AdvertisementDuring an appearance on Wednesday’s edition of The Tonight Show, the British actor publicly stated his case to be considered for the part. “Traditionally, actors playing James Bond have not looked like me, right?” he began, before joking: “Traditionally, actors playing James Bond have always been five foot nine or over. This is the land of ‘why not?’.”Riz recently shared his own personal history with the James Bond franchise during an interview with Vulture. Advertisement“My dad was into [James Bond], so [the first film I saw] was probably a Sean Connery one, but I couldn’t tell you exactly,” he said. “It’s a young, young memory, you know?

Source: Huffington Post March 19, 2026 13:17 UTC