The next James Bond should be Michael Pena, says Chiwetel Ejiofor.
The actor, who stars in the new Ridley Scott film The Martian, widened the possible of list of contenders by throwing his co-stars name into the hat to succeed Daniel Craig as 007.
Chiwetel said: “I want Michael Pena to be James Bond. That’s what I want.”
Michael – whose parents are from Mexico – has starred in ‘American Hustle’, ‘Fury’, ‘Ant Man’ and ‘Crash’.
And the British actor said he’s glad the debate puts the spotlight on diversity in film.
Speaking to Variety, he explained: “I think that there are the same challenges for diversity existing everywhere. And it’s something that we’re going to struggle with until we figure it out, we haven’t yet, but we’re getting there.”
