Sam Heughan has emerged as one of many prime contenders to play the enduring spy James Bond after Daniel Craig stepped down.
The Dumfries born actor, greatest identified for his function as Highland warrior Jamie Fraser in Diana Gabaldon's historic fantasy collection Outlander, addressed the 007 rumours in a current interview.
It comes as Craig, 53, who first took on the function for 2006's On line casino Royale, has left the franchise after 5 movies.
Discussing James Bond with with the Sunday Instances, Sam, 41, admitted that he really auditioned for the function in 2006 again when Daniel Craig was employed.
Sam instructed the publication he thinks the subsequent movie within the franchise will go “again to the place all of it started”, however he would like to throw his kilt within the ring.
“I feel any British actor would. What would I carry? Scottish allure and a slight humour.”
Talking on Alex Zane's podcast Simply The Details, Sam admitted it might be 'wonderful' as he mentioned the web hypothesis and hype round him becoming a member of MI6 within the subsequent Bond flick.
He instructed the podcast: "It is all media and it is all simply... there is not any weight to it in any respect, there is not any reality to it. However having stated that, you'll be able to't assist however then assume 'God, it might be wonderful".
"I've been up for Bond, I went up once they did Bond 21.
"It was a tremendous expertise and I used to be fully out of my depth. However I feel now I really feel the correct age for it, I really feel succesful sufficient to do it, I would love the chance to throw my hat within the ring. Undoubtedly."
Sam beforehand instructed Scottish Subject journal that he would "bounce on the probability to play a personality like that" when asking about enjoying 007.
He additionally mentioned the opposite well-known faces to play the womanising spy: "That is fairly controversial. Sean Connery was, in fact, iconic. I’ve labored with Roger Moore and liked his tackle it.
"He was a complete gentleman. However I really favored Timothy Dalton. In The Residing Daylights, I assumed he was sort of darkish, and I loved that."
Even Sam's Outlander co-star and Males in Kilts collaborator fellow Scotsman Graham McTavish has even expressed an curiosity in enjoying a Bond villain.
In an interview on this month’s Scottish Subject journal, McTavish stated: “When it comes to movie, I'd like to be a Bond villain.
“That may be a large dream come true. I'd just about retire at that time."
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