The British star previously said he'd rather "slash my wrists" than play James Bond again
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| Daniel Craig has reportedly been offered $150m to play Bond in two more filmscaption |
After claiming he would rather "slit my wrists" than play the super spy again after last year's Spectre, Craig has reportedly been offered $150million by Sony to sign up for two more films.
His reluctance to take on the 007 role again, despite earning a reported £48.76m for Spectre, may be actually working in his favour.
According to Radar, a source claimed: "[He] has played a genius hand. 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.”
Craig's massive pay day would apparently involve the films being shot "virtually back-to-back" but neither would be shot by Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes, who has ruled himself out of returning.
The final decision rests with Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, who in July was reported to be focusing on the next two films, with a view to potentially rehiring Craig.
According to William Hill though, the next favourite to order a martini, shaken not stirred, is Poldark's Aidan Turner at 9/4.
He's followed by Happy Valley's James Norton at 10/3 and Jack Huston is 7/2.
While previous favourites Tom Hiddleston , Idris Elba and Tom Hardy are 6/1, 8/1 and 8/1 respectively.
The newest member on the 'Who will play James Bond' list is Victoria star Tom Hughes , although he doesn't appear to be bookies favourite as William Hill have his odds at only 20/1.
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