Next James Bond favourite James Norton finally responds to those 007 rumours

The hosts went wild at this, admitting that they personally weren’t allowed to ask about 007.

Dodging the question, Norton replied: “The Bond question! Do you know what, when they asked me what the villain I’d like to play, I was like, ‘Don’t say Bond villain, don’t say Bond villain.’ Because you know the story, the media headline…

“Is it the end of a sad dad era? I don’t think so. I think there’s more sad dads to come. In fact, the show I just mentioned, playing King Harold in the Battle of Hastings drama [King and Conqueror] which we’ve got coming out, I’ve got a little tinge of the sad dad in that. So, I’m not out of that era quite yet!”