Yahoo Sports Brian Cox Says He Agreed to 007 Reality Series Thinking It Was the Next James Bond Film — WATCH
Brian Cox says he didn’t read the fine print before signing on to play a large part in Prime Video’s upcoming 007-themed reality competition.
“I thought it was the new James Bond film,” the Succession star told Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday’s The Tonight Show. “So I said, ‘They’re finally getting me in a James Bond film!'”
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Instead, Cox has a pivotal role in 007: Road to a Million, an adventure game show in which nine pairs of people, per the series’ official logline, “are unleashed on an epic global adventure through a series of Bond-inspired challenges for a shot at each winning a life-changing £1,000,000 prize.” Cox serves as The Controller, aka the person who decides where the pairs go and what they do, then watches as they do or don’t achieve their goals.
“For years, I thought I’d love to be a James Bond villain,” Cox told Fallon. “It would be really interesting. I thought, ‘This is my moment!'” He laughed. “But it wasn’t.”
All eight episodes of 007: Road to a Million will begin streaming on Prime Video on Friday.
Press PLAY on the video above to hear Cox joke about his inattention to detail, then hit the comments: Will you watch 007: Road to a Million?
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