Hot fave Dan back as Bond
Daniel’s back because Hiddy is ‘too smug’
DANIEL Craig will play James Bond again after Tom Hiddleston was ruled “too smug” to be 007.
Craig’s dramatic change of heart came despite once claiming he would rather “slash his wrists” than play the spy again.
JAMES Bond bosses have ruled out Tom Hiddleston as the next 007 because he’s “a bit too smug”.
The Night Manager actor had been the hot favourite to replace Daniel Craig in the iconic spy role.
But a string of “embarrassing” stunts seem to have cost him the job, according to insiders.
Fling
A pal of Bond producer Barbara Broccoli revealed: “Barbara doesn’t like Tom, he’s a bit too smug and not tough enough for Bond.”
She was also apparently unimpressed with his fling with Taylor Swift and his Golden Globes acceptance speech.
There the star-studded audience cringed as the British actor told a story about aid workers in South Sudan had wanted to “say hello (to him) because they had binged-watched The Night Manager”.
Hiddleston later apologised that his speech was “inelegantly expressed” – but Broccoli’s pal said it had made him seem “too fame hungry and shallow” to play Bond.
But whoever takes over the 007 role may have to wait. Craig, who has starred in the last four Bond mov- ies, is in talks with Broccoli about a fifth – despite earlier saying he would rather “slash my wrists” than reprise the role.
When asked who might take over, he also said: “Look, I don’t give a f***.”
But now Broccoli is said to have talked him into staying on as Bond after working with him on a recent New York stage production of Othello.
A source said: “They have a script and will go into production as soon as Daniel is ready to commit.”