Sheen: 'I want to play Miss Moneypenny'

Michael Sheen has joked that he wants to play Miss Moneypenny in the next James Bond movie.

The Welsh actor, who was rumoured for the role of 007's arch-nemesis Blofeld last year, told DS that he would rather portray the MI6 secretary than the classic Bond villain.

"Peter Morgan [Frost/Nixon screenwriter] has written the story for the next Bond film so there was that connection and then a journalist wrote as a joke that I would be playing Blofeld and that went viral," he said. "When people ask me, I always say I'm playing Miss Moneypenny, which I wish was true but is not!"

Sheen added that bringing back Blofeld, who was previously played by Donald Pleasence and Telly Savalas, would be difficult because of how successfully the character was parodied in Austin Powers.

"I suppose it's hard to play Blofeld now because of the Austin Powers films where Mike Myers plays Dr Evil," he commented "Roger Moore dropped him down a chimney didn't he, so he'd have to come back all f**ked up!"

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