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Brian Cox to star in James Bond style reality TV series filmed in Scottish Highlands-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro
The 007 franchise is coming to the small screen.
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Brian Cox is taking on the role of The Controller (Picture: Lia Toby/Getty Images)
Brian Cox has joined the James Bond franchise for new reality show 007’s Road to a Million.
The 76-year-old actor has landed the role of The Controller – a mysterious character in charge of the contestants’ fate – in the upcoming unscripted Prime Video adventure series which will see people competing for a £1 million cash prize.
The Scottish actor will be right at home on the show, with the programme filmed in the Highlands – along with other famous Bond locations.
‘I got to see how ordinary people would cope with being on a James Bond adventure,’ he reflected the Dundee-born actor in a statement.
He added: ‘As they travel the world to some of the most iconic Bond locations, it gets more intense and nail-biting. I enjoyed my role as both villain and tormentor, with license to put the hopeful participants through the mangle.’
Contestants, split into two-person teams, will have to overcome various obstacles while also correctly answering questions hidden in different locations around the world.
The 007 franchise is taking a massive step into television (Picture: MGM/Eon/Danjaq/UPI/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
The adventure game show will test their intelligence, endurance and heroism.
When it comes to The Controller himself, Prime Video’s description hints at the enigmatic force taking some inspiration from Cox’s portrayal of Succession’s patriarch Logan Roy.
It sounds like Brian could channel Succession character Logan Roy (Picture: HBO)
The synopsis teases: ‘The Controller is villainous and cultured, and revels in the increasingly difficult journeys and questions the contestants must overcome.
‘He has millions of pounds to give away — up to £1m per couple — but he doesn’t make it easy. Whilst he lurks in the shadows, he is watching and controlling everything.’
Last year, Bond boss Barbara Broccoli revealed why she and Eon Productions decided to allow 007 to be used in an unscripted project for the first time.
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She told Variety: ‘People have always come to us about doing a TV show, [saying,] “Oh, you should do a Bond challenge,” but we always stayed away from it because we didn’t want to put people in danger and have them do dangerous things, because it’s not for members of the public — it’s for trained professionals.’
However, Bond producer Michael G. Wilson explained that 007’s Road to a Million seemed ‘fun’ and ‘wasn’t going to be dangerous to the participants’, which was ‘key’.
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