I’d love to play James Bond says The Tower’s Jimmy Akingbola after Hollywood star reveals dreams of playing 007 villain

THE Tower's Jimmy Akingbola has revealed helium would emotion to play the adjacent James Bond.

Fan favourite Jimmy is champion known for his starring roles successful Holby City, Bel-Air and for playing DC Steve Bradshaw successful ITV's The Tower.

Now Jimmy has thrown his sanction into the premix for different role, that of tuxedo wearing concealed agent, James Bond.

He joins the likes of Kick-Ass prima Aaron Taylor-Johnson, The Witcher pb Henry Cavill, Bridgerton's Rege-Jean Page and James Norton from Happy Valley, who person each been linked to the 007 relation since Daniel Craig stepped down.

Despite being successful precocious request some successful the UK and crossed the pond, Jimmy made clip successful his engaged docket to movie a 5th bid of achromatic history quiz, Sorry, I Didn't Know That, which is somewhat of a passionateness task for him.

However, successful the opening episode, helium does usage it arsenic a tongue-in-cheek audition for James Bond, sipping from a Martini solid and uttering the words: “Shaken, not stirred”.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun's TV Mag, Jimmy said: “A tiny portion of maine is serious… a portion of maine is serious.

“I deliberation due to the fact that I’m playing Geoffrey connected Bel-Air, radical connected societal media are saying: ‘You should play James Bond'.

"I haven’t seen my sanction successful the speech yet, but I would decidedly enactment my chapeau successful the ring."

He added with a laugh; "Tell Barbara Broccoli (the Bond franchise producer) to telephone me!"

The skit is conscionable 1 of galore amusing moments littered passim the amusement that’s besides packed with facts and figures astir achromatic trailblazers and their legacies.

“We telephone it edutainment - acquisition and entertainment,” explains Jimmy, 46.

“The imaginativeness was ever for it to beryllium a amusement conscionable similar Have I've Got News For You and QI, extracurricular of Black History Month.

"I emotion that each ages, each races and each demographics are watching it and commenting connected it.

“Sometimes if I bump into comedians now, I effort to tally away. ‘When are you getting america connected the show?’ is ever the question due to the fact that radical spot however clever it is and however important it is, and they privation to beryllium connected it.

"I would emotion Stephen Fry to beryllium connected the show, he’s an idol of mine.

"Stephen has specified a crisp caput and is ever precise immaculately dressed - each clip I beryllium successful that seat successful my decorator suit, I’m like: ‘Channel Stephen, transmission Stephen!’”

However, Jimmy mightiness not get to play the coveted relation of Bond if Hollywood Actress, Saoirse Ronan's dreams are realised.

She has already revealed her concealed ambition to prima arsenic a ­dastardly Bond baddie and she wants her hubby Jack ­Lowden to play the relation of 007.

Jack, 34, who was calved successful Essex and brought up successful Scotland, is presently tipped among the bookies’ favourites to onshore the coveted role.

He became a household sanction playing Kenneth Noye successful deed BBC play The Gold alongside his crook successful Slow Horses.

However, Bond producers person hinted that the caller 007 mightiness not beryllium a antheral truthful who knows who volition summation the vocation changing role.

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