Ewen McGregor talks about his potential future as 007 - `It might take a bigger man to turn it down`

06-Dec-2003 • Actor News

Ewen McGregor has revealed his feelings to the Toronto Star about being a potential "next Bond" after Pierce Brosnan steps down.

McGregor`s name often comes up as a possible contender in the media, alongside the likes of Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman and Colin Farrell, and McGregor makes no secret he`s interested.

"There has been talk of it, but not with the people that matter," McGregor says. "I believe Pierce is either doing his last (Bond film) or he`s doing one more.

"It`s interesting. It`s a fun thing to talk about when it`s not really even on the cards. In the same respects, I`m not sure what would happen if it cropped up. You`d have to really think about it. I think you`d have to really think about it in the same way that I did with the Star Wars films. I really thought about it and spoke to people I knew and in the end I just wanted to do it more and more, the closer it got.

"I think it would be the same with Bond. It might take a bigger man to turn it down."

Thanks to AirBond for the alert.
And then there`s all the sex. Could he hold up Bond`s end in that department?

"There`s not very much sex in them anymore, anyway," McGregor parries. "There is more sex in Young Adam (McGregor`s new film) than there was in the last five Bond films."