A new study suggest actors who play James Bond end up having poor acting careers.
Have you ever wanted to play James Bond? How about replacing Daniel Craig as the next actor playing 007? Well, according to a new study you may want to seriously reconsider your acting goals.
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A new study by the website fivethirtyeight has shown that acting careers, acting jobs, and career opportunities end for many actors after they finish playing James Bond.
Even though the actors were buoyed by their Bond films, their projects from the five years before they became Bond have higher ratings on average than those from their Bond years or the five years after their final Bond films.
Not only do actors who have played James Bond appear in fewer big budget movies, their acting credits tend to fall as well.
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Acting credits tend to dwindle after Bond, perhaps because financial security frees actors to take fewer roles; Bond-related fame and advancing age limit their other options; or celebrity, protracted productions and the need to recover from the beatings they take sidetrack their careers.
It’s important to point out that many actors who have starred as James Bond all complained about the acting job. Actors unable to work on other projects and are typically type cast as action heroes. For example, Daniel Craig’s only other production, outside of his small role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was a limited-run Broadway show called Betrayal.
According to rumors and speculation, Tom Hiddleston is expected to become the next James Bond. Hiddleston is quickly becoming one of the most popular actors in Hollywood with several big movies and a major role in the Marvel series. In fact, his recent made for TV movie, The Night Manager, pretty much establishes that he has the acting chops to play a secret agent. Hopefully, playing James Bond won’t ruin his acting career.
Via fivethirtyeight
