James Bond could be eating instant ramen in a college dorm room if this director has his way.
Zack Snyder, the helmer of DC Studios’ “Justice League” as well as Netflix’s new “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire,” said he’d like to see the British superspy get a time-traveling makeover while the 60-year-old series reinvents itself.
“It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond,” Snyder told the Atlantic. “The humble roots that he comes from. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond. There has to be something there.”
Snyder is not slated to direct the next Bond film.
A full-blown 007 origin story has never taken place in Eon Productions’ 25-movie franchise. The closest they’ve come to explaining Ian Fleming’s mysterious Bond is the agent earning his “00” status at the start of 2006’s “Casino Royale” starring Daniel Craig. Even then, the actor was 38.
The ages of actors playing James Bond have varied widely over the years. Sean Connery filmed the first movie, “Dr. No,” at 31, and Roger Moore wrapped up his tenure with “A View to a Kill” at 57.
However, how long in the tooth the tuxedoed actor is usually has no impact on the plot.
In fact, there has already been a Bond in his 20s. One-and-done George Lazenby was 29 when he shot “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”
The actor with the most momentum to play the famous part, a UK casting insider told The Post, is 33-year-old Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Producer Michael G. Wilson added fuel to that fire in Oct. 22 when he told Deadline that their eventual pick would be “a 30-something.”
Still, after the shocker ending of 2021’s “No Time To Die,” a traditional prequel with a younger James would not come as a surprise.
Since Craig’s final film was released two years ago, there has been no concrete information about the next movie.
Producer Barbara Broccoli told the Guardian in October that the 26th entry is still a long way off.
“I think these movies reflect the time they are in,” she said. “And there’s a big, big road ahead reinventing it for the next chapter and we haven’t even begun with that.”
Long breaks are normal for the storied series.
Six years elapsed between Timothy Dalton’s final adventure, 1989’s “Licence To Kill,” and Pierce Brosnan’s first, 1995’s “GoldenEye.” The same lengthy gap occurred between Craig’s “Spectre” in 2015 and “No Time To Die” in 2021.
By that math — should Snyder’s wish come true — the next actor to play James Bond could be 16 years old right now.
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