{"id":30490,"date":"2024-03-07T21:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/cillian-murphy-in-the-running-to-star-as-james-bond-after-impressive-oppenheimer-role-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T21:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:27:44","slug":"cillian-murphy-in-the-running-to-star-as-james-bond-after-impressive-oppenheimer-role-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/cillian-murphy-in-the-running-to-star-as-james-bond-after-impressive-oppenheimer-role-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Cillian Murphy \u2018in the running\u2019 to star as James Bond after \u2018impressive\u2019 Oppenheimer role | Celebrity News | Showbiz &#038; TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Among the likes of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Reg\u00e9-Jean Page, and Jacob Elordi, Cillian Murphy has joined the growing list of potential James Bond hopefuls.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old who is currently contending for Best Actor at Sunday\u2019s Oscars ceremony gained worldwide acclaim for his lead role in the Oppenheimer blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p>As well as impressing viewers across the globe, his portrayal is said to have caught the eye of Bond bosses who are reportedly still searching for Daniel Craig\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Sun, a source claimed: \u201cCillian is the toast of Hollywood right now and this would be the ultimate role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a way to elevate the Bond franchise with an actor who is at the very top of his game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: SAG Awards 2024 winners list &#8211; Cillian Murphy and Lily Gladstone cause upsets<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Clay continued: \u201cWe forget that sometimes Bond is like the character [Ian] Fleming created, a pretty dark character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just happens to be on the side that we call good. Cillian has that ability to tap into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes just weeks after he triumphed over Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti, Barry Keoghan and Teo Yoo for Best Actor at the 2024 BAFTA Awards.<\/p>\n<p>After being presented with the trophy by Cate Blanchett, Cillian paid tribute to his family and said: \u201cTo Yvonne, Malachy and Aran you are my best friend and I love you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Among the likes of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Reg\u00e9-Jean Page, and Jacob Elordi, Cillian Murphy has joined the growing list of potential James Bond hopefuls. The 47-year-old who is currently contending for Best Actor at Sunday\u2019s Oscars ceremony gained worldwide acclaim for his lead role in the Oppenheimer blockbuster. As well as impressing viewers across the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[765],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}