Actor Ben Starr, known for his roles in Final Fantasy XVI, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Hades 2, has revealed that he auditioned for the role of James Bond in 007: First Light. He didn’t get the part, which ultimately went to Patrick Gibson, and Starr said he was “so f**king happy” to have not gotten the role.
“I never would have gotten it. I was terrible,” Starr told VGC. “I remember doing a self-tape for it. I did the GoldenEye scene, and I got recalled to meet the team.
“I was a couple of years into doing Final Fantasy at that point, and it hadn’t been released, so I was just a young actor who liked video games,” he added.
Although Starr got a callback for the part, he said he “kind of crumbled under the pressure” and did not “deliver what they wanted.”
“I’m so f**king happy I didn’t get anywhere near it, because my god, Patrick Gibson is so f**king good. He’s unbelievable,” Starr said.
First Light is expected to get a sequel, and we’d imagine that Gibson would come back for it. As for Starr, one of his upcoming projects is for the strategy game Stronghold 4.
