When Daniel Craig blatantly announced last October that he would rather slash his wrists than to play James Bond again, the media was in a frenzy to sniff out who will play the coveted MI6 agent role.
Daniel Craig played the role of James Bond for 4 films and seems to have grown weary of the role. He was quoted saying in an interview with Time Out Magazine, "I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on."
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Several names popped up as frontrunners on getting the iconic role. A-listers like Tom Hiddleston, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba and Chris Hemsworth are just some of the names.
However, news broke out this May that Daniel Craig was offered £68 Million ($98 Million) to play as James Bond for two more movies. Craig however, turned it down putting Sony into a desperate situation.
Some reports are made that a source said, "The studio is desperate to secure the actor's services while they phase in a younger long-term successor," he even mentioned, "Everyone knows how much executives adore him, and the idea of losing him at such a crucial time in the franchise isn't an option as far as all the studio honchos are concerned."
Now it seems like Sony is just throwing cash at him just so he will play the James Bond role again. A whopping $150 million was offered on the table for him to do two back to back James Bond movies.
The source further said, "Daniel's the key for a seamless, safe transition as far as Sony and Bond bosses are concerned, and they're prepared to pay a king's ransom to make it happen."
There is no word from Sony yet regarding the next James Bond film, however, $150 million is a lot of money, and if it is true, Craig once said, "f I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money."
So there is hope that we will still Daniel Craig as James Bond.
