Javier Bardem: 'I was offered the chance to play Bond'
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The Oscar winner reveals Bond producers were considering him as the superspy before they settled on Daniel Craig, but he didn't feel the time was right for a Spanish 007.
The actor, who plays Bond's nemesis Raoul Silva in Skyfall, tells CinemaBlend.com, "Years ago, I was (offered the role). I don't remember what movie it was for.
"I didn't feel that it was the time for me to do something like that. And also, I was doing something else, so I passed. This time, when I read it, I felt that it was very powerful material, and I wanted to join."
And Bardem insists he never regretted saying no to Bond: "I have passed on many things that I could easily regret, but I don't regret any of them, because that also gives room for something else to come that I'm proud of."
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