There has been constant chatter online about who is going to play the next James Bond. One name that has popped up consistently is Taron Egerton, an actor who rose to fame with Kingsman and all its iconic fight scenes. But while Egerton certainly rocks it in the world of espionage, he openly admits that he loves grittier roles more – in fact, it's what he would want to do over those precise fight films.
When I spoke to Egerton about his new thriller on the 2025 movie schedule, She Rides Shotgun, I asked him what the difference was in filming the intense, raw fight scenes for this film and the precise battles in movies like Kingsman, Carry-On, and more. I also asked about which was more difficult. Egerton was honest in his response, expressing that the fighting he does in this film, where it's a lot more grounded and emotionally based, is much more "reflective" of what he loves:
