Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan has addressed rumours that he will direct the next James Bond movie.
Talk of Nolan's involvement in the popular spy franchise has been circulating for years following multiple comments from the director saying he admired the movies and would like to become involved in the franchise one day.
However, Nolan has now put rumours that he is set to direct the next film in the series to rest, distancing himself from any speculation.
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In an interview with the Associated Press, when asked if his next movie project might be James Bond, Nolan said: "No, sadly no – no truth to those rumours."
Previously teasing a potential involvement back in July, Nolan said on an episode of Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast that it would be "an amazing privilege" to direct a Bond movie.
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"The influence of those movies in my filmography is embarrassingly apparent. It would be an amazing privilege to do one," Nolan said.
"At the same time, when you take on a character like that, you're working with a particular set of constraints," he added when discussing how he would approach the Bond legacy.
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Speaking about how a filmmaker might take on the challenge of creating a movie within an established film franchise, Nolan said that it must be done at the "right moment" in their career.
"It has to be the right moment in your creative life where you can express what you want to express and really burrow into something within the appropriate constraints because you would never want to take on something like that and do it wrong."
Meanwhile, Oppenheimer star David Dastmalchian has put his name forward for the next movie in the British spy franchise – as a villain, of course.
Discussing his hopes to star as a Bond villain, The Boogeyman star said he could take James Bond villainy to the next level.
Oppenheimer was released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on November 22.
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