Michael Fassbender Auditioned for James Bond but Suggested Daniel Craig to Producers: ‘I Don’t Know Why I Was Promoting Him. I Should’ve Promoted Myself’

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-fassbender-james-bond-audition-daniel-craig-1236336704/

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  1. > “I met with Barbara Broccoli just you know through passing and I actually went in to an audition phase before Daniel [Craig] was cast, but I don’t think I was ever in the mix,” Fassbender said. “But I remember going into that room and meeting with her and [Michael G.] Wilson and I think I was like, ‘Daniel Craig is…’ I don’t know why I was promoting him, I should have been promoting myself.”

    > “This is what I was saying, I was terrible at auditions,” the actor added while also admitting that he bombed his audition for “Mad Max: Fury Road” simply by showing up to the Warner Bros. an hour late. “Obviously Daniel did a fantastic job and went on to be I think the most successful Bond in history but that was it really, there was never a conversation after that.”

  3. His role in inglorious basterds felt like a bit of a send up.

  6. When I was working at a pizza shop, we had a credit card in our safe with the name Michael Fassbender on it. I was sure it was a fake, but I kept it in there just in case. Sure enough some guy came in and claimed it one day, but it wasn’t the actor, it was just some guy who happened to share the same name.

  8. Craig’s Bond is a knock off of Jason Bourne, I’m afraid…

  11. It’s like in my interview I told them my gf would be a perfect hire for them, and they hired her instead of me

  12. I’d be down with Fassbonder. Elegant well spoken chap with range.

  13. I still think Henry Cavill would be an amazing Bond. Give him the shot!

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