Jack O'Connell is open to playing Bond: "It's not something I'm going to turn my nose up at"

Mar. 1, 2024



Exclusive: The Back to Black star is open to suiting up as 007

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Ever since Daniel Craig hung up his tuxedo withNo Time To Die, speculation about thenext James Bondhas been running rampant.

One of the names often included in the conversation is Back to Black star Jack O’Connell. As he tellsTotal Film in our new issue, out now and featuring Road House on the cover, it’s a role he’d consider.

O’Connell can soon be seen in Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, playing Blake Fielder-Civil opposite Marisa Abela’s Winehouse. You can see an exclusive picture of the duo below, which depicts their wedding day.

Back to Black is released on April 12. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the new issue of Total Film, on sale now.

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I’m the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I’ve worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.

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