The 31-year-old Irish actor, best known for playing Young Dexter, portrays a 26-year-old Bond in this reimagining involving his motion-captured performance. Developed by IOI Interactive over the past five years, Gibson admitted, “I was pretty stunned” to be cast as Bond.
In a new interview, Gibson shared: “It was a massive shock and an honour even to be auditioning for it. I was very excited. It was one of the most exciting phone calls I’ve ever had.” Admitting it was “surreal” to see himself in a video game, he went on to share what was unique about his take on Ian Fleming’s spy.
Gibson added, “This version of Bond that we meet is a kind of diamond in the rough. He possesses all the DNA that the later Bonds that we’re familiar with have, but yet he’s young, he’s reckless. There’s a lot of risk-taking and he learns a lot of hard lessons. I think there’s an element of optimism of youth in there that slowly gets taken away from him.”
007 First Light is out now and a Nintendo Switch 2 version will release later this year.