After being asked by host Josh Horowitz if there was “ever a real Bond conversation” involving Fassbender, the X-Men actor responded, “I met with Barbara Broccoli just you know through passing and I actually went in for an audition phase before Daniel [Craig] was cast, but I don’t think I was ever in the mix.”

Now that the franchise is entering a new era, there’s no better time to look at its most recent era. Specifically, Daniel Craig’s. Not all of his films were great, but if there were never to be another actor playing Bond, it’s undoubted the character would have gone out with a very successful bang.

Michael Fassbender championed Daniel Craig in a big way to be cast in the James Bond role he ultimately played for five films.

Michael Fassbender has recalled his "terrible" audition for James Bond revealing he ended up telling producers to hire Daniel Craig instead of himself.

Michael Fassbender may be the reason Daniel Craig landed the role of James Bond. The 47-year-old actor has revealed that when Pierce Brosnan stepped down as 007, he was maybe, sort of, kind of in the running to replace him—that is,