Rivals star Victoria Smurfit has said she would love a role in the new Bond movie.
Bond 26 — the codename for the 26th film in the James Bond movie series — is finally getting underway, with new producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal at the helm of the long-awaited follow up to 2021's No Time To Die.
Asked if she would like a role in the new Bond franchise, Victoria said: “Oh, 100% Yeah.
“Yeah, why not? (as a Bond girl). I’m a tiny bit old for that, but yeah, listen, never say never.
“We'll see what happens with the Bond franchise. But yeah, I mean, I'll make the tea for them. Let's not get above ourselves,” she said laughing.
In February 2025 it was announced that long time James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson would cede creative control over to Amazon MGM, while remaining co-owners of the franchise.
Heyman (Harry Potter/Paddington) and Pascal (Barbie/Spider-Man) will produce the next James Bond film, putting Alfonso Cuaron in the frame to direct, but who will play Bond remains the question on everyone's lips.
Several Irish actors have been rumored as potential next James Bonds, including Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Aidan Turner, and Andrew Scott, with some even suggesting Pierce Brosnan's son, Jack Lowden, could be a contender.
Victoria previously told us how hit series Rivals has given her a second wind in her acting career.
The former Ballykissangel star previously told us that she reckons Rivals was the biggest thing she has ever done, admitting she was shocked it became a phenomenon.
She said: “Rivals was the biggest, most successful thing I've ever been part of, and I've been part of some really cool, successful, fun, interesting things, and some things that did nothing.
“So, you know, to be part of it was kind of a bit of a phenomenon, really, the way it was taken in by everyone.”
Victoria also opened up about season two of the series, saying she was excited to see what was in store.
“I'm doing we're going back to do some more Rivals. We have no idea. Nothing. No, I don't know.
“I loved the book back in the day because I'm old enough to have read the book when I was too young to and then read it and reread it. So I was always obsessed with the book and Dame Jilly Cooper, writing because she's just brilliant.
“And I was Irish living, just moved to the UK at the time, so it was particularly bang on the money for me to be able to understand these strange British people, which is what I thought at the time, you know.
“And then for the script came in, and they're extraordinary and hilarious and complicated, and each character had a much bigger or, like, a really thought-out arc, which was fascinating.
“I can't wait to see what Dominic Treadwell Collins does with season two.”
The 50-year-old said that she didn’t realise it would become such a hit with audiences both young and old.
“So you never know it was, you know, it's the 80s. There's a particular tone to it. You don't know if people love it or hate it. And universally, people from 18-year-olds to 98-year-olds, from here to the US back again and around the world just fell madly in love with it. And to be part of something like that is extraordinary,” she added.
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