Miles Teller Reacts to His Grandmother’s James Bond Campaign

If Hollywood calls, Miles Teller would gladly play James Bond. In a brand new interview with Leisure Tonight, the “High Gun: Maverick” star revealed he is on board along with his grandmother’s marketing campaign to make him the subsequent 007. ET spoke with the actor in between rounds of golf on the American Century Championship introduced by American Century Investments on South Lake Tahoe, CA.

“Yeah. I imply, yeah good,” he mentioned of enjoying Bond. “I believe we’re actors, you realize, so perhaps you possibly can combine it up just a little bit.”

On June 29, Leona Flowers started campaigning for her grandson to turn out to be the subsequent James Bond on Twitter. Nonetheless, she did not cease with a single tweet — eventually rely, Flowers had tweeted greater than 10 instances about Teller’s {qualifications} for the function, touting every little thing from his performing abilities to his British and Irish ancestors.

“They’re on the lookout for an actor to interchange Daniel Craig for future 007 motion pictures,” Flowers tweeted. “I believe my grandson, Miles Teller, has confirmed that he has every little thing they’re on the lookout for — expertise, seems to be, energy, worldwide attraction & oh, so cool. He may be that man!! Would not he be nice?”

When James Bond followers famous that Teller is American slightly than British, Flowers shortly dismissed their quibbles by insisting that her grandson’s expertise and heritage ought to greater than qualify him to fill 007’s sneakers. “Miles could be very pleased with his genetic connection to the British Isles,” she tweeted in response to 1 fan. In another tweet she added, “And many Europeans have performed Individuals. He studied performing which incorporates accents. He’d be nice.”

Flowers went on to tell her followers that even the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are followers of her grandson. “I believe our English associates would welcome him as 007,” she wrote. “The parents in London cherished him when he was simply there with the premiere of High Gun Maverick. He even charmed William & Kate.”

Quite a few massive names have been bandied about as potential Craig replacements — together with Idris Elba and Regé-Jean Web page — however in a June interview with Individuals, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli mentioned there’s presently no frontrunner for the function. In actual fact, she mentioned the character goes by one thing of a reinvention. “There is not a script and we will not provide you with one till we resolve how we will strategy the subsequent movie as a result of, actually, it is a reinvention of Bond,” she mentioned. “We’re reinventing who he’s and that takes time.”

May that reinvention embrace an American actor on the rise like Teller taking up the function? Solely time will inform, however nobody can deny Grandma Flowers makes a compelling argument for the “High Gun: Maverick” star being within the operating for the long-lasting function. Add in Teller’s willingness to tackle the function, and the one actual query left is how the actor takes his martini.