{"id":155036,"date":"2025-03-10T21:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/michael-fassbender-wants-rege-jean-page-to-be-the-next-james-bond\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:55:59","slug":"michael-fassbender-wants-rege-jean-page-to-be-the-next-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/michael-fassbender-wants-rege-jean-page-to-be-the-next-james-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Fassbender Wants Rege-Jean Page to Be the Next James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Michael Fassbender<\/strong><\/a> was long-rumored to be the next James Bond, but he and Naomie Harris<\/strong><\/a> exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> that they\u2019re pulling for one of their Black Bag<\/em> costars to take over as 007.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I think Reg\u00e9<\/strong>[-Jean Page<\/strong>]<\/a> could be a frontrunner after this, to be honest,\u201d Fassbender, 47, told Us<\/em>\u00a0at the New York City premiere of Black Bag on Sunday, March 9. I think he\u2019s fantastic. He\u2019s got all the attributes. So let\u2019s wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Black Bag<\/em> \u2014 which hits theaters Friday, March 14 \u2014 features Fassbender and Cate Blanchett<\/strong> as married spies, George and Kathryn, for the National Cyber Security Centre. George must find a mole within the organization, and he hopes it isn\u2019t his wife. The couple organize a dinner party and invite colleagues they suspect could be double agents, including George\u2019s direct report Colonel James Stokes (Page), psychologist Dr. Zoe Vaughan (Harris) and the begrudgingly overlooked Freddie Smalls (Tom Burke<\/strong>). The spouses analyze their friends as the clock is ticking on finding the traitor in this thriller, directed by Stephen Soderbergh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While Fassbender was often a favorite among oddsmakers to play Bond<\/a>, Harris, 44, has a little more experience with the franchise. The former Bond girl \u2014 she played Moneypenny in Skyfall<\/em> (2012), Spectre<\/em> (2015) and No Time to Die<\/em> (2021) \u2014 told Us<\/em> that the Bridgerton<\/em> alum would be the perfect 007 after Daniel Craig<\/strong>\u2018s departure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Reg\u00e9 would be amazing,\u201d Harris gushed to Us<\/em> on the Black Bag<\/em> red carpet. \u201cI\u2019d love Reg\u00e9 to be the next James Bond. But who knows? I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, Page has heard rumors that he is in the running for a Bond role, which he first addressed in April 2021 after the first season of Bridgerton<\/em><\/a> skyrocketed his star status.<\/p>\n

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\n Tom Burke, Marisa Abela, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Rege-Jean Page and Michael Fassbender at the \u2018Black Bag\u2019 premiere in New York on March 9, 2025.<\/span> ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAh, the \u2018B\u2019 word,\u201d Page joked to The Mirror<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cI think that if you are British, and you do anything of note that other people take notice of, then people will start talking about that. I think that\u2019s fairly normal and I\u2019m flattered to be in the category of Brits that people have noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Burke suggested another Brit known for historical dramas \u2014 but he went with a former Downton Abbey<\/em> star. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought Matthew Goode<\/strong>, personally,\u201d Burke told Us<\/em> at Sunday\u2019s premiere. \u201cHe has that double-edge charm, lethal thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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