Ben Daniels insists gay actor will 'never' play James Bond

Ben Daniels insists gay actor will 'never' play James Bond

Cutting It star Ben Daniels has opened up on the struggle gay actors still face in Hollywood.

Interview with the Vampire star says James Bond will never cast a queer person

Interview with the Vampire and The Crown star Ben Daniels has said that studios would never cast a queer person to play James Bond. Speaking to The Telegraph on 3 February, the gay actor was asked if he would like to play another “rampantly heterosexual character” like Finn in the BBC hairdressing comedy Cutting It again. “Yes, of course, because it was such tremendous fun,” he said. “But also those opportunities for gay actors aren’t really the…

Whoever Becomes The Next 007, He Will Not Be "Gay"

Ever since Daniel Craig stepped away from James Bond, the franchise has been sitting in that familiar in-between moment where nothing is official, but everyone has an opinion. There are shortlists, fan theories and endless conversations about what Bond should look like in the next era. The tuxedo is empty, and the noise around it keeps getting louder. But now, British gay actor Ben Daniels has added something new to that conversation, and it is …