Next James Bond favourite James Norton finally responds to those 007 rumours | Films | Entertainment

The hosts went wild at this, admitting that they personally weren’t allowed to ask about 007.

Dodging the question, Norton replied: “The Bond question! Do you know what, when they asked me what the villain I’d like to play, I was like, ‘Don’t say Bond villain, don’t say Bond villain.’ Because you know the story, the media headline…

“Is it the end of a sad dad era? I don’t think so. I think there’s more sad dads to come. In fact, the show I just mentioned, playing King Harold in the Battle of Hastings drama [King and Conqueror] which we’ve got coming out, I’ve got a little tinge of the sad dad in that. So, I’m not out of that era quite yet!”