whether he is open to helming the next Bond film, to which he said: "The influence of those movies in my filmography is embarrassingly apparent. So there's no attempt to shy away from that."
He continued: "I love the films, it would be an amazing privilege to do one. At the same time, when you take on a character like that you’re working within a particular set of constraints.
"And so you have to have the right attitude towards that, it has to be the right moment in your creative life where you can express what you want to express and really burrow into something within the appropriate constraints, because you would never want to take on something like that and do it wrong.
"It's the kind of responsibility I felt very much taking on Batman."
Nolan continued: "You wouldn’t want to take on a film not fully committed to what you could bring to the table creatively. So, as a writer, casting, everything, that's the full package. You’d have to be really needed, you'd have to be really wanted in terms of bringing the totality of what you bring to a character.
"Otherwise, I’m very happy to be first in line to see whatever they do."
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The future of Bond is currently uncertain, with no director attached to the next film and no star currently announced to take on the role.
Director Quentin Tarantino recently made his own thoughts clear on where he thinks the franchise should go next, saying that "so many of the books have these really classic names and really classic adventures" and that "for the most part, a lot of them, they never did the book. They never did the stories."
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He continued: "They took the plot line and maybe the Bond girl or maybe the villain and then just went their own way. Tom Mankiewicz just goes his own way. He did the writing for a lot of them.
"I think they should not remake the movies but actually just do the books, but do them the way they were written. And those would all be brand new."
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
