Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s well-known spouse Sam on James Bond casting and mattress antics | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Sam Taylor-Wood, as she was again then, truly directed a younger Aaron Johnson in his breakthrough film, 2009’s Beatles biopic Nowhere Boy, when he was 18. They married three years later and have two daughters. He can be step-father to her two daughters from earlier marriage to Jay Jopling.

Sam additionally directed him in 2018’s A Million Little Pieces, so she is aware of firsthand what a flexible and achieved actor he’s.

Aaron’s profession was already heading for an all-time excessive this 12 months after starring roles in Bullet Train and three upcoming movies – Marvel blockbuster Kraven The Hunter, Nosferatu, and The Fall Guy alongside Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling.

But he may very well be set to eclipse all of those tasks, and his glittering co-stars, after information of his casting as the following James Bond unfold like wildfire final week.

An insider advised The Sun: “Bond is Aaron’s job, should he wish to accept it. The formal offer is on the table and they are waiting to hear back. As far as EON is concerned, Aaron is going to sign his contract in the coming days and they can start preparing for the big announcement.”

Former 007s have been fast to throw their help behind the 33-year-old Brit.

Pierce Brosnan advised The Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1: “I think the man has the chops and the talent and the charisma to play Bond, very much so.”

And TMZ within the US posted an unique attributed to second Bond George Lazenby, who believes Taylor-Johnson, “can handle the stunts, and all the ladies who love a man in a tux.” He suggested the actor “to be true to himself and reinvent the role to fit him.”

Sam Taylor-Wood shall be showing on The Jonathan Ross Show on ITV this Saturday at 9.35pm and was there to advertise her upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black, alongside her heading woman Marisa Abela.

However, she was quickly requested about her opinions on Aaron’s profession, saying: “It’s really interesting. When I directed Nowhere Boy, he wasn’t my husband. When I directed A Million Little Pieces he was.

“He will get very intense. It’s fairly attention-grabbing relying on what character he’s taking part in. Nocturnal Animals for instance, was very exhausting. He was not washing, his nails have been actually lengthy, he was consuming and he was watching numerous serial killer documentaries. He needed to be poisonous from the within so as to play such a poisonous character. There was one morning when he wakened and thought the mattress was on hearth however we have been truly saging him.”

Pressed by Jonathan Ross about the Bond reports, Sam first pretended not to understand and joked: “You imply that I would direct a Bond movie? The first lady director…”

She then seemed to confirm that growing consensus that nothing was actually officially confirmed, adding: “Carry on speculating. He’d be nice.”

A source at Bond production company EON also recently told the BBC there was “no reality” in the reports.

Aaron himself, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone UK indicated there was nothing locked down in his career: “I don’t really feel like I have to have a future drawn out for me. I really feel like, no matter’s drawn out for me, I can f***in’ do higher.”

THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW, AIRS ON SATURDAY AT 21.35PM ON ITV1 AND ITVX’

JONATHAN ROSS IS JOINED BY SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON, MARISA ABELA, KIRSTEN DUNST, MARY EARPS, DAVID WALLIAMS, YUNG FILLY AND MADNESS PERFORM AT THE END OF THE SHOW