Nov 142009
Actor Will Smith has expressed an interest in becoming the next James Bond after Daniel Craig retires from the role.
Fellow actor Jamie Foxx and rap and music producer P Diddy have also expressed an interest in the role.
Smith acknowledges he faces stiff competition but responds with the fact that none of the actors expressing an interest have a proven box office track record and that only his name attached to any future movie can guarantee instant box office success.
There is one stumbling block for Smith and that is his age.
Daniel Craig is expected to make at least two more Bond movies with the next one being released in 2011 and the one after that probably being released in 2013 so it will be at least 2015 before filming would begin on a movie featuring a new Bond. That would make Smith 47 years old and probably too old for the part of the character.