Miles Teller reacts to his grandma's campaign for him to play James Bond

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11 Jul 2022, 10:43

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Isn’t it often the way that your grandparents are your biggest fans, praising your talents to their friends and anyone else who will listen? Well, it turns out the same can be said for Hollywood superstars, as Miles Teller’s grandma has been bigging him up all over Twitter.

With the actor currently appearing in the massive Top Gun sequel, his good old nan reckons he can go on to even bigger things, and has recommended him as the next James Bond!

Taking to Twitter, Leona Flowers wrote: “They’re looking for an actor to replace Daniel Craig for future 007 movies. I think my grandson, Miles Teller, has proven that he has everything they’re looking for- talent, looks, strength,worldwide appeal & oh, so cool. He can be that guy!! Wouldn’t he be great?”

That’s some show of familial support!

And it turns out that Miles Teller is up for it! In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, he was asked about his grandma’s bid to get him into the famous Bond tuxedo. He said: “Yeah, I mean yeah, perfect.”

Speaking about possibly taking on the role of the English spy, he added: “I think we're actors you know, so maybe you can mix it up a little bit.”

Many Twitter commenters agreed with Miles’ grandma. One wrote: “Miles would do such a good job omg.”

Another said: “I totally agree with you. Miles has the talent, the charm and the looks.”

Someone else added: “He’d be awesome grandma.”

At this stage, we are still a while away from discovering who the next 007 will be, as producer Barbara Broccoli recently revealed it would be a couple of years before filming will begin on the next film and admitted they haven’t even started looking for a new protagonist yet.

At a BFI event in London, she said: “Nobody’s in the running. We’re working out where to go with him, we're talking that through. There isn’t a script, and we can’t come up with one until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because, really, it’s a reinvention of Bond.”

Meanwhile, Miles Teller recently joined The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky to discuss working with Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick.