To say javier bardem is in demand is an understatement. The actor has not only been offered the lead role in Ron Howard's Dark Tower adaptation, but now a big role in Sam Mendes' still untitled Bond 23..
Deadline has just learned that Javier Bardem has been offered a starring role in the upcoming James Bond film recently set for a November 9, 2012, release. Details about the character are being kept under wraps for now. But traditionally the biggest male role opposite 007 is the villain, and Bardem played a truly villainous villain in his Oscar-winning turn in No Country For Old Men two years ago.
And he has just been nominated for a second potential Academy Award for his turn in
Biutiful. No word yet on whether Bardem has accepted this, or indeed the part of Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower. More info as we have it.
Plot details for the next
Bond movie are non existent for now. All we know is that Daniel Craig will be returning as Bond, with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. And the story is supposed to begin where. Quantum Of Solace leaves off.
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