{"id":9444,"date":"2023-03-22T01:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T01:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/comedian-daisy-may-cooper-in-talks-to-play-m-in-next-bond-film\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T01:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T01:01:44","slug":"comedian-daisy-may-cooper-in-talks-to-play-m-in-next-bond-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/comedian-daisy-may-cooper-in-talks-to-play-m-in-next-bond-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Daisy May Cooper &apos;in talks to play M in next Bond film&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-03-22\" datetime=\"1679446904\" pubdate=\"\">22 March 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Daisy May Cooper is reportedly in talks to join the 007 franchise to play spy boss \u2018M\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Comedian Daisy May Cooper is reportedly in talks to join the 007 franchise to play spy boss \u2018M\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Producers are said to be hoping the 36-year-old actress \u2013 who is a friend of \u2018No Time to Die\u2019 co-writer Phoebe Waller Bridge \u2013 will bring a \u201ccomedic and quirky edge\u201d to the role, previously played by acting heavyweights Dame Judi Dench, 88, and 60-year-old Ralph Fiennes, as part of a shake-up of the series after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/daniel-craig\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,daniel-craig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Craig<\/a>\u2019s departure as James Bond.<\/p>\n<p>A source told The Sun: \u201cDaisy is a close pal of Phoebe, whose involvement in Bond was such a success that it sparked an unlikely conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly the production team were getting excited about the prospect of really taking \u2018M\u2019 in a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Daniel leaving, it seemed the time to start looking at changes across the board and the dynamic between Bond and \u2018M\u2019 is at the heart of the films.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo this opens the door to it being a bit lighter and more comedic going forwards \u2013 and will of course impact the direction the new 007 goes in too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sun added film insiders said the decision to return to a female \u2018M\u2019 is another sign the next Bond will remain male after speculation the spy\u2019s gender could be changed for the next installment.<\/p>\n<p>\nPhoebe and Daisy\u2019s involvement in the next Bond could bring a shift in the 007 series back to its more comedic elements, displayed in Sean Connery and Roger Moore\u2019s eras as the spy.<\/p>\n<p>\nChief of the Secret Intelligence Service \u2018M\u2019 has appeared since James Bond\u2019s beginning in the Ian Fleming novels, and was based on the writer\u2019s superior in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War Two.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter gaining critical acclaim and a Bafta for her role in BBC mockumentary \u2018This Country\u2019, Daisy made her black comedy \u2018Am I Being Unreasonable?\u2019 for BBC1, which also received rave reviews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/comedian-daisy-may-cooper-talks-play-next-bond-film-1375535.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 March 2023 Comedian Daisy May Cooper is reportedly in talks to join the 007 franchise to play spy boss \u2018M\u2019. Comedian Daisy May Cooper is reportedly in talks to join the 007 franchise to play spy boss \u2018M\u2019 Producers are said to be hoping the 36-year-old actress \u2013 who is a friend of \u2018No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1180,1174,829,1177,1181,1178,1179,1175,1176,1183,1182],"class_list":{"0":"post-9444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-1180","9":"tag-daisy-may-cooper","10":"tag-dame-judi-dench","11":"tag-daniel-craig","12":"tag-ian-fleming","13":"tag-james-bond","14":"tag-m","15":"tag-phoebe-waller-bridge","16":"tag-ralph-fiennes","17":"tag-roger-moore","18":"tag-sean-connery"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}