The news of whether Daniel Craig would be there for another James Bond film got another angle, when his good friend Mark Strong said that he might shed his tuxedo.
When asked whether he'd be up for playing a villain in a 007 film, Strong said that he would have done it if the 47-year-old actor would have played Bond, "but I think he's come to the end of his Bond time," reports the Independent.
Seeming to put the proverbial nail in the coffin, the 52-year-old actor added that Craig has done what he wanted with it, now he is no more going to take it up.
This would suggest that, despite being contracted for one more outing, Craig is indeed calling time on playing the secret agent.
The confusion on whether the actor would be returning for another Bond film heightened upon the announcement that he would be starring in a TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's novel 'Purity.
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