IT Star Bill Skarsgard Is Tired of Playing Villains But Would Make An Exception for One Franchise

IT Star Bill Skarsgard is Tired of Playing Villains But Would Make An Exception for One Franchise

Bill Skarsgard is ready to be a part of the James Bond franchise, and is ready to be its ultimate bad guy. At this moment, auditions and discussions are being held about the next person to become 007, with Callum Turner, Jack Lowden, Josh O’Connor and Robert Pattinson screen testing for the role. No plot details have been revealed about this project yet, but it’s a known fact that every good hero needs a memorable villain to […]

Bill Skarsgård Says He ‘Wasn’t Even Thrown Into the Mix’ to Be James Bond: ‘Maybe They Were Like, “We Can’t Do a Swede”’

Bill Skarsgård won’t be the next 007, but he would play a Bond villain. In a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Skarsgård revealed he wasn’t asked to test for Denis Villeneuve’s reboot. “They didn’t call me about James Bond. I don’t know what that was about,” he joked. “Every single British, Australian [actor] … but maybe they were like, ‘We can’t do a Swede for this guy.’ I wasn’t even thrown into the mix.” C…

Bill Skarsgard Says He’s “Spent” Playing Bad Guys but Would Still Play a James Bond Villain

Bill Skarsgard says he is 'spent' playing bad guys but would still want to play a James Bond villain.

Bill Skarsgård Has a Theory About Why 007 Never Called

Few actors working today have built a résumé as unsettling as Bill Skarsgård’s. He has played Pennywise in the ‘It’ movies, Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu,’ Eric Draven in ‘The Crow’ and the Marquis in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4.’ Horror and villainy have become his calling card. Meanwhile, the hunt for the next James...

Bill Skarsgard Is ‘Spent’ on Villain Roles but Open to James Bond Villain

Bill Skarsgard is feeling “spent” when it comes to playing villains. The 36-year-old actor is known for taking on dark characters, including Pennywise in the It movies, Count Orlok in Nosferatu, Eric Draven in The Crow and Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont in John Wick: Chapter 4. But during a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s […]