Bernard Lee`s grandson Jonny Lee Miller talks James Bond

Eleven years after making a splash as Sick Boy in Trainspotting, the English actor Jonny Lee Miller is playing another Scot as the title character in The Flying Scotsman, a biopic about the cyclist Graham Obree (out May 4th in limited release). Miller — whose credits include Afterglow, Melinda & Melinda, and Aeon Flux — doesn't like to discuss his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, so EW asked him about other stuff, like James Bond.

Your grandfather was Bernard Lee, who played M in the James Bond movies. Did you grow up a big James Bond fan?
I did, absolutely, yeah.

Favorites?
Moonraker is probably the earliest memory I have of going to see one in the cinema. But I was a big Spy Who Loved Me fan as well. And Thunderball.

Is it true you were up to play James Bond in Casino Royale?
That's just rumor and conjecture. I mean, I never heard anything about it, so I doubt that I was. [Laughs]

Would you ever wanna play Bond, since it's in the family?
Hey, it's something that if came along, I would definitely consider it, yeah.

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