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Having made a name for herself playing heroines in films like The Lovely Bones, Lady Bird and Little Women, the Irish actress, 32, has now opened up about her desire to take on a more sinister role.

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🔮 The four-time Oscar nominee added that it would be “really interesting” for the franchise to feature a “young female villain”.

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Having made a name for herself playing heroines in films like The Lovely Bones, Lady Bird and Little Women, the Irish actress, 32, has now opened up about her desire to take on a more sinister role. asserted

actress → make → role

The four-time Oscar nominee added that it would be “really interesting” for the franchise to feature a “young female villain”. asserted

franchise → add → villain

“Especially for girls and women, to see someone who can just take all that pent-up anger and direct it somewhere, there’s something interesting in that dramatically. asserted

something → see → that

So I would love to do more of that,” she said. asserted

she → love → that

Ronan has voiced her desire to play a Bond baddie in the past, saying in a 2024 interview that she found the characters “very interesting” and would state her desire to play one “again and again”. asserted

characters → voice → one

However, this is the first time she’s shared this since her husband of two years, Scottish actor Lowden, has taken the lead in speculation to play the next Bond. Slow Horses star Lowden, who met Ronan on the set of Mary Queen of Scots, has long been in the running to take over from Daniel Craig, but emerged as a frontrunner last week after Richard Osman shared that he’d heard the actor was being “strongly considered” for the role. Casting for the next James Bond film, which is the first to be made under Amazon MGM Studios, finally got underway in May. uncertain

which → share → May

Earlier this month, producer Amy Pascal shared a promising update on the process and when the name might be revealed, saying that “the end of the year is a good bet”. uncertain

end → share → year

“I mean, Daniel Craig is a hard act to follow. asserted

Craig → mean → ?

And it’s got to be something really different that is stirring and exciting and different,” she added. asserted

she → get → ?

New Bond couple? How Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden could make 007 history

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