Though he never suited up as Bond, Fassbender shared his opinion on who could take up Craig’s mantle. He recommended his “Black Bag” co-star Regé-Jean Page as a “front-runner” for the role as well as Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

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.”