Zack Snyder Thinks "It'd Be Cool to See" a Young James Bond Movie

It seems like Zack Snyder would be interested in making a James Bond film, and if the opportunity ever presented itself, he has an idea for what he’d like to see. Snyder would go the young James Bond route.

During an interview with The Atlantic, the filmmaker said: "It'd be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond, 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."

Yeah, I’d be interested in that and it would be even cooler if it was a period piece set in the past. I would love to see a James Bond period film, which is something that has been rumored with Christopher Nolan’s possible involvement.

Snyder isn’t the only person in Hollywood who would like to see a Young James Bond movie. Tom Holland actually pitched a Young James Bond film to Sony Pictures at one point, which eventually led him to starring in Uncharted.

Holland previously said: “I had a meeting, after or during Spider-Man 2 [Far From Home], with Sony to pitch this idea of a young Bond film that I’d come up with. It was the origin story of James Bond. It didn’t really make sense. It didn’t work. It was the dream of a young kid, and I don’t think the Bond estate were particularly interested.”

I think there is a way to do a Young Bond film, but they would have to find a really strong young actor to play the character, but casting Bond these days is rough. Longtime casting director for the Bond franchise, Debbie McWilliams, has explained why younger actors don’t really work for James Bond. When they were looking at younger actors she said that they lacked the gravitas and mental capacity of the character.

She said: “When we started, it was a slightly different feel. We did look at a lot of younger actors, and I just don’t think they had the gravitas. They didn’t have the experience, they didn’t have the mental capacity to take it on, because it’s not just the part they’re taking on, it’s a massive responsibility. So we kind of scrubbed that idea and went back to the drawing board and started again.”

What are you thoughts on a Young James Bond movie? Do you think Snyder could make a good Bond film that offers an origin for Bond?