Tom Hiddleston is overwhelmed he’s in the running to be the next James Bond.
The 35-year-old actor has been starring in BBC show The Night Manager, in which he plays a British spy. Through that role, Tom has been linked to taking over from Daniel Craig as the next actor to play 007 – a prospect he can’t get his head around.
“As somebody who grew up with Sean Connery and Roger Moore, when you mention it there’s a part of me that goes, ‘Really? are you kidding?’ ” Tom laughed during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night (22Mar16). “But I feel like who is going to be the next James Bond is the nation’s favourite pub conversations. It’s up there with ‘Who’s going to win The X Factor? When is the England national side going to live up to its full potential? Is Britain going to leave the EU?’ “
Tom also had his own suggestion for who he thinks would be a good replacement for Daniel, laughing: “I feel like Larry David would make a good James Bond!”
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The handsome actor’s latest role sees him star as American music legend Hank Williams in I Saw the Light, due for release this week (25Mar16).
Tom admits he felt a great deal of responsibility taking on the part, because he wanted to do the singer’s family proud.
“I took it quite seriously. I take the responsibility seriously,” he said. “I knew as a British actor going in to play such a loved icon of American music I had to commit myself to it. I was very dedicated to it. I went to Nashville and I lived with a musician called Rodney Crowell. I can yodel now. There comes a time in a man’s life when he’s called upon to yodel.”
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Tom then proceeded to demonstrate his yodelling skills, with Jimmy joking that he would be throwing away his chance to play Bond by doing so.
