{"id":23469,"date":"2026-06-10T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/the-enormity-of-the-idea-helped-me-how-patrick-gibson-became-gamings-new-james-bond\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:37:28","slug":"the-enormity-of-the-idea-helped-me-how-patrick-gibson-became-gamings-new-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/the-enormity-of-the-idea-helped-me-how-patrick-gibson-became-gamings-new-james-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The enormity of the idea helped me\u2019: how Patrick Gibson became gaming\u2019s new James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Hollywood searches for its next iteration of the superspy, the actor explains how he earned pop culture\u2019s most sought-after role \u2013 and how he\u2019s taking 007 back to basics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/games\/2026\/jun\/10\/they-expect-you-to-die-the-history-of-james-bond-video-games-from-the-good-to-the-bad-to-the-downright-ugly\">They expect you to die! The history of Bond in video games, from the good to the bad<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is any acting gig more contested than James Bond? Each week seems to bring a din of audition speculation so loud that it must be exhausting for the Elordis, Cavills and Dickinsons who are at the centre of it all. But when one of them does finally bag the role, perhaps they should seek the counsel of the actor who has quietly played the part for the last five years: Patrick Gibson. He\u2019s the star of 007 First Light, the video game that has sold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/007-first-light-officially-sells-27-million-copies-probably-at-three-million\">2.7m copies<\/a> since it was released two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>As a computerised Bond, Gibson is the first video game actor to lend both his voice and likeness to the role. With endorsement from both Amazon MGM and previous brand guardians Eon there\u2019s a case to be made that he is the seventh official Bond (and the second Irish one). Not that he knew this when submitting a self-tape to Danish developers IO Interactive. \u201cThere was talk of martinis in the audition sides that gave me an inkling,\u201d says Gibson. \u201cAlthough at that point I didn\u2019t believe there was any way it could be that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/jun\/10\/patrick-gibson-gamings-new-james-bond-007-first-light\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/accb807bb21f4cd0ae4f448e7253ea006d8e1a16\/218_0_1350_1080\/master\/1350.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5fece26f6c780bd0699bd0c7277e67f\" title=\"\u2018The enormity of the idea helped me\u2019: how Patrick Gibson became gaming\u2019s new James Bond\" \/>As Hollywood searches for its next iteration of the superspy, the actor explains how he earned pop culture\u2019s most sought-after role \u2013 and how he\u2019s taking 007 back to basics<br \/>\nThey expect you to die! The history of Bond in video games, from the good to the bad<br \/>\nIs any acting gig more contested than James Bond? Each week seems to bring a din of audition speculation so loud that it must be exhausting for the Elordis, Cavills and Dickinsons who are at the centre of it all. But when one of them does finally bag the role, perhaps they should seek the counsel of the actor who has quietly played the part for the last five years: Patrick Gibson. He\u2019s the star of 007 First Light, the video game that has sold 2.7m copies since it was released two weeks ago.<br \/>\nAs a computerised Bond, Gibson is the first video game actor to lend both his voice and likeness to the role. With endorsement from both Amazon MGM and previous brand guardians Eon there\u2019s a case to be made that he is the seventh official Bond (and the second Irish one). Not that he knew this when submitting a self-tape to Danish developers IO Interactive. \u201cThere was talk of martinis in the audition sides that gave me an inkling,\u201d says Gibson. \u201cAlthough at that point I didn\u2019t believe there was any way it could be that.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Hollywood searches for its next iteration of the superspy, the actor explains how he earned pop culture\u2019s most sought-after role \u2013 and how he\u2019s taking 007 back to basics They expect you to die! The history of Bond in video games, from the good to the bad Is any acting gig more contested than &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/the-enormity-of-the-idea-helped-me-how-patrick-gibson-became-gamings-new-james-bond\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018The enormity of the idea helped me\u2019: how Patrick Gibson became gaming\u2019s new James Bond<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23469"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}